← Back to context Comment by jamessb 5 years ago The README [1] says it is using data from OpenStreetMap, fetched with the Overpass API.[1]: https://github.com/geodienst/lighthousemap 2 comments jamessb Reply ragebol 5 years ago Yep, saw that. Then I wonder: why are those attributes (seamark:light:{sequence, range, colour}) filled more often for lighthouses in Europe? ygra 5 years ago OpenStreetMap in general seems to have way more contributors from Europe: https://www.osmstats.neis-one.org/But in this case perhaps much of that data came from a data import that didn't have compatibly-licensed data for the US.
ragebol 5 years ago Yep, saw that. Then I wonder: why are those attributes (seamark:light:{sequence, range, colour}) filled more often for lighthouses in Europe? ygra 5 years ago OpenStreetMap in general seems to have way more contributors from Europe: https://www.osmstats.neis-one.org/But in this case perhaps much of that data came from a data import that didn't have compatibly-licensed data for the US.
ygra 5 years ago OpenStreetMap in general seems to have way more contributors from Europe: https://www.osmstats.neis-one.org/But in this case perhaps much of that data came from a data import that didn't have compatibly-licensed data for the US.
Yep, saw that. Then I wonder: why are those attributes (seamark:light:{sequence, range, colour}) filled more often for lighthouses in Europe?
OpenStreetMap in general seems to have way more contributors from Europe: https://www.osmstats.neis-one.org/
But in this case perhaps much of that data came from a data import that didn't have compatibly-licensed data for the US.