OpenStreetMap
OpenStreetMap Node Density Visualized
Publikigita de tyr_asd je 27 junio 2013 en English. Antaŭe ĝisdatigita je 15 januaro 2023.I’ve visualized OpenStreetMap’s node density from Frederik’s analysis of densely mapped locations:
(click for uncropped image - 8192x8192, ~1MB)
Every pixel stands for a single zoom-level 13 tile. The color represents the total number of nodes in that tile. Tiles with less than 1000 nodes are not displayed. A “low-res” version of this visualization is also available, which is based on zoom-level 10 tiles: (click to enlarge)
Copying: visualizations © cc-by-sa - source data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
How-To
In case anyone is wondering how these were made: I’ve used gnuplot to create the maps, after converting the source data with a simple sed-command. Read more about the actual steps and gnuplot-commands.
Slippy Map Version
There is also a slippy map version (updated yearly)! Check it out. ;)
Diskuto
Komento de aseerel4c26 je 28 junio 2013 je 00:13
Thanks! Looks like a to be featured image to me.
Komento de ajmas je 28 junio 2013 je 13:20
Good job.
Before reading the text, the first thing that this made me think of is the “Earth Lights” image from NASA: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=55167 . Comparing the two shows that the number of nodes does not necessarily correlate with the amount of light produced.
Komento de aseerel4c26 je 1 julio 2013 je 12:16
Thank you for those images! They are now featured on our wiki main page this week.
Komento de tyr_asd je 1 julio 2013 je 12:38
awesome! :)
Komento de sabas88 je 1 julio 2013 je 20:56
Awesome! Could you make a tileset (only low zooms..) like the one by MapBox on the geotagged tweets? http://www.mapbox.com/blog/visualizing-3-billion-tweets/
Komento de tyr_asd je 2 julio 2013 je 00:19
Very good idea! Here you go: http://tyrasd.github.io/osm-node-density/
Komento de aseerel4c26 je 2 julio 2013 je 02:27
@tyr_asd: wow :-)
Komento de max1e je 17 junio 2014 je 13:34
hi, can you help me with: “convert to simple, gnuplot-readable text format” but from windows? sed-command works in windows console? if yes, how add way to file file.13 ? thanks
Komento de tyr_asd je 17 junio 2014 je 14:06
max1e, yes, you should be able to install and run sed also on Windows (ask google). This visualization is done only for nodes because the raw data analysis was done (by Frederik Ramm, username: woodpeck) only for nodes. If you want also ways, you’d have to repeat the analysis step, which could be a quite extensive task, I suppose…
Komento de max1e je 17 junio 2014 je 14:26
tyr_asd, can you show me screenshot or attach file (any image hosting, or file hosting) - view of tiles.13.txt inside? (Structure) because i dont understand what done function “s/([0-9]) z=([0-9]) x=([0-9]) y=([0-9])/\3 \4 \1/’”
In windows SED - renamed file from tiles13 to files13.txt, but file inside are empty. thanks
Komento de max1e je 17 junio 2014 je 14:33
huh, problem solved. http://www.c4dru.info/showthread.php?30036-GPS-based-light-map&p=227218#post227218
maybe anybody need this for win
Komento de tyr_asd je 17 junio 2014 je 14:33
max1e, sure, I’ll send you a personal message!
Komento de KyL0VV je 14 januaro 2023 je 23:23
Is there a newer version since 2020 available? …I am just curious how the entries evolved.
Komento de tyr_asd je 15 januaro 2023 je 14:33
@KyZEN: The slippy map version on https://tyrasd.github.io/osm-node-density/ is updated yearly (the last update was in June/July 2022). To compare different years, use the layer selector on the top right of the page.