LiveBird Technologies

Mapbox Development

Fast, beautiful vector maps on web, mobile and desktop

Mapbox GL JS and MapLibre for the browser, Mapbox SDKs for iOS and Android, custom Studio styles, tiling pipelines that keep millions of features smooth, and the navigation, search and location APIs around them — architected so performance and cost stay predictable.

Discuss your projectWhat's included
GL JS · MapLibre
web rendering
Studio · MTS
styles & tiling
iOS · Android · Desktop
SDKs & shells
style: streets-v1 · z12.4 · 60 fps
© Mapbox © OpenStreetMap

Tiling pipeline step 1/5

PostGIS / GeoJSON
Tippecanoe
MTS · PMTiles
CDN
GL JS

Switch styles on a live map and follow a dataset through our tiling pipeline — the way we build Mapbox projects.

01What's included

6 services in this practice

Jump to any service below — each one is a capability we deliver on its own or as part of a larger programme.

01Mapbox GL JS & MapLibre Web Maps02Mapbox Studio & Custom Styles03Tiling & Data Pipelines04Mapbox Mobile SDKs05Mapbox Windows Desktop Apps06Navigation, Search & Location APIs

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Mapbox GL JS & MapLibre Web Maps

High-performance vector maps in the browser: data-driven styling, clustering, heatmaps, 3D terrain and buildings, smooth camera animation and drawing/measurement tools — integrated into React/Next.js applications, on Mapbox GL JS or the open-source MapLibre GL.

  • Mapbox GL JS
  • MapLibre GL
  • React
  • Next.js
  • deck.gl

What we deliver

  • Interactive layers, popups, filters and drawing tools
  • Data-driven styling and expressions for large datasets
  • 3D terrain, buildings, sky and camera fly-throughs
  • React / Next.js integration with state-synced maps
Ask about Mapbox GL

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Mapbox Studio & Custom Styles

Basemaps that match your brand and your use case — muted operational styles for dashboards, high-contrast styles for the field, dark modes, and thematic styles with custom sprites, glyphs and localised labels.

  • Mapbox Studio
  • Style Specification
  • Maputnik
  • Sprites & glyphs

What we deliver

  • Custom style design in Studio or style-spec JSON
  • Sprite, icon and glyph management
  • Brand-matched light and dark styles
  • Style versioning and rollout across apps
Ask about Mapbox Studio

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Tiling & Data Pipelines

Turning big datasets into fast tiles: Mapbox Tiling Service recipes, Tippecanoe and PMTiles for self-hosting, scheduled refresh from PostGIS or files, and zoom-level strategies that keep tiles small and maps responsive.

  • Mapbox Tiling Service
  • Tippecanoe
  • PMTiles
  • PostGIS
  • AWS S3 / CloudFront

What we deliver

  • MTS recipes and tileset publishing
  • Tippecanoe / PMTiles pipelines for self-hosted tiles
  • Automated refresh from PostGIS, CSV, GeoJSON or APIs
  • Generalisation and zoom-level design for performance
Ask about Tiling &

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Mapbox Mobile SDKs

Native map experiences on iOS and Android with the Mapbox Maps SDKs — offline regions, custom styles, annotations and clustering, location tracking and turn-by-turn navigation — inside Swift, Kotlin, Flutter or React Native apps.

  • Mapbox Maps SDK (iOS / Android)
  • Navigation SDK
  • Flutter
  • React Native

What we deliver

  • Maps SDK integration for iOS, Android, Flutter and React Native
  • Offline tile regions and style packs
  • Annotations, clustering and custom layers
  • Navigation SDK routing and guidance
Ask about Mapbox Mobile

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Mapbox Windows Desktop Apps

Desktop applications that embed Mapbox or MapLibre rendering in Electron, .NET or Qt shells — offline vector tiles, local data and hardware integration for control rooms, vehicles and field laptops.

  • Electron
  • .NET
  • Qt
  • MapLibre Native
  • PMTiles

What we deliver

  • Electron / .NET / Qt desktop shells with embedded maps
  • Offline tile packs and local PMTiles
  • GPS, serial and sensor integration
  • Auto-update and enterprise deployment
Ask about Mapbox Windows

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Navigation, Search & Location APIs

The services around the map: Geocoding and Search Box, Directions, Matrix, Isochrone and Optimization APIs, Map Matching for GPS traces, and Static Images — wired into your product with caching and usage monitoring so costs stay predictable.

  • Mapbox APIs
  • Search Box
  • Directions / Matrix / Isochrone
  • Static Images

What we deliver

  • Geocoding, search and address autofill
  • Routing, matrix, isochrone and route optimisation
  • Map matching and GPS trace processing
  • Usage monitoring, caching and cost optimisation
Ask about Navigation, Search

02Why LiveBird

What you get that a generic vendor won't give you

01

Smooth at scale

Tiling and styling designed for millions of features — maps stay 60 fps on ordinary laptops and phones.

02

Costs you can forecast

We model map loads and API calls up front, cache aggressively, and use MapLibre + self-hosted tiles when that is the better deal.

03

One look everywhere

The same style and data pipeline serve your web app, mobile apps and desktop tools.

03FAQ

Common questions

Mapbox GL JS / MapLibre, Studio styles, tiling pipelines, mobile & desktop.

MapLibre is open source, uses the same style spec and avoids per-load pricing — ideal when you self-host tiles. Mapbox adds hosted styles, MTS tiling, navigation and search APIs. We build on either and often combine them.

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