Building a Community Mapping Platform: Part 2 An unusual font on the map For the prototype map for my Let’s Map Bainbridge project, I wanted to have at least one unusual font on the map. Perhaps a font that looks like the sort of fonts traditionally used for features on the coastline, that would look good on the screen. I found Eben Sorkin’s Merriweather font family, which has an Open Font…
Building a Community Mapping Platform: Part 1 I’ve spent much of the last month building a prototype map as part of my Let’s Map Bainbridge project. While collaborating with others on how Let’s Map Bainbridge might work as an organization, I’ve handled all the technical architecture myself. Here’s what’s involved in getting the map to your browser. I’ll write about how the data gets into PostGIS…