CARTO VL: The next chapter of thematic web cartography

CARTO VL: The next chapter of thematic web cartography Presenter: Mamata Akella, CARTO In traditional cartography, we would not say that a reference and thematic map are equal. In web cartography, reference (basemaps) and thematic maps (data layer) have become synonymous with one another both relying on a handful of styling languages and technologies to produce. This talk will demonstrate why basemap technology is not well-suited for the data layer and introduce CARTO VL, a Javascript library for vector-based visualizations. I will demonstrate how CARTO VL’s styling language has been designed specifically for cartography of the data layer and how you can take advantage of it to produce truly multi-scale thematic maps. This presentation was made at the 2018 annual meeting of the North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS) in Norfolk. For more information on NACIS, check out http://NACIS.org.