https://github.com/tableflip/landexplorer

🗺 The land explorer frontend
https://github.com/tableflip/landexplorer

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🗺 The land explorer frontend

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/tableflip/landexplorer
• Owner: tableflip
• License: agpl-3.0
• Created: 2016-12-24T16:28:51.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2017-05-11T14:55:30.000Z (about 9 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-02-15T12:46:47.127Z (over 1 year ago)
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage: http://landexplorer.uk/
• Size: 2.16 MB
• Stars: 4
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 2
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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Web frontend for http://landexplorer.uk - Helping surface open data about land in the UK.

## Getting started

With `node` > 6.0 and `npm` > 3.0 installed:

- Clone this repo.

- Create a mapbox account and grab an [api access key](https://www.mapbox.com/studio/account/tokens/).

- Copy `src/config.tpl.json` to `src/config.json` and add your api key.

- `npm install`

- `npm run watch`

That'll serve up the site at http://localhost:3000 in dev mode with hot-reloading goodness.

The site is built from code in the `src` directory and output as a static website to `dist`.

## Related projects

- [landexplorer-api](https://github.com/tableflip/landexplorer-api) - Graphql api for the data

- [landexplorer-infrastructure](https://github.com/tableflip/landexplorer-infrastructure) - Ansible deploy playbook for getting live.

## Open Data

Shared assets has identified groups of data sets and sources that deserve a wider audience

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TuywMaFP1TjF0RgccEaDeUJDWTUUZfyk8oDHgZpKm1E/edit#gid=0

Simple datasets are imported as vector tile layers to mapbox.

Base map info comes from Mapbox Streets v7 & Mapbox terrain

- https://www.mapbox.com/vector-tiles/mapbox-streets-v7/#layer-reference

- https://www.mapbox.com/vector-tiles/mapbox-terrain/#layer-reference

See also:

- **Open data catalogue** http://environment.data.gov.uk/ds/catalogue/#/catalogue

- Dealing with INSPIRE land reg polygons: http://anna.ps/blog/how-to-use-land-registry-data-to-explore-land-ownership-near-you

- Defra magicmap: http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx

## Landexplorer API

Datasets that are too large or require complex queries are imported to Postgres DB with PostGIS and exposed via a graphql api at http://api.landexplorer.uk/graphiql

The API spec is an **alpha** release and **will change**. It currently provides an INSPIRE ID for a give point in the UK.

## Credits



Land Explorer is a [Shared Assets] project.

Built by [Outlandish] and [TABLEFLIP].

[Shared Assets]: http://www.sharedassets.org.uk/

[Outlandish]: http://outlandish.com/

[TABLEFLIP]: https://tableflip.io/