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All the current trees in Barcelona
- ricktdotorg 7y ago50 years from now, will cities provide "APIs" for residents to query & access city data and services? will i be able to "REST" some "JSON" telling me when the tree around the corner that my dog likes best was last watered? i would love this. note: "quotes" used because who knows what interfaces will be the saveurs du jour, then.
- grilledchickenw 7y ago50 years? Try Iceland, right now. http://docs.apis.is/ http://docs.apis.is/ APIs for gas stations, concerts, TV schedules, school syllabi...
- progman32 7y agoThe average city is swimming in data these days. Many expose it through various APIs. The Socrata platform (disclaimer: I work there) is one example of many. For instance, here's Edmonton's tree dataset: https://data.edmonton.ca/Environmental-Services/Trees/eecg-fc54 https://data.edmonton.ca/Environmental-Services/Trees/eecg-f... API docs are here (there's an API button on the top right of the first linked page that takes you here): https://dev.socrata.com/foundry/data.edmonton.ca/eecg-fc54 https://dev.socrata.com/foundry/data.edmonton.ca/eecg-fc54 Example query - 10 most recently-planted trees bearing edible fruit: https://data.edmonton.ca/resource/eecg-fc54.json?$query=select%20owner,%20planted_date,%20type_of_edible_fruit%20where%20bears_edible_fruit%20=%20%22Yes%22%20order%20by%20planted_date%20desc%20limit%2010 https://data.edmonton.ca/resource/eecg-fc54.json?$query=sele...
- hk__2 7y agoLots of cities now have open data. Paris (France), for example, has both fixed datasets and real-time ones: https://opendata.paris.fr/ https://opendata.paris.fr/
- JorgeGT 7y agoMy city (third largest in Spain) already has APIs for querying static and real-time data: http://gobiernoabierto.valencia.es/en/info-api/ http://gobiernoabierto.valencia.es/en/info-api/
- max_likelihood 7y agoMy father owned a tree service in the town I grew up in. We spent countless hours driving around town, looking at different trees and giving estimates for trimming and removal. I could imagine leveraging this data as almost a Zillow for trees.
- telesilla 7y agoThis is actually useful for finding parks.
- ezequiel-garzon 7y agoNo more than a regular map, as the trees in big parks don't have a mark: https://imgur.com/a/HIfFZTd https://imgur.com/a/HIfFZTd
- solarexplorer 7y agoEven trees in small parks don't appear. I think the map lists only trees near streets.
- metaodi 7y agoThere is an app called Urban Trees (https://urbantrees.app/ https://urbantrees.app/) based on open data of several cities. With the app you get an AR view of the trees around you, with their labels etc. They currently have data from Barcelona, Bristol, Clark County, Edmonton, Frankfurt, Las Vegas, London, Melbourne, New York, Paris, Portland, Rostock, San Francisco, Santa Monica, Seattle, Vancouver, Washington DC, Vienna and Zurich.
- wpietri 7y agoAlas, iOS only!
- DarkmSparks 7y agoseems a strange place to start. But indeed it does appear to not have an Android version.
- smn1234 7y agothis is a great resource! I visited Granada, Spain recently and learned from a guide how a particular type of tree is planted along Gran Via specifically to absorb radiation and pollution off the streets. I cannot recall the name for the type of tree. I sure hope Urban Trees can expand to include more and more cities so that we can learn more about the plants in cities across the world and some of the interesting perspective on urban planning!
- narag 7y agoGingko Biloba. https://www.ideal.es/granada/hojas-gingko-biloba-hojas-granada-20191202114524-nt.html?ref=https:%2F%2Fduckduckgo.com%2F https://www.ideal.es/granada/hojas-gingko-biloba-hojas-grana...
- anonsivalley652 7y ago"Absorbing radiation and pollution" is magical, fact-free thinking. If you want to learn botany, there's Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3CBOpT2-NRvoc2ecFMDCsA https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3CBOpT2-NRvoc2ecFMDCsA
- eoinof 7y agoAnother Cool tree app is https://www.curio.xyz/world https://www.curio.xyz/world With lots of user tagged trees too
- freyfogle 7y agoHi Barcelona readers If you're into BCN geo stuff please come along to GeomobBCN - our next event is on 6th of May, details here: https://thegeomob.com/post/may-6th-2020-geomobbcn-details https://thegeomob.com/post/may-6th-2020-geomobbcn-details Here's a twitter thread summary of our last event in January, lots of cool maps of Barcelona: https://twitter.com/geomob/status/1217706889280217089 https://twitter.com/geomob/status/1217706889280217089
- simonebrunozzi 7y agoI guess a significant part of HN readers are in the US; my sense is that most US residents are currently avoiding any trip to Europe for the next few months, due to the Coronavirus epidemic/issue. I guess you won't get much interest for your event, in terms of attending in person. Edit: not sure why I am being downvoted.
- dhvdjbdhnvg 7y agoThe message was addressed to "Barcelona readers", i.e. readers in Barcelona. But even if it hadn't been, do you think your comment would really contributed something helpful?
- simonebrunozzi 7y agoYou are probably right; I originally thought that the message was to invite people from abroad to visit Barcelona, hence my skepticism about people wanting to travel there.
- SahAssar 7y agoThere are a lot HN:ers outside of the US and Barcelona is one of the more startup/tech-heavy cities in Europe.
- adamczi 7y agonot sure it's "current trees" as the dataset was created 5 years ago.
- ljm 7y agoBarcelona's map will continue to shift over the coming years too, with its move towards 'superblocks'. Even within the space of a year since my previous visit, the block I used to live on was converted. Likely we will see more trees and plants around those areas now the roads have been converted to open spaces.
- anonsivalley652 7y agoWhat sort of architecture, housing and commercial uses are going into those converted areas?
- chrisweekly 7y agoWhen I was in my early 20s (late '90s) I was lucky enough to spend a month in Barcelona with my future wife. It remains one of my all-time favorite cities in the world. I'll never forget walking its tree-lined streets to the sea.
- em500 7y agoSame, for Amsterdam: https://maps.amsterdam.nl/bomen/?LANG=en https://maps.amsterdam.nl/bomen/?LANG=en
- AlexTrask 7y agoPossible source of the data https://opendata-ajuntament.barcelona.cat/data/en/dataset?q=Trees https://opendata-ajuntament.barcelona.cat/data/en/dataset?q=...
- pacala 7y agoThis is not "all the current trees in Barcelona", as the parks have no trees. I am fun at parties as well.
- certera 7y agoThat was my first thought as well. Their main park, where the zoo is, has only the trees along the walk way defined. Maybe I didn't understand where this thing was supposed to be going.
- anonsivalley652 7y agoIIRC, many places (not all) in the world, tree density strongly correlates positively with property values. Does this hold true in Barcelona?