Mapping forest landcover for West Virginia in 5 years
Posted by ottwiz on 2 February 2025 in English.Hi OSM folks,
Yesterday I finished mapping West Virginia’s forest landcover for OSM in 5 years! It was a big project and definitely the next one will be a bigger one but because of that I’m gonna do it in a pace that I can maintain. If I have to stop, then I stop. Well, it’s just a hobby for me. As I announced on Mapping USA, I’m mapping Pennsylvania from now on. I’m really interested in the history of that state, The Keystone State.
And yes, I just wanted to try myself out how I could map forest landcover outside of Europe. It seems everyone seems hyped and I like this!
I’m not a robot so I can’t work on it 24/7 due to my personal life and I know i’m not making a 100% accurate landcover, but hey, I learnt some tricks which I’m taking advantage of! Sometimes I also criticise the quality I do but well people usually improve as time flies.
I’d like to thank everyone in the OSM community for giving me help and guidance, and I’m sure I’ll still have questions if it comes to specific areas. :)
Discussion
Comment from watmildon on 3 February 2025 at 04:06
Incredible work! Always inspiring. Thanks for writing/mapping/sharing your love of this with us all.
In case folks who find this are similarly gob smacked, here’s the two talks ottwiz gave about the project (maybe there are more??)
2024 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxqOkEq9eVw&t 2025 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBInS8hcGhU