its like a military targeting map for our geopolitical adversaries
Or domestic. I'm shocked this information is this available.
OpenGridWorks: Electricity infrastructure, mapped
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Re: OpenGridWorks: Electricity infrastructure, mapped
#12Another auto spinning globe with no way to turn that off.
At this point I'm convinced all these globe apps are copying the same examples from somewhere and inheriting the same gimmick.
Re: OpenGridWorks: Electricity infrastructure, mapped
#13This is extremely cool especially for me since I work in sustainability. Wondering if theres a github attached or open to sharing the data or collaborate?
The map uses OpenStreetMap as data source.
If you're not using the OSM API, there are also full exports of the complete dataset available at https://planet.openstreetmap.org/
Re: OpenGridWorks: Electricity infrastructure, mapped
#14This is awesome. It'd be even more awesome if it was easier to show a power plant's info upon hover / click. ...It's currently too much of a cat-and-mouse game for me.
Give https://mapcomplete.org/infrastructure a try
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#15its like a military targeting map for our geopolitical adversaries
Or domestic. I'm shocked this information is this available.
It is simply difficult to hide. You can just go and look at the infrastructure, after all. I bet almost all the information is from OpenStreetmaps, and people just walked around and added all the power lines, substations and powerplants they saw by hand.
And sure, you can bury the cables, or you can try keeping the output of your powerplants secret. But then the infrastructure nerds (or foreign spies) just count coal hopper railway cars per day and analyze cooling tower dimensions.
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#16its like a military targeting map for our geopolitical adversaries
If all the schools are on google maps it makes it harder to claim "I thought it was a military base ... and even if it was a school the other guys definately did it"
Or we could just stop spending trillions bombing each other and get back to work.
Re: OpenGridWorks: Electricity infrastructure, mapped
#17Massively slow
Completely inaccurate, claiming the uk is currently producing 115GW of electricity for example
Re: OpenGridWorks: Electricity infrastructure, mapped
#18Nice. I had no idea that nearby paper mill includes 200MW of power generation.
Re: OpenGridWorks: Electricity infrastructure, mapped
#19The map is missing a proper attribution as it is required by OpenStreetMap when using the project's data: https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright/attribution-guide/
It is in the bottom right corner when clicking (i) button just like the https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Licence/Attribution_Guideline... suggests. The only questionable part I see is that after page reload it flickers for half a second and then gets automatically hidden instead of getting hidden after manual interaction with map. Is there any other point in attribution requirements that it doesn't comply with?
Re: OpenGridWorks: Electricity infrastructure, mapped
#20The map is missing a proper attribution as it is required by OpenStreetMap when using the project's data: https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright/attribution-guide/
It is in the bottom right corner when clicking (i) button just like the https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Licence/Attribution_Guideline... suggests. The only questionable part I see is that after page reload it flickers for half a second and then gets automatically hidden instead of getting hidden after manual interaction with map. Is there any other point in attribution requirements that it doesn't comply with?
I could've sworn it wasn't there before - but maybe I also just missed it since it is covered by the half-transparent panel (on mobile) and all the other stuff around it distracted me.