Case Study: Flowmap.blue enables intuitive flow map visualization with Mapbox

Flowmap.blue Aggregated movements between geographic locations as flow maps

Flowmap.blue, a free tool for creating interactive flow maps of movement data, needed a simple and intuitive way for people without special technical knowledge to visualize geographic flows. The team used Mapbox GL JS and Deck.gl to build a solution that could turn spreadsheets into readable maps for use cases like mobility, migration, trade, and commuting.

Mapbox helped Flowmap.blue deliver automatically clustered location and flow visualizations that stay readable at different zoom levels, while providing geographic context through Mapbox GL JS. The result is an easy-to-use platform that lets anyone publish and share interactive flow maps quickly, removing the need for manual drawing or specialized software.

Flowmap.blue

Ilya Boyandin

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