OSM Scotland "Age of the Map"

Animation showing the timeline of OpenStreetMap edits in Scotland.

 

Note: doesn't show ALL edits, it just uses the last-modified date of each node. So it really shows how old each part of the map is. But it should be a fairly good representation of how the map has developed and grown over time.

 

This is a low-quality preview (ffmpeg quality level 25) in order to keep upload size manageable.

 

Created using Python/Sqlite to create the database, a Processing sketch to spit out the PNG stills for each frame, and ffmpeg to create the final video.

 

Containing data copyright OpenStreetMap and its contributors under an Open Database Licence.

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Uploaded on September 19, 2013
Taken on September 19, 2013