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flippmoke

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    Comment #21942843

    We will be releasing incremental updates to Tilesets API Beta (MTS) here shortly, reach out to us again and we can talk about having you test it out!

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    Comment #21938455

    Author of Mapbox's Vector Tile specification here and also contributor to some of the code that is used by PostGIS and I wanted to add some additional clarity on some topics associ…

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    Comment #17528086

    If you are interested in learning more about George, you should listen to him talking at Mapbox's Locate conference with the Mapbox CEO, Eric Gundersen [1]. Its another example of …

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    Comment #16814323

    Here are some other great tools that is quite useful with protobufs, one in C++ and one in pure javascript. https://github.com/mapbox/protozero https://github.com/mapbox/pbf

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    Comment #15629843

    This already exists with Unity via Mapbox - https://www.mapbox.com/unity/

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    Comment #14265186

    There are a lot of things being written outside of Node currently [1]. However, a large number of the tools are in node, primarily because lots of people at Mapbox are using Node. …

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    Comment #14257122

    As an author of the vector tile specification it is really exciting to see how many different things people can do with the format. People are using data in ways that constantly am…

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    Comment #13900113

    If there was ever a game that encouraged me to become a developer during my youth it was definitely Railroad Tycoon. I remember being so curious how everything might have worked wi…

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    Comment #13439659

    As a background, I used to work on the FAA - WAAS[0] a system that provides more accurate GPS and more importantly provides realtime integrity reports of GPS for users. A big part …

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    Comment #13394478

    From a cartographic perspective judging Mapbox is difficult as it is a platform that allows vast customization of your map on a user by user basis.

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    Comment #13365789

    There is a very large difference between clinical depression and situational depression. The ideas and suggestions of those who have suffered from situational depression are often …

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    Comment #11019925

    The American oil producers are actually losing money or just breaking even on many of their drilling operations currently. This might seem like it does not make sense, but for many…

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    Comment #10422904

    https://www.mapbox.com/map-feedback/ Mapbox does a great job of fixing things with out relying on users to do it for OSM! Just drop a pin and type out the problem and Mapbox's data…

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    Comment #6757783

    That is likely because CBT attempt to focus on your emotions, but rather on your thoughts that cause your emotion. I have not heard of DBT though honestly, and I am far from an exp…

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    Comment #6757693

    What if our theoretical person is responsible? Everyone is going to view any event like this with some sort of "self-absorbed" (I disagree with your definition of self absorbed her…

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    Comment #6756621

    This is one of the most common misconceptions in my opinion of depression. Depression is not caused by self absorption. Depression is not vanity, imagine someone who has been rejec…

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    Comment #6756465

    As someone who has read "Feeling Good" and is married to a therapist, I can not suggest this book enough. The general method is called Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): http://en…