This Thursday I will be giving a TileMill talk in Toronto on “How to Create Beautiful Maps using Open Source Tools”. I’ll walk through how TileMill works, talk about ways you can implement a custom map on a site, and demo some work that shows off how interactivity works. The event will be from 7:00 to 9:30 pm EST graciously hosted at Network Orange, 221 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON M5B 1M4.

Please bring questions and computers. You can register here: http://guestlistapp.com/events/62589 I look forward to seeing you there!

A map of Toronto designed in TileMill. Data provided for free from toronto.ca/open

Meetup agenda

1. Walk through what TileMill is and how it works

2. Talk about Carto

3. Create a quick map on the fly

4. Show how to export a map into TileStream and implement on a site

5. Demo a custom Toronto map made with open data to show off how easy this is to implement:

6. Talk about Wax

7. Offer to help get people setup using TileMill if they brought a Linux or Mac