Through Stamen Design, I worked with another cartographer to design new map styles to accompany the launch of new vector map data tiles created by AWS Location Service. We created and refined four basemaps:
- Light reference (muted colors)
- Dark reference (muted colors)
- Light data visualization (greys)
- Dark data visualization (greys)
The main style, light reference, launched as part of the service’s preview in late 2022.
![](https://www.mynameiskate.com/portfolio/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/aws-light-01.png)
![](https://www.mynameiskate.com/portfolio/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/aws-light-02.png)
![](https://www.mynameiskate.com/portfolio/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/aws-light-03-1.png)
![](https://www.mynameiskate.com/portfolio/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/aws-light-04-1.png)
The other three styles launched when the service reached General Availability in March 2023.
![](https://www.mynameiskate.com/portfolio/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/aws-light-grey-01.png)
![](https://www.mynameiskate.com/portfolio/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/aws-dark-grey-01.png)
![](https://www.mynameiskate.com/portfolio/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/aws-dark-01-1.png)