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Maps Matter
Personal blog · sk53-osm.blogspot.comdatadesign
Maps Matter is a personal blog at sk53-osm.blogspot.com about data and design. Since 2014, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times. The last post was in 2023, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog as a source on mapping with OpenStreetMap. The linked post covers quicker mapping of street trees in OpenStreetMap, and the commenter cites it as evidence that many trees have been added there.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
What Hacker News says?
I have the same question. OpenStreetMap definitely has the necessary infrastructure see: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:natural%3Dtree People have also added a large number of trees on OpenStreetMap -- see: http://sk53-osm.blogspot.com/2013/02/quicker-mapping-of-stre...
Comment linking /2013/02/quicker-mapping-of-street-trees.html
on “OpenTreeMap: Urban tree inventory and ecosystem services calculations tool”Submitted Woodlands symbology inspiration from the European cartographic tradition as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Building historical road layouts from todays data as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why does the Guardian think that Openstreetmap is owned by Google? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Retail Outlets on OpenStreetMap: Cartograms, and Patchwork Quilts as a story · 2 points
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