[Talk-us] Import of EPA data

[jamesmikedupont at googlemail.com]

Hi there,

I am able to script any fixes you want.

I have a big collection of perl hacks for various imports here :
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~kosova/%2Bjunk/openstreetmapkosova/

I will refrain from any more major imports for usa. In fact, these are
the big datasets that I found.

The documentation of what I did it very simple. All the nodes have the
same tags :

Here are the tags that I have used in the import :

   1. landuse = industrial
   2. man_made = environmental_hazard
   3. name = from the KML file
   4. ref = http://iaspub.epa.gov/enviro/national_kml.registry_html?p_registry_id=110010106081
   5. source = http://www.epa.gov/enviro/geo_data.html

On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Emilie Laffray
<emilie.laffray at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/12/2009 13:12, jamesmikedupont at googlemail.com wrote:
>> 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!
>>
>>
> I am not against putting the data inside OSM. I am just pointing out
> that the import should have been announced and peer reviewed before
> starting. It would have caught most of the issues that you are now
> facing. There is an import mailing list, it would have helped.
> It is so much more difficult to correct the data afterwards than before.
> I don't know if it is a good example, but now in France any major
> imports is sent to the mailing list for review, even bots work. It
> allows to catch problems before they become an issue. Correcting the
> data will now be painful between people correcting the data on their own
> plus your own effort.
> Do you have a page explaining which tag you use? what fields? etc....
>
> Emilie Laffray
>
>