Nature data
EDK carries open Nature data for the living world — parks, trees, vegetation, waterways, and natural footprints. Use it to measure green space, understand environmental context, or ground your map in the physical landscape.
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What's included
Nature features come from open environmental sources and OpenStreetMap natural footprints. They are published with canonical IDs so you can search them, tile them, and run compute over them like any other EDK feature.
| Category | Examples | Use for |
|---|---|---|
| Green space | Parks, playgrounds, gardens | Access, coverage, and proximity analysis |
| Vegetation | Trees, forests, landcover footprints | Canopy and environmental modeling |
| Water | Rivers, lakes, waterways | Context and constraint mapping |
Search nature
nature.ts
import { EDK } from "@edk/sdk";
const e2 = new EDK();
const parks = await e2.search({
feature: ["park", "playground"],
area: ["Queens"],
limit: 100,
});
const count = await e2.compute.feature("park").region("Manhattan").count();Nature footprints are versioned snapshots. Combine them with Places to answer questions like "restaurants near a park" with
.near("park", 500).