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Cool Spaces

Posted on Monday 18 July 2022 by Oliver O’Brien

It’s very hot in London today, and tomorrow. It’s best not to be out and about at all, but if you need to be in London, there are some places which may be cooler than others – public venues with air conditioning, some tubes/trains (if…

canopy, cold, cool, data, Events, fountains, gla, heat, hot, summer, trees, Water

Great Trees of London

Posted on Thursday 30 April 2020 by Oliver O’Brien

Blue Crow Media, long-time makers of bespoke themed maps of London and other places, have switched from their regular architecture focus and produced a lovely new map focusing on notable trees in the capital. There are around as many trees as people in…

blue crow media, data, flora, green, OpenStreetMap, Tourist, tree, trees

Fallen Fruit

Posted on Friday 4 October 2019 by Oliver O’Brien

The Fallen Fruit project, by David Allen Burns and Austin Young in the US, allows communities to map publically owned/accessible trees in their neighbourhood which are likely groaning with fruit to eat, at this kind of year. There is an online Google-p…

Austin Young, data, David Allen Burns, eat, Events, Fallen Fruit, food, fruit, South Kensington, tree, trees, V&A

Tree Canopy Cover

Posted on Wednesday 28 November 2018 by Oliver O’Brien

The Greater London Authority has published a data map, showing the locations within London where tree canopies can be seen from overhead. There are about as many trees as people in London, and 21% of the capital’s land area is covered by them. This is an impressive number – this must make London one of […]

canopy, coverage, data, green, planting, Raster, tree, trees

London’s Street Trees

Posted on Thursday 16 March 2017 by Oliver O’Brien

Following a data release of Southwark’s publically maintained trees a couple of years back, the Greater London Authority recently published a map which shows street trees (trees along roads and public paths, and trees in public open spaces, such as small parks and other minor green areas). Each borough has its own tree database and […]

boroughs, data, gla, green, species, street, street tress, trees