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We <3 Trees
I love trees, something not too surprising for someone writing for a site called TreeHugger, and I’m very happy to see that the Urban Forest Map is launching. It’s a kind of hybrid between Google Maps and Wikipedia; It starts with data provided by the city, and then allows people to add details and fill in the gaps about every tree in their city (starting with San Francisco, and later expanding to other places). It also give an estimate of the benefits that those trees provide to the local population based on the Center for … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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