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Yes, the main page on opentreemap.org is mainly our marketing site about the system in general. Our clients really decide how they want to spread the word in th
by andrewbt 12y ago
Yes, the main page on opentreemap.org is mainly our marketing site about the system in general. Our clients really decide how they want to spread the word in their local region about their individual map URLs. Perhaps in the future we might make it easier for others to discover what maps there are from the homepage.
SHP exports: Correct, the SHP exports from v1 maps will only have a plots.shp file and no trees.shp file. However, if you open that file in Esri ArcMap or the open source QGIS, you'll find that the tree data does exist, it's just in a second "attribute table". The way OpenTreeMap is architected, we have two data concepts: plots or "planting sites", and trees. A particular plot has the latitude/longitude location associated with it, and a particular tree is associated with a particular plot (but the tree doesn't have a location, itself). This allows us to keep track of the history of a particular plot/planting site - which may host multiple trees over the years as they grow, die, or are cut down. I covered a bit of this in a blog exploring how to use exported OpenTreeMap data: http://www.azavea.com/blogs/labs/2013/08/open-data-from-opentreemap-visualizing-tree-data-with-cartodb/ http://www.azavea.com/blogs/labs/2013/08/open-data-from-open... You may want to use the CSV export option depending on what you want to do.
Version 2 exports: What you're describing is a bug we need to fix. Occasionally, when you're not logged into an account, exports don't work. As far as we've been able to test, exports always work when you are logged in. You can sign up for a free account on Edmonton's map at https://www.opentreemap.org/edmonton/accounts/register/ https://www.opentreemap.org/edmonton/accounts/register/. (Actually, your account will work on any opentreemap.org map for editing/viewing, including TreeMap Los Angeles).
But since you just want to explore, I've put an example CSV export of the Edmonton neighborhood "Abbotsfield" up on my Google Drive for you to download and take a look: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3KytMYbF2eoQ08yZ1ZMQjJUdjg/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3KytMYbF2eoQ08yZ1ZMQjJUdjg...