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what is the main purpose of it? they are beautiful but maybe would be a good idea to sell prints of them
A lot of data comes from NYC open data: Massive collection of raw lidar, contour, GIS data: ftp://ftp.gis.ny.gov NYC Open Data (GIS related): https://github.com/CityOfNewYork/nyc-geo-metadata An example direct download link from the NYC data website: https://data.cityofnewyork.us/browse?tags=dem More Lidar links https://gis.ny.gov/elevation/lidar-coverage.htm From Cornell, Elevation example, (AWS s3 links): https://c…
Regarding the maps,nice visualizations,but it's clear that the author doesn't have a background in earth sciences or cartography. Not sure about the ultimate value of this.
I really resonate with your comment - to me, beauty is not only aesthetic, but a much more profound concept. The Japanese have special indescribable words that all mean beauty - but in various contexts and sensibilities. To have presented cartographically accurate, factual information + aesthetic creativity would be so much more beautiful. I see this in art where the beauty of the piece is "shallow" - i.e., aesthetic…
It's one thing to dislike the work linked to the original post, but something else altogether to indulge yourself by wheeling out a bogus, trivial and pretentious personal theory of art. As has been noted before, claiming expertise in areas about which one knows nothing is a very HN characteristic.
A lot of data comes from NYC open data: Massive collection of raw lidar, contour, GIS data: ftp://ftp.gis.ny.gov NYC Open Data (GIS related): https://github.com/CityOfNewYork/nyc-geo-metadata An example direct download link from the NYC data website: https://data.cityofnewyork.us/browse?tags=dem More Lidar links https://gis.ny.gov/elevation/lidar-coverage.htm From Cornell, Elevation example, (AWS s3 links): https://c…
I think it's absolutely fantastic that you can get stuff like that from a city's homepage.