Mapbox - ScrollyTelling with FreeCamera API

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Mapbox - ScrollyTelling with FreeCamera API

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Last edited Jul 21, 2021

Created on Jul 14, 2021

A scrolling narrative climbs Mt. Fuji using a Mapbox map with the FreeCamera API. As the user scrolls, the camera moves along a defined route while the view follows a hiking path drawn as a line layer, with terrain exaggeration and an atmospheric sky. The example combines Mapbox GL JS, D3.js for CSV data loading, and Turf.js to interpolate the camera and target routes.

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