Thanks for building with us. Since our last newsletter, we've worked to deliver a more consistent map experience for you and your users. Boundaries and disputed markings now match across zoom levels. We also rebuilt the Static Maps API for faster, more scalable responses.
We'll keep shipping, and the changelog lists every change as it goes live. Until next time.
— Luke, Ian, and the entire Stadia Maps team
We Rebuilt Static Maps
Every Static Maps request now uses a new rendering system built in Rust on MapLibre Native. Median response times halved, and the slowest 1% of requests went from up to 8s to about 1s.
Redesigned Land Cover Layers at Low Zoom
We recently added global land cover to our Outdoors style and paid closer attention to how we process and present it in Alidade Bright, Outdoors, and Stamen Terrain.
Updated Boundary Layers: Consistency and Efficiency Across All Zoom Levels
There were several inconsistencies in how we displayed boundaries across zoom levels. Now, every boundary is consistently marked as disputed or non-disputed at every zoom level.
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