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23 points vnglst | 2 comments | 18 Oct 25 09:17 UTC | HN request time: 0.418s | source

We have another election coming up at the end of this month here in the Netherlands, and how we use our limited land is a hotly debated topic.

Last year also I shared this animated hexagonal map of Dutch land use. I've now expanded this to include several more European countries, so you can see what makes Dutch land use so special - or not.

If you want to help add more countries, I'd appreciate PRs on GitHub. The map rendering is already there, it only requires land use data which can be found in the SQLite database (at least for EU countries).

Github: https://github.com/vnglst/onsland

Previous HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40599763

1. suprnurd ◴[18 Oct 25 16:46 UTC] No.45628639[source]▶

>>45626010 (OP) #

Nice animation when switching countries! I also want to compare countries as mewpmewp2 suggests.

A ranking of countries by category would be nice also! For example which has the most urban area.

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2. vnglst ◴[18 Oct 25 17:43 UTC] No.45629092[source]▶

>>45628639 (TP) #

Thanks I love the suggestions! Great ideas for the next iteration.

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