Custom Mapping with TileMill

by KUMIKO YAMAZAKI on August 26, 2010 • cartography custom gis • COMMENT

Here’s something to keep your eye on: TileMill by Development Seed.

With TileMill, you can create custom maps by implementing your own design to GIS data, which you can then share to the public by embedding into your website.

It sounds and looks pretty amazing as seen with their example of the Afghan presidential elections in 2009.

The only drawback here is TileMill’s steep learning curve. Fortunately, Development Seed acknowledges the issue and promises to revamp for TileMill 2.0 and make it more user-friendly. Hooray!!

Not all mapping professionals are savvy developers, you know :)