[Talk-us] Import of EPA data

[jamesmikedupont at googlemail.com]

I have create a wiki page to funnel the discussion.
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/EPAGeospatial

But personally, I am happy to see this data. Now I found a Asbestos
Dump next to my old house in NJ!


On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 2:09 PM, Emilie Laffray
<emilie.laffray at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/12/2009 06:54, jamesmikedupont at googlemail.com wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have imported 100k of EPA hazard points from the data.gov,
>> and some people have pointed out that there are issues with them.
>>
>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/h4ck3rm1k3/diary/8923
>>
>> My plan is to run a rename script to use perl to capitalize the data properly.
>> Also they are not rendering in potlatch, but in josm. So, I could also
>> make the invisible.
>>
>> Any suggestions? I am willing to put work into it to make it right.
>>
>
> One suggestion: do not add is_in. This is redundant information that can
> be obtained through polygons of state and county. It is really a waste
> of database space.
>
> Emilie Laffray
>
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