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Zürich, Switzerland Online Tree Registry (maps.stadt-zuerich.ch)
13 points by niborgen 739 days ago
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This is very incomplete, as you can easily see by switching to the aerial photo base map but keeping the tree overlay[0]. You'll see a ton of trees that are not marked. I'm guessing it's only city-owned trees, or something like that?

[0] https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/Stadtplan.aspx?...

If you open the hamburger menu and go to "more maps", you can click an info button next to the tree marker, which shows a popup with the word "Stadtbäume" (city trees) which links to here: https://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/ted/de/index/gsz/natur-erleben/...

That page clarifies that these trees are indeed just the trees on public land, which are maintained by the city. Trees in private areas aren't included.

I recently found that my city of Bristol, UK has the same [1] along with one for green spaces [2] and loads more at [3]. Fun to explore.

[1] https://opendata.bristol.gov.uk/datasets/7a99218a4bf347ff948...

[2] https://opendata.bristol.gov.uk/datasets/a5b3c152b9894127a64...

[3] https://opendata.bristol.gov.uk/

Here’s a link for my city. The city is number 1 for trees in the USA, I think Chicago has the least. At first glance it’s not as detailed and a little dated but there are more trees now than ever.

https://geospatial.gatech.edu/Greenspace/

Not enough, they need to plant a lot more to cool the city and deal with the larger rain fall.