Open Street Map based project maps

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Map Open Street Map (OSM)
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Open Street Map (OSM)-based projects are characterized by highlighting some of the cartographic peculiarities, within the massive collection of open data offered by OSM.

The Thunderforest project uses this data offered by OSM to make thematic maps of different kinds:

Viewer of the latest fires detected in the world

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Active Global Fire Viewer
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The active fire map is a service offered and produced by NASA from data collected by satellites. The information collected is treated very quickly and made available to the public in a few hours. With all this we can know in a rather objective way the approximate place where a point of fire has occurred and the magnitude of it.

Austria cartographic viewer

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 Austria map
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Cartography used:

  • Map standard: basemap of Austria in color
  • Map Gray: light-colored and contours. Especially suitable as a background for thematic maps
  • Overlay: transparent street signature and labels. Ideal for combination with orthophotos
  • Map High-DPI: double the resolution of the STANDARD layer. perfect for high-resolution displays of smartphones and tablets and for prints
  • Orthofoto: highest resolution: 29cm, in some regions: 15cm. Ideal in combination with OVERLAY


Source and download of official data:

Earthquake map with seismic information for Spain

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Mapa sísmico de españa
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Cartography and data with seismic and volcanic information from Spain. The added layers provide parameters of seismic hazard, seismic stations, volcanic watch stations and the IGN earthquake catalog.

Earthquakes cataloged in the IGN with day and time information, depth, magnitude, location and intensity:

Japan cartographic viewer

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Cartografía de Japón
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Published mapping:

  • Topographic at different scales throughout the Japanese territory and derived from it (light, white, English)
  • Detailed topographic survey at 1:25,000 scale
  • Air flights in different years: current, 2007, 2004, 1988-1990, 1984-1986, 1979-1983, 1974-1978, 1961-1969, 1945-1950, 1936
  • Land uses
  • Volcanoes
  • Lakes
  • Continuous geological mapping, faults, terrain conditions
  • Forest cover

Data sources:

Cartographic viewer of Belgium

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Cartografia de Bélgica
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- Topographic maps of Belgium offered by the Institut géographique national (IGN) at different scales (Between 1:4,000,000 and 1:2,500)
- Map of the open Street Map collaborative project where users themselves map the world
- Aerial photographs of Belgiumdel
- CADastral mapping of SPF Finances
- Open Street Map (OSM)
- Traces made by users of the Strava app

Sources and download of official data:

Geoportal of the federal state of Belgium: https://www.geo.be

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