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Chris Whong
@chriswhong.bsky.social
Urbanist, technologist, data head. Into #dataviz, #opendata, #webmapping and making cities better. Dev evangelist @Mapbox Teach @nyuwagner
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BUILD with Mapbox is back this September 8-12 🚀

Join a week packed with virtual keynotes, live demos, and deep dives from Mapbox teams and builders like you.

Register today: bit.ly/3GwBDIB

#BuiltWithMapbox #DeveloperConference
July 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Call for talks!

Our BUILD with Mapbox virtual event is your opportunity to share your tales from the wild building with Mapbox.
mapbox.com Mapbox @mapbox.com · Jun 30
🚀 BUILD with Mapbox is back this September — with a chance for you to take the (virtual) stage!

Submit a proposal for a 50, 25, or 5 min presentation to share with the Mapbox developer community. Show off a project or take us on a tour of your app.

📣 Apply now: bit.ly/4npsVfI

#BuiltWithMapbox
June 30, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Isochrones show you the reachable area from a location for a given travel mode.

In #rstats, creating isochrones with @Mapbox web services is easier than you think.
May 9, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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When your data changes often, waiting for a full tileset to reprocess isn’t ideal. That’s why we’ve introduced Incremental Updates — a new capability of the Mapbox Tiling Service (MTS) that lets you update only the data that changed, not the entire dataset: bit.ly/3GWqrVm

#BuiltWithMapbox
May 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Whong’s Law: Every government agency, everywhere is working on a “new system”; It will solve *all* of their data problems and will be ready to use in 18-24 months.
April 30, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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NYC's hidden parks and public spaces? There's an app for that! The NYC Public Space app by @chriswhong.bsky.social shows nearly 2,800 public spaces in NYC. bit.ly/4hy6CjL @gothamist.com
How to find New York City's hidden parks and public spaces
A former city planner has released a free app that maps open space in private hands.
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March 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Seeking Android testers for my NYC Public Space app. DM me your email if you’d like to give it a try!
December 14, 2024 at 8:10 PM
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November 19, 2024 at 12:54 PM