Last calendar week the Berliner Morgenpost published a wonderful interactive map of Where the Population of Europe is Growing – in addition to Where it’s Declining. Now i of the map's creators has written a overnice tutorial explaining How to Create an Interactive Map amongst 100k+ Areas.
One of many impressive accomplishments inward the European population map was that it contained 119.406 interactive colored polygons, each of which could move selected on the map to sentiment details on the area's population change. The tutorial explains how yous tin laissez passer on the axe utilisation a map amongst a like issue of interactive polygons.
The tutorial explains how yous tin laissez passer on the axe role Tilemill to means your information (once the information had been merged amongst a shapefile). It thence explains how yous tin laissez passer on the axe thence role Mapbox to utilisation an interactive map from the styled map tiles.
The demo map that is created inward the tutorial is pretty interesting itself. The map colors edifice footprints inward Berlin past times the issue of floors inward each building. The lawsuit is a map of Berlin which shows yous where the tallest buildings inward the metropolis are concentrated.
