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Open Infrastructure Map
- takipkasmamedia 3y ago[flagged]
- mike_d 3y agoThis is just power lines tagged in Open Street Maps. [Edit: as comments noted power is just the default view, this is still just human curated OSM data] If you want telecom https://www.infrapedia.com/ https://www.infrapedia.com/ is the go to source, but it requires a login. Carriers generally don't want their route maps publicly accessible unless you are committed to regularly updating them.
- SparkyMcUnicorn 3y ago"Power" is the only layer enabled by default, but there are additional layers for Telecom, Oil & Gas, Water, and Solar. Looks like openinframap has more towers, but infrapedia has some other data that's missing from openinfra.
- rifty 3y agoIt's not just power lines, there is a layers options where you can also show oil/gas pipelines, telecom lines, and solar generation.
- FredPret 3y agoLove this! Would be even better if there were labels / wiki links on the infrastructure. For instance, there's a huge pipeline across Asia, and I'd like to know what it's called,
- guwop 3y agoZoom in mate!
- Saris 3y agoI find OSM maps in general have trouble showing labels, you often have to zoom in an extreme amount to see them, and you usually can't even click on features to see what they are.
- Rygian 3y ago"Layers icon-> Map Data" to turn on the clickable OSM data display.
- culebron21 3y agoWikimapia has some of those, with links or sometimes descriptions with photos. http://wikimapia.org http://wikimapia.org
- swarfield 3y agoShould we be marking key infrastructure, utilities don't distribute this information for a reason.
- aussiethebob 3y agoYes we should. Security through obscurity is a myth
- mike_d 3y agoPeople used to get really upset about such datasets because terrorism/vandalism/etc. But eventually more sane opinions prevailed as attackers don't use this type of data - they either have insider knowledge already or just drive around to scope out targets. DHS now publishes a ton of open datasets to help with disaster planning, emergency response, and infrastructure hardening. https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/search?collection=Dataset https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/search?collect...
- swarfield 3y ago:+1:
- chaps 3y agoUsed to? A lot of that still happens, just instead of "terrorism", it's "crime". FOIA requests for locations of camera, alpr, and other massively used and unaudited surveillance equipment are routinely denied because it will "allow criminals to circumvent". It's all silly and benchmark moving.
- guwop 3y agoSo much geo stuff on HN today! hallelujah
- tamimio 3y agoExactly, I already booked marked 3 maps in 10min!
- sfblah 3y agoWhy are there underwater power lines connecting Ireland and the UK, for example?
- Symbiote 3y agoTo import and export electricity between the two islands.
- donalhunt 3y agohttps://www.eirgrid.ie/industry/interconnection https://www.eirgrid.ie/industry/interconnection Realtime information of imports /exports: https://www.eirgrid.ie/grid/real-time-system-information https://www.eirgrid.ie/grid/real-time-system-information
- cozzyd 3y agoI see some missing HV lines I know about, is there an easy way to add them?
- donalhunt 3y agoThe source of the maps is OpenStreetMap. These maps just expose the data contained in OpenStreetMap to highlight infrastructure components/ connections. So any of the OpenStreetMap editors can be used to contribute.
- dang 3y agoRelated: Open Infrastructure Map - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33340983 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33340983 - Oct 2022 (2 comments) Open Infrastructure Map - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29948473 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29948473 - Jan 2022 (45 comments) Open Infrastructure Map - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20523882 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20523882 - July 2019 (4 comments)
- takipkasmamedia 3y ago[flagged]
- raggles 3y agooh dear, I wish I hadn't looked. So many of the power lines in my area have the wrong voltage, and zone substations with incorrect spellings. Now I feel obligated to fix it.
- n4r9 3y agoYou say that like it's a bad thing!
- jdlyga 3y agoIf you've never been to the northeastern US (Boston, New York, Philly, DC), it's like an entirely different country from most of the rest of the US. The map really speaks volumes.
- amoh14 3y agoThe areas with no lines - that's areas without ANY infrastructure or just areas where OpenStreetMap has no data?
- Crye 3y agoProbably both, but note that a lot of areas only show down to 115kv which excludes all the distribution lines that feed homes and businesses.
- thorum 3y agoWhat a fantastic site. I was surprised to see that India appears to have a denser web of powerlines covering more of its area than the US and was wondering if this was a difference in data, but no, Wikipedia confirms: > on average there is at least one HV line within a distance of 8.15 km) over the entire area of the country. This represents a total of almost 20% more HV transmission lines than that of the United States (322,000 km (200,000 mi) of 230 kV and above). However the Indian grid transmits far less electricity. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_India#Electricity_transmission_and_distribution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_India#El...
- alberth 3y agoIndia is about 1/3 the size of the US but with 4x the population. So India is effectively 12x more dense/person/sq.km. than the US. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/India https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/India
- tamimio 3y agoIt’s great, gives a really good perspective about infra, and shows how Canada is basically like a a medium -or less state compared to the US.
- blah-yeah 3y agoIf you're interested in mapping infrastructure, you may like Overpass Turbo. It maps all kinds of stuff, selectable via queries, such as water fountains, parking lots, etc. I've always thought it could come in handy during times of emergency, such as if FEMA needed to inform citizens of certain resources in their vicinities. https://overpass-turbo.eu/ https://overpass-turbo.eu/ Example 1] - Defaults to amenity=bottled_water -- Search & select "San Francisco" and click "Run" (Click "Load" for other demo options.) [Example 2] - Parking lots in SF https://help.openstreetmap.org/questions/67865/overpass-turbo-name-tag https://help.openstreetmap.org/questions/67865/overpass-turb... Example 3] - Go back to the default example of bottled water: click "Load" --> select the "bottled_water" example. Now change [amenity=drinking_water] to ["shop"="butcher"] [Example 4] - Multiple nodes, as categories of suppliers -- Paste this into the Overpass console: https://pastebin.com/Q4X2YPvj https://pastebin.com/Q4X2YPvj to see nodes where shop=butcher, farm, agrarian, greengrocer More info on this QueryLanguage / API docs: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:shop#Supplementary_tags_for_shop.3D.2A https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:shop#Supplementary_t... https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Overpass_API/Overpass_QL https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Overpass_API/Overpass_QL
- culebron21 3y agoInteresting to see that electric grids end at many country borders, e.g. China has just a handful of ties with Russia, none with Kazakhstan. India and Pakistan have no connections, just as India & Thailand. Pakistan has no connections with Iran. Vietnam & Laos border is clearly visible too. There's still a visible border between East Block and their Western neighbors in Europe, and a little bit of exUSSR border (e.g. Belarus & Poland).