Company
Date Published
Author
Anna Savina, Content and Community
Word count
563
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

Felt, a platform for creating and sharing maps, showcases various projects that utilize its mapping capabilities to visualize important geographic and environmental data. These projects include mapping road widths in London to identify cycling opportunities, documenting development projects that replaced natural forests in Malaysia, and visualizing the destruction from a significant earthquake in Turkey using volunteer-collected data. Additionally, the platform hosts a comprehensive map of the Klang Valley bus system, an analysis of real estate investments in West Oakland, and a visualization of bus stops in Bengaluru scaled by daily trips served. Other notable projects feature the blooming magnolias and cherry blossoms in Korea, known fossil locations in Denmark, and Afrin's infrastructure and historical sites post-2018 military operation. Furthermore, Jacob's map of construction sites in Mumbai highlights their contribution to air pollution. The platform encourages users to share their own maps on its Slack group for potential featuring.