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OSM knows where my solar panels are (lemmy.ml)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have a solar array on my roof. If I find my house in OSM, there's a lightning bolt icon indicating there's a solar array present. Not only that, but the exact layout of the panels in my roof is shown. I never submitted this info to anyone, Google Maps Satellite view doesn't show them. I'm really curious where OSM got such detailed data.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Shouldn't solar panels be mapped if and only if they consistent of a separate structure and not part of the roof?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

@nudnyekscentryk @bruhbeans IIRC, there was a project in the UK which tried to map as many as possible, in order to predict fluctuations in electricity supply.

We know where clouds are with good precision. If we can match this with the locations of solar panels + some math, they could predict small fluctuations.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

Is this actually helpful? The authorities and provider should already have this data. I don't see why OSM should take up this responsibility.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I guess you could point to that as a good thing because when selling your house people could see that it has solar panels and when the solar panels were added to open street map and to your house. Like, oh, I see this house has had solar panels for at least 10 years.