Custom mapTiles and Building Maps in MapBox & TileMill

This is a quick mashup of details needed to build a custom map using;

• Beautiful artistic map tiles from Stamen Design
• Integrated into your own custom map tiles with TileMill
• And built out as a completed annotated map with MapBox

This is a simple demo for building a small map of Farmer's Markets to be published in a local omnivore quarterly.

Embed code for Stamen watercolor map;

To use these tiles, just include our JavaScript alongside your favorite mapping library:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://maps.stamen.com/js/tile.stamen.js?v1.2.1">

</script>

 Then, follow the instructions below for your preferred library:

OpenLayers is a hefty and featureful mapping library for use with a variety of GIS applications. View the example.

// replace "toner" here with "terrain" or "toner"
var layer = new OpenLayers.Layer.Stamen("watercolor");
var map = new OpenLayers.Map("element_id");
map.addLayer(layer);