First, we will create a simple basemap that we can use to display the airport traffic information on top of
- From your Maps dashboard, click on NEW MAP
- In the Add datasets dialogue, search for
world borders
to find the World Borders (High Definition)
dataset available in the CartoDB Library
- Once located, click to highlight, and then click CREATE MAP which will sync the layer to your account from the CartoDB Library and also add it to our map
The default basemap is Positron to change that, let's change the background color of the map