Show HN: Land use visualization for European countries (opens in new tab)

(onsland.koenvangilst.nl)

23 pointsvnglst5mo ago6 comments

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

Previous HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40599763

6 comments

mewpmewp25mo ago

It would be good to see how each use category compares to average and ranks vs other countries.

suprnurd5mo ago

Nice 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.

vnglstOP5mo ago

Thanks I love the suggestions! Great ideas for the next iteration.

jiehong5mo ago

Very 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).

ramon1565mo ago

It 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

yucelfaruksahan5mo ago

awesome idea.

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