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ray@lemmy.ml to OpenStreetMap community@lemmy.mlEnglish · 12 days ago

Why is West Virginia's forest cover so much more complete than other states in Open Street Map?

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Why is West Virginia's forest cover so much more complete than other states in Open Street Map?

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ray@lemmy.ml to OpenStreetMap community@lemmy.mlEnglish · 12 days ago
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  • Trying2KnowMyself [they/them, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    I haven’t looked into it to compare, but the nature of OSM means that most likely either:

    • someone local(ish) who is very dedicated to mapping it out has done so
    • an imported state level dataset provided a high level of map coverage
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      It’s the former, but he is not even a local guy, he is just interested, Ottwiz, aka Attila Kun:

      https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/ottwiz/diary/406073

      His 2 presentations on the topic are linked in a comment:

      • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxqOkEq9eVw
      • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBInS8hcGhU

      More info about him on his wiki page: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Ottwiz

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    Because people cared to map it!

    Land use is undermapped and underrated but for anyone that hikes, hunts, camps or does search and rescue it can be a literal life saver

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