OpenStreetMap Node Density Visualized
tyr_asd ಅವರಿಂದ 27 ಜೂನ್ 2013 ರಂದು English ನಲ್ಲಿ ಪೋಸ್ಟ್ ಮಾಡಲಾಗಿದೆ Last updated on 15 ಜನವರಿ 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. ;)
Discussion
aseerel4c26ಅವರಿಂದ 00:13 ರಲ್ಲಿ 28 ಜೂನ್ 2013ರಂದು ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ
Thanks! Looks like a to be featured image to me.
ajmasಅವರಿಂದ 13:20 ರಲ್ಲಿ 28 ಜೂನ್ 2013ರಂದು ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ
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.
aseerel4c26ಅವರಿಂದ 12:16 ರಲ್ಲಿ 1 ಜುಲೈ 2013ರಂದು ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ
Thank you for those images! They are now featured on our wiki main page this week.
tyr_asdಅವರಿಂದ 12:38 ರಲ್ಲಿ 1 ಜುಲೈ 2013ರಂದು ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ
awesome! :)
sabas88ಅವರಿಂದ 20:56 ರಲ್ಲಿ 1 ಜುಲೈ 2013ರಂದು ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ
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/
tyr_asdಅವರಿಂದ 00:19 ರಲ್ಲಿ 2 ಜುಲೈ 2013ರಂದು ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ
Very good idea! Here you go: http://tyrasd.github.io/osm-node-density/
aseerel4c26ಅವರಿಂದ 02:27 ರಲ್ಲಿ 2 ಜುಲೈ 2013ರಂದು ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ
@tyr_asd: wow :-)
max1eಅವರಿಂದ 13:34 ರಲ್ಲಿ 17 ಜೂನ್ 2014ರಂದು ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ
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
tyr_asdಅವರಿಂದ 14:06 ರಲ್ಲಿ 17 ಜೂನ್ 2014ರಂದು ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ
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…
max1eಅವರಿಂದ 14:26 ರಲ್ಲಿ 17 ಜೂನ್ 2014ರಂದು ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ
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
max1eಅವರಿಂದ 14:33 ರಲ್ಲಿ 17 ಜೂನ್ 2014ರಂದು ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ
huh, problem solved. http://www.c4dru.info/showthread.php?30036-GPS-based-light-map&p=227218#post227218
maybe anybody need this for win
tyr_asdಅವರಿಂದ 14:33 ರಲ್ಲಿ 17 ಜೂನ್ 2014ರಂದು ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ
max1e, sure, I’ll send you a personal message!
KyL0VVಅವರಿಂದ 23:23 ರಲ್ಲಿ 14 ಜನವರಿ 2023ರಂದು ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ
Is there a newer version since 2020 available? …I am just curious how the entries evolved.
tyr_asdಅವರಿಂದ 14:33 ರಲ್ಲಿ 15 ಜನವರಿ 2023ರಂದು ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ
@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.