Forest Watch
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geospatial mapping demo
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Forest Watch
Keep track of forests in your area by viewing changes in tree cover over time.
koenvangilst.nl#tree cover loss#global forest watch#arcgis#satellite imagery#deforestation map
How HN took it
2 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 3 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score -0.10.
Execution: 0 for, 3 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 against
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What people liked
Useful for EU deforestation compliance evidence
From 2 comments
At the end of the year, the EU will require importers of certain commodities (coffee, cocoa, cattle, palm oil, etc) to have evidence the commodity was not grown on deforested…
jaxgeller on HNThat's really cool! And a great use case for mass-market satellite imagery. There's no arguing that f.ex. n-2 years ago there was tree cover in imagery of an area, that's now gone.
ethbr1 on HN
Interesting demo of satellite imagery
From 2 comments
Thanks for sharing this! Question, I looked thru the code and didnt see the code for actually pulling the historical images, did you do that manually via GFW/Esri? I was helping…
TuringNYC on HNThis looks neat! It seems that the gain/loss layers do render, but it can currently take a very long time. The user doesn't see whether data is still fetching or if there are no…
yreg on HN
Objections
Loads very slowly with no loading indicator
From 2 comments
This looks neat! It seems that the gain/loss layers do render, but it can currently take a very long time. The user doesn't see whether data is still fetching or if there are no…
yreg on HNPSA: Everything currently loads for me, but it takes a long time (up to a few minutes). If you want to check it out, stop moving around and wait a bit.
yreg on HN
Site and GitHub link returned 404 errors
From 3 comments
Ah… 404 not found on your github link?
ben_w on HNGetting 404 now
rootsu on HNdid this get taken down everywhere? sounds really interesting, but everything looks like it's been taken down.
jdc0589 on HN
Requests
Show loading or fetching status in the UI
From 1 comment
This looks neat! It seems that the gain/loss layers do render, but it can currently take a very long time. The user doesn't see whether data is still fetching or if there are no…
yreg on HN
Make go-to-my-location button more prominent
From 1 comment
This looks neat! It seems that the gain/loss layers do render, but it can currently take a very long time. The user doesn't see whether data is still fetching or if there are no…
yreg on HN
Questions
How historical images are pulled, manually or via a pipeline
From 1 comment
Thanks for sharing this! Question, I looked thru the code and didnt see the code for actually pulling the historical images, did you do that manually via GFW/Esri? I was helping…
TuringNYC on HN
How to help increase coverage
From 1 comment
I want to help increase the coverage, what can I do?
istinetz on HN
Alternatives named
Global Forest Watch
From 1 comment
Sorry folks, it seems like the Global Forest Watch layer has stopped working. That's the layer in pink that was indicating loss of tree cover. Might be the Hackernews effect.
vnglst on HN
ESA satellite sweeps via AWS
From 1 comment
Thanks for sharing this! Question, I looked thru the code and didnt see the code for actually pulling the historical images, did you do that manually via GFW/Esri? I was helping…
TuringNYC on HN