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Show HN: Land use visualization for European countries
We have another election coming up at the end of this month here in the Netherlands, and how we use our limited land is a hotly debated topic.
Last year also I shared this animated hexagonal map of Dutch land use. I've now expanded this to include several more European countries, so you can see what makes Dutch land use so special - or not.
If you want to help add more countries, I'd appreciate PRs on GitHub. The map rendering is already there, it only requires land use data which can be found in the SQLite database (at least for EU countries).
Github: https://github.com/vnglst/onsland https://github.com/vnglst/onsland
Previous HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40599763 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40599763
- jiehong 11mo agoVery nice! Small bug: if you click the square view while the animation is filling the country, the square won’t be colores properly (and switching back to the country won’t either).
- yucelfaruksahan 11mo agoawesome idea.
- mewpmewp2 11mo agoIt would be good to see how each use category compares to average and ranks vs other countries.
- ramon156 11mo agoIt would also be nice to see how many m² this accounts for. Sweden is mostly green, but their farmland is about the same as the Netherlands
- suprnurd 11mo agoNice animation when switching countries! I also want to compare countries as mewpmewp2 suggests. A ranking of countries by category would be nice also! For example which has the most urban area.
- vnglst 11mo agoThanks I love the suggestions! Great ideas for the next iteration.