Mapzen’s cross-platform, open source WebGL/OpenGL map rendering engine for creative cartography
Highly customizable real-time mapping through JavaScript styling functions and GLSL shaders
YAML-based syntax for selecting and styling data, modular for composing and remixing across maps
About Github 1,400 stars on the JS library and 2,500 across projects
Adopted by the Linux Foundation in January 2019
Bubble Wrap
Worldwide basemap filled with street-level detail
Over 900 road shields for US states and international motorways
Support for complex text shaping for Arabic, Hindi, Burmese, etc.
Flexible Basemaps
User-controlled variables for map appearance — color theme, language preference, transit overlay, bathymetry toggle, and so on
Level of Detail controls for feature and label density