City Roads – Draw all roads in a city at once

Post by tnorthcutt » Wed, Jan 22, 2020, 10:00 PM UTC

oh_sigh wrote: post #35

anvaka wrote: post #20

Hey there, I'm the author of the tool! Just wanted to thank you for the comments, feedback and shares! I 'm very happy! PS: If you liked that project you may find my other stuff interesting: https://twitter.com/search?q=from%3Aanvaka%20min_retweets%3A... - it's just a hobby but I love it :D

I don't know if open street data let's you monetize like this, but consider adding a link to Shutterfly or some similar site that would let the user get their road network of choice be printed out on a mug or t shirt. A site featured on hn a few weeks ago which showed height renderings of various locales let you do something like that.

Post by maxerickson » Wed, Jan 22, 2020, 10:06 PM UTC

jmkb wrote: post #33

Sohcahtoa82 wrote: post #26

It's definitely missing a lot of roads in my city. Compare it's view to Beaverton, Oregon: https://anvaka.github.io/city-roads/?q=Beaverton%2C%20OR&are... With the Google Maps view: https://www.google.com/maps/@45.5029349,-122.8365195,13.75z It's like most of the Cedar Hills neighborhood doesn't exist. It also drew a line for a power line where there is no road.

OpenStreetMap's definition of Beaverton is quite complicated: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/423111 It includes several cut-outs for neighborhoods (including Cedar Hills) and other features. I'd guess that the OSM mappers were trying to represent a particular legal definition of the Beaverton city limits. How accurate it is, I wouldn't know. Perhaps in situations like this, "City Roads" might consider ignorin…

Post by maxerickson » Wed, Jan 22, 2020, 10:13 PM UTC

anon767 wrote: post #15

My Girlfriend is an architect and she finds this tool great :) She asks if it would be possible to export these maps as .dwg file

Post by anvaka » Wed, Jan 22, 2020, 10:14 PM UTC

jesterpm wrote: post #38

cglace wrote: post #37

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Do you remember the site that was submitted?

Peak map: Visualize the elevation of any area using a ridgeline chart https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21968874

Post by anvaka » Wed, Jan 22, 2020, 10:16 PM UTC

sethammons wrote: post #39

asdasdasdasdwd wrote: post #32

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Try a smaller city. This rendered almost immediately for me: https://anvaka.github.io/city-roads/?q=La%20Plata%2C%20Argen...

Now the site is not loading at all for me. Oops, there it goes. I think it could be overwhelmed. I think it just does not have data on smaller towns and cities. I've tried several US smaller cities and nothing works. However, your link does. I can get San Diego and Irvine, CA. But I can't get Redlands or Yucaipa, CA. I can't get Polson, MT (nor Kalispell nor Helena). Edit: Update - Finally got some data on Polson, MT…