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Mapbox Style Updates: More flexible configurations for the 3D basemap

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Mapbox Standard has been updated to improve its usability and flexibility, offering new features such as enhanced visual styling, an updated satellite style, and improved 3D configurations. The updates include the addition of monochrome and faded color themes for design flexibility, a new satellite style that combines updated satellite imagery and vector layers, and features that enable quick 2D option conversion from 3D models, reduced clutter with improved label placement, smoother building fade, and clearer space for custom models. These changes aim to streamline style development, eliminate the need for manual adjustments, and provide better performance rendering for high-performance applications.

Company
Mapbox

Date published
Aug. 29, 2024

Author(s)
Taya Lavrinenko, Owen Powell

Word count
1156

Language
English

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