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Design posters showcasing your country's electrical grid

72 pointsby lyoncyyesterday at 10:47 PM18 commentsview on HN

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tkgallytoday at 3:27 AM

I created a poster for Japan, where I live:

https://www.gally.net/temp/20260518-japan-transmission-grid/...

The image produced by the program seemed unbalanced because Japan’s southernmost islands were included even though they are not part of the electrical grid. I used an image editing program to remove the outlines of those islands and shift the main part of the country toward the center.

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Not indicated on the map is the fact that Japan’s electrical grid runs at 50 Hz in the eastern and northern parts of the country and 60 Hz in the west:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_Japan

The electrical power distribution system is now undergoing a major redesign:

https://souhai-sys.co.jp/business/ (Japanese only)

jfimtoday at 12:23 AM

Those are really cool!

I was thinking of printing one that's like the California example (https://github.com/open-energy-transition/grid2poster/blob/m...). Where do people print posters nowadays?

cheschiretoday at 12:51 AM

Somewhat related:

https://openinframap.org/

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loremmtoday at 12:34 AM

Really nice and OET is great

For north america also look at this https://geovizzydesigns.myportfolio.com/electricity-grid-of-... , more complete only in the US since not rely on OSM

aaronbrethorsttoday at 1:58 AM

The aesthetics of this feel very similar to this project I saw on here a few months back. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46656834

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baliextoday at 12:45 AM

I see two examples, India and Africa. Both of which look great but Africa is not a country.

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seliopoutoday at 1:14 AM

Africa is not a country.

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bombcaryesterday at 11:49 PM

I was really hoping these would be propaganda posters for (or against) your country’s grid.

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