Shirakawa-go: data credits

Geographic data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License.

Elevation data from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, processed from the GSI DEM10B dataset.

This is a composed miniature. Mapped positions and measured terrain inform a compressed landscape, with interpreted buildings, authored snow, vegetation, and a foreground stream.

Architectural references include Shirakawa-go Tourism Association and photographs of Ogimachi and the Gassho-zukuri Minkaen. Reference photographs are not embedded in the scene.

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