I created this land use visualisation for the Netherlands

Last weekend, I tried creating an original visualization of something on many minds in my home country the Netherlands: land use. Much of our discussion revolves around land use—housing crisis, sustainable farming, solar energy—it's all about the land. To illustrate this, I created a map where each hexagon represents 0.06% (26,647 hectares) of land in the Netherlands. The color indicates the type of land use.

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This interactive visualization displays land use across the Netherlands using a hexagonal map, where each hexagon represents 26,647 hectares and is color-coded by land type. Created to illustrate ongoing Dutch debates around housing, sustainable farming, and renewable energy, the tool provides an accessible way to understand how the country's territory is allocated across different uses. It offers a data-driven perspective on resource distribution in the Netherlands.

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