OpenGeofiction
Hello all, just making a Diary entry to ask if anybody knows what some certain structures are;
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@23.6269768,90.440747,1569m/data=!3m1!1e3
It’s those smokestacks everywhere along the river near Dhaka. I’ve also seen them used in the Middle East as well, but I am not sure at all what they are. It looks like they are used in farming, but I can’t be sure. Does anybody have any idea?
Discussion
Comment from refried sushi on 25 October 2016 at 14:05
I think those are brickyards. Check out the pictures here. Interesting find.
Comment from kingfries on 25 October 2016 at 14:08
They seem to be used for making bricks, the chimneys are needed for burning the bricks to harden them. See: www.aljazeera.com/indepth/inpictures/2014/05/pictures-brick-fields-banglade-2014517134431553324.html Seems to be a big industry down there actually.
Comment from kingfries on 25 October 2016 at 14:09
Oh refried sushi just beat me by a couple minutes…
Comment from Aces California on 25 October 2016 at 14:14
Thanks you 2, looks interesting. didn’t expect brick-making to be such a big industry. Maybe something Tierajas-Verdes could specialize for imports :P
Comment from Luciano on 25 October 2016 at 14:49
If you download the osm data for the area, you find the following tags:
building=industrial kiln:type=Hoffmann man_made=kiln product=brick
I was thinking brick kilns even before that, but the data seems to confirm it. One of those surprising instances where OSM clearly has much better data than googlemaps.
Comment from wangi on 26 October 2016 at 09:50
osm.org/way/344711689