[HN Gopher] TreeTalk London - Tree Map
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TreeTalk London - Tree Map
Author : jamespwilliams
Score : 82 points
Date : 2023-02-21 18:41 UTC (4 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (www.treetalk.co.uk)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.treetalk.co.uk)
| IndigoIncognito wrote:
| They have data for a tree in my garden. I got the tree cut down
| and there was so much bureaucracy to go through just to cut it, I
| guess it is a protected piece of nature or something of the sort?
| Philip-J-Fry wrote:
| https://www.gov.uk/guidance/tree-preservation-orders-and-tre...
|
| The chances are that if there's a large tree in a garden then
| it was planted when the house was built and covered by a TPO
| from the council.
| moremetadata wrote:
| Its harder to terminate a tree in the UK than a human.
| samb1729 wrote:
| Which forms do I need to fill out to axe my sibling?
| gpa wrote:
| I like how they protect their trees in the United Kingdom. This
| approach to environmental preservation should be adopted
| globally.
| _dain_ wrote:
| it's a scam to inflate property values.
| saikatsg wrote:
| > TreeTalk has been created on Greentalk's Platform. A
| proprietary technology platform which allows business/customers
| to promote or generate itineraries and trails based on geo-
| mapping and data ranging from trees to historic monuments,
| considering enviromental elements such as air quality, tree
| canopy, and more.
|
| https://www.greentalklabs.com/
| sandos wrote:
| I assume this is from openstreetmap? Although I've never seen
| trees with specific info in osm.
| pastage wrote:
| This is available in the London's datastore under open
| government license according to the FAQ.
|
| And no the data is not imported to OSM at this date. But the
| doc for natural=tree tag in OSM does have quite a lot of
| possible extra types, leaf_type and cycle are the most common.
|
| https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:natural=tree
| Symbiote wrote:
| Each local council will have a database of all street and
| park trees on their land. At some regular interval they need
| to inspect each tree to ensure it isn't rotten or otherwise
| dangerous.
| world2vec wrote:
| Had no idea there are cork oak trees near my house and they're
| considered rare in London. Very neat app, love it.
| dom96 wrote:
| Wow, this is amazing. I never knew the park around where I live
| has such a variety of trees. Another excuse to go for a walk.
| dang wrote:
| Related:
|
| _A Map of the Trees of London_ -
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23078682 - May 2020 (88
| comments)
| josters wrote:
| In Berlin there is "Giess den Kiez"[1] (water your block). It not
| only shows you the species and age for every tree on public
| property, you can also adopt trees and be responsible for
| watering them.
|
| > Giess den Kiez is a participatory platform where you can inform
| yourself about the trees in your neighbourhood and their water
| needs. You can explore individual trees in Berlin and find out
| about the proper watering of trees. If you want to water the same
| trees regularly, you should create an account, adopt the trees
| and show that they are taken care of. This way, coordination
| takes place in the neighbourhood.
|
| [1] https://www.giessdenkiez.de
| plondon514 wrote:
| In New York City we also have an impressive Tree Map that not
| many know about: https://tree-map.nycgovparks.org/
| nicwolff wrote:
| Same idea for NYC https://tree-map.nycgovparks.org
| spladug wrote:
| And for SF: https://bsm.sfdpw.org/urbanforestry/
| rcMgD2BwE72F wrote:
| And Paris: https://opendata.paris.fr/explore/dataset/les-
| arbres/map/
| postingawayonhn wrote:
| And Melbourne:
| http://melbourneurbanforestvisual.com.au/#mapexplore
| jerrysievert wrote:
| and Portland
|
| https://pdx.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?
| id=...
| halfvoxel wrote:
| And for Sweden
| https://stadstrad.se/?lng=18.0977&lat=59.3364&zoom=13.6
|
| It even tries to show a Google street view picture of the
| tree, if possible.
| calcifer wrote:
| Very interesting! It says the one right in front of my building
| is a Locust tree and is very rare in London:
|
| > Rare species. This is one of TreeTalk's Bronze trees. There are
| no more than 200 of them in streets around London.
| mnd999 wrote:
| Amazing, correctly identifies the trees outside my flat.
| a_c wrote:
| This is the perfect app I'm looking for. Since moving to London,
| I fell in love with the trees here. Knowing nothing about trees
| before, I carry a tiny tree atlas with me. It is challenging to
| look up a tree from a booklet shall I say.
|
| Simply beautiful.
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