Design posters showcasing your country's electrical grid
Grid2Poster is a tool that generates posters of electrical grid infrastructure using OpenStreetMap data. It allows users to create print-ready visuals for various regions, including countries and continents, by utilizing transmission line data. The project encourages community contributions to improve data coverage and quality through mapping initiatives.
- ▪Grid2Poster uses OpenStreetMap data to create posters of electrical grid infrastructure.
- ▪Users can generate posters for countries, states, provinces, and continents with customizable options.
- ▪The project is supported by community initiatives like MapYourGrid, which provide tools and tutorials for mapping transmission infrastructure.
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| Original publisher | GitHub |
| Canonical URL | https://github.com/open-energy-transition/grid2poster |
| Publication time | Sun, 17 May 2026 22:47:05 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-05-17T23:03:21.122Z |
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Grid2Poster Generate print-ready posters of electrical grid infrastructure from OpenStreetMap data. Transmission lines for a country or continent are downloaded and rendered with GeoPandas, OSMnx, and Matplotlib. The project is heavily inspired and reused styling from maptoposter. Grid2Poster supports countries, states, provinces and continents, as well as predefined regions. Data Grid2Poster uses OpenStreetMap features tagged as: power=line power=minor_line when enabled power=cable when enabled Feature completeness depends on OpenStreetMap coverage in the selected country or region. Contributing to the data Coverage and quality in your country can be improved by mapping transmission infrastructure directly in OpenStreetMap.
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