{"id":340,"date":"2023-01-01T00:03:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-01T00:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/portfolio\/?p=340"},"modified":"2023-04-27T00:28:52","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T00:28:52","slug":"aws-location-service-map-styles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/portfolio\/index.php\/2023\/01\/01\/aws-location-service-map-styles\/","title":{"rendered":"AWS Location Service basemaps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Through <a href=\"https:\/\/stamen.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stamen Design<\/a>, I worked with another cartographer to design new map styles to accompany the launch of <a href=\"https:\/\/aws.amazon.com\/location\/data-providers\/open-data\/\">new vector map data tiles created by AWS Location Service<\/a>. 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