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Map2Image: better, faster, stronger


The Map to Image bit of maps.stamen.com has seen steady use since we launched it in September: close to six thousand images made, about half of those watercolor, a third toner, about one every ten minutes. We’ve made some adjustments and improvements to it that should make it even easier to use, and easier to see what other people have made.

For starters, the results page has been reworked so it’s a bit more navigable: where there used to be one long infinitely scrolling page with all the maps on it, each day now gets it’s own page that fills up over a 24 hour period, so if you made an image on September 18,you’re covered. There’s also a graph at the top so you can see usage over time.

Each generated image also gets its own page now, and we’ve included Pinterest buttons so the images are easier to share.

Enjoy! http://maps.stamen.com/m2i

Published: 10.01.12
Updated: 09.20.22

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