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Kyle Walker

@kyle_e_walker

Demographics | Geospatial | Data Science | Open Source

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This is a niche post, but tippecanoe + PMTiles + MapLibre is a remarkable technology stack Visualize tens of millions of features on a map, lightning fast, all with free and open source tools running locally on your computer

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A benefit to dogfooding in FOSS development? If I need a new feature, I just implement it. I use {mapgl} across all my projects; recently I needed an easy way to format numbers in popups. The result: a new number formatter in the package, which is now yours to try! #rstats

A benefit to dogfooding in FOSS development?

If I need a new feature, I just implement it.

I use {mapgl} across all my projects; recently I needed an easy way to format numbers in popups.

The result: a new number formatter in the package, which is now yours to try!

#rstats
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Tutorial: fundamentals of map design with the {mapgl} #rstats package. Learn how to use continuous & categorical color schemes, set up custom legends, format pop-ups and hover effects, and much more. Read the vignette: walker-data.com/mapgl/articles…

Tutorial: fundamentals of map design with the {mapgl} #rstats package.

Learn how to use continuous & categorical color schemes, set up custom legends, format pop-ups and hover effects, and much more.

Read the vignette: walker-data.com/mapgl/articles…
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Saw a post from Andrej Karpathy about the value of "Cursor for slides". I asked Anthropic's Claude Code to read one of my blog posts (walker-data.com/posts/overture…) and convert it into a Quarto slide deck. Three prompts later... it did pretty well! "Vibe-slide-decking", perhaps?

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AI just got a sense of place. 🌎 We just launched Mapbox MCP — the first protocol that makes LLMs and agents spatially aware. Let’s talk about why that matters 👇

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Working with Claude Code as a pair programmer has taught me something: I like creating more than I like coding. Previously, coding was a requirement for creation (GUI tools only get you so far). Now, I can focus on design and architecture while Claude handles the mechanics.

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Came across this while working with some Census data - Census tracts directly on Florida's coast overwhelmingly have a median age of 50 or higher. Florida beaches as retirement destination is no surprise, but patterns like this really pop out when you map them interactively.

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The new `mapboxgl_view()` and `maplibre_view()` functions in #rstats's mapgl package return full-fledged map objects, so you can add features to your maps while saving time. Example: spin up a choropleth with a geocoder to help you explore the results with hardly any code.