Nowadays we see, specifically on the Web, maps that are interactive, creative, as well as beautiful and effective. And more and more these maps are no longer "drawn", by hand or computer, but "coded". Programmed.
In this talk we show that with modern programming tools, such as the popular D3 API, the results can be as good or better, even to the most discerning cartographer. And we discuss the question "can programmers be cartographers, or should cartographers become programmers...?"