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Kalle_Silakka t1_j63rwoo wrote

Damn I see my cottage road from here

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BigRiko t1_j643qh5 wrote

That's super cool! The data on OpenStreetMap never ceases to amaze me

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V8-6-4 t1_j6a8a9w wrote

The only amazing thing is how many roads is missing from this map.

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tilcica t1_j63lwbk wrote

why is there so many random patches of road not connected to anything? if the car went to capture there, why didnt it also capture the way there and/or back?

is it similar to germany where they had to remove large parts of it?

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Wang_entity t1_j63ui9b wrote

I think this map had removed all of the main roads.

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Kharon8 t1_j63wcuu wrote

Yes. All of those are gravel roads, so even minor paved roads aren't in the picture. I think this pic is also based on satellite images, so no car has visited those.

Even Google Maps doesn't show all gravel roads, but when they do, it looks like this: https://goo.gl/maps/6ehKRyfYjy3jzhX56

,,,,and typical rally speed on that: 100mph or more. I think they're nuts, but exciting? Hell yeah!

(That's near by my summer cottage, not all random place.)

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DaniilSan t1_j65ibru wrote

Data is from OpenStreetMap which as you may guess by it's name is open and can be edited by basically anyone and thus it often includes roads and paths Google doesn't bother to include on the map.

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__crackers__ t1_j69bbe5 wrote

> I think this pic is also based on satellite images, so no car has visited those.

It's from OpenStreetMap, so probably the exact opposite: the tracks were plotted by a person travelling along them with a GPS.

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[deleted] t1_j63x3ex wrote

It also depends on what has been added to OpenStreetMaps. I live in area that is completely black on this map, but ofc there are plenty of backroads around, but nobody to map them / put them into OSM.

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Tomino321 t1_j641ti3 wrote

Yeah, OSM in Finland is quite lacking when it comes to smaller roads especially in areas with low population

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Engrammi t1_j658vqh wrote

Not seeing any of the roads I'd use for rally, or roads I did use for riding a moped before getting a license.

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LiverOfStyx t1_j64sdsj wrote

Not even close to accurate. I know one road that is missing and how perfect it would be for rallying. My family owns a share of that road and government pays for the upkeeping and maintenance cause it is quite neat way to shortcut between two highways and can handle a tank... The whole area is a black void in this map when i know it is fully of backroads that are in excellent condition. They cut thru marshlands that form natural obstacles, unless you use those roads...

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GhotiGhetoti t1_j654lav wrote

Not even close to accurate because they’re missing one road?

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LiverOfStyx t1_j658u7u wrote

I said the whole area is just a black void.. there are dozens of them missing within.. 100km^(2)

So, more than one, more than few and yes: if the miss that much on that one area, how much more are they missing?

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202042 t1_j658e8v wrote

Thanks! I will try this out later.

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KisssCola t1_j66chxj wrote

Can you see the total lenght of the roads on the map? It should be over 160 000 km, that's only the total lenght of the forest roads (metsäautotie) in Finland.

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Warm-Cranberry-6704 t1_j68u4f7 wrote

I reckon Helsinki is the most dense down there? Seems reasonable but the rest stick out

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MettaRosvo t1_j64bgqy wrote

Why is there a singular strip of backroad deep in Russian side of the border? Do we still own that particular backroad or what?

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Seeteuf3l t1_j64ddth wrote

I think it shows entire road, even if it crosses the border.

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0_0_0 t1_j64x7fi wrote

My hypothesis is it's a road inside the area Finland rents from Russia for the Saimaa Canal.

Or a coordinate mistake.

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ar243 t1_j64mzpn wrote

Awesome work!!

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voracious_villain t1_j64y8x2 wrote

Curious as to the methodology used to extract, use QGIS and OSM every day at work.

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haararaketti t1_j67qy90 wrote

I would probably use a website like geofabrik.de to download the OSM extract and then import it into a database with osm2pgrouting. Then use a query layer in QGIS to only get the roads I want.

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Vittulima t1_j67tk6i wrote

Doesn't QGIS have plugins for the download part? I remember downloading OSM (and more through ministry of transportation) data when I did something similar

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haararaketti t1_j67yhds wrote

Yeah, you have quickosm. At this scale though I think the request would exceed the allowed limit and at least I’m more comfortable using PostGIS when doing anything related to networks.

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torchma t1_j65cls7 wrote

If you're going by OSM classification of roads, you should know that it's highly inconsistent. Two roads that are in fact very similar (surface, width, frequency of use) are often classified differently and vice versa. That's what you get with crowd sourced data.

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Sitraka17 t1_j65tpog wrote

Punaise! That's the kind of map I wanna be able to make !!
Nice work ! +1 !!!

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PHX_Architraz t1_j668rja wrote

*My Summer Car intensifies*

Great map with complete and utter lack of suggestions.

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