[OC] A map of the backroads in Finland, perfectly captured by OpenStreetMap and visualized with QGIS. This map is a definitive not-a-guide to rally driving in Finland!
Submitted by Geodienst t3_10mlh3q in dataisbeautiful
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?
I think this map had removed all of the main roads.
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.)
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.
> 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.
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.
Yeah, OSM in Finland is quite lacking when it comes to smaller roads especially in areas with low population
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