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Re: OpenGridWorks: Electricity infrastructure, mapped

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eliaspro wrote: post #20
Karliss wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

This is my mistake, mobile is/was a mess and I was only really looking at desktop before posting. It was buried behind the misplaced bottom bar. Fixed now.

Re: OpenGridWorks: Electricity infrastructure, mapped

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Post by bpbart »

mcbishop wrote: post #24
pietervdvn wrote: post #14

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Give https://mapcomplete.org/infrastructure a try

Thanks, it's much easier to load info with the option you shared.

Sorry about that. Are you on desktop or mobile, and iOS in particular? Just want to make sure I understand what you're seeing.

Re: OpenGridWorks: Electricity infrastructure, mapped

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Post by bpbart »

topspin wrote: post #12

Another 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.

Hah, I intentionally turned it on to record a video but consistent feedback has been that it's bad, so it is default off now!

Re: OpenGridWorks: Electricity infrastructure, mapped

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Post by bpbart »

iso1631 wrote: post #17

Massively slow Completely inaccurate, claiming the uk is currently producing 115GW of electricity for example

Sorry for the slowness. The 115GW is installed capacity, not current output. That's the standard way to report it, both units are reported in watts.

Re: OpenGridWorks: Electricity infrastructure, mapped

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Post by bpbart »

boringg wrote: post #23

Satellites on the outside as well kind of neat. Does Africa not have much opendata sharing or little mapped? Its wildly different on the map for sparsity of info.

I also got nervous on spot checking but seems like some countries genuinely do not have grid electricity. IEA had Niger at 983GWh of grid electricity in 2023, less output than one small 120MW gas plant. https://www.iea.org/countries/niger/electricity

Re: OpenGridWorks: Electricity infrastructure, mapped

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Post by eliaspro »

bpbart wrote: post #31
eliaspro wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

This is my mistake, mobile is/was a mess and I was only really looking at desktop before posting. It was buried behind the misplaced bottom bar. Fixed now.

Thank you!

Re: OpenGridWorks: Electricity infrastructure, mapped

#39

Post by topspin »

bpbart wrote: post #33
topspin wrote: post #12

Another 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.

Hah, I intentionally turned it on to record a video but consistent feedback has been that it's bad, so it is default off now!

Much appreciated.

Bad mouthing others hard work is not encouraged, but when I and others point out this behavior, it actually gets modded up. So yes, you should feel confident that default off is the right choice.

Re: OpenGridWorks: Electricity infrastructure, mapped

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Post by mcbishop »

bpbart wrote: post #32
mcbishop wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks, it's much easier to load info with the option you shared.

Sorry about that. Are you on desktop or mobile, and iOS in particular? Just want to make sure I understand what you're seeing.

All good, I appreciate what you built! On desktop with Windows 11. I just tried it again and it was much easier to see the info (thru hover) than before.
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