[Talk-us] Import of EPA data

[jamesmikedupont at googlemail.com]

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 7:58 AM, Alan Mintz
<Alan_Mintz+OSM at earthlink.net> wrote:
> At 2009-12-14 22:06, jamesmikedupont at googlemail.com wrote:
>>...
>>The url  is :
>>http://iaspub.epa.gov/enviro/national_kml.registry_html?p_registry_id=110038753872
>>
>>This resolves to:
>>A LOCATION IDENTIFIED BY A BROWNFIELDS PILOT/GRANT.
>>LOCATION ADDRESS        22 GARDINER CREEK ROAD, WASHBURN, ME 04786
>>COUNTY NAME     AROOSTOOK
>>http://iaspub.epa.gov/enviro/fii_query_detail.disp_program_facility?p_registry_id=110038753872
>>
>>
>>Information System      ASSESSMENT, CLEANUP AND REDEVELOPMENT EXCHANGE SYSTEM
>>Information System ID   36422
>>Environmental Interest Type     BROWNFIELDS PROPERTY
>>Data Source     ACRES
>>Last Updated Date       11/13/2007
>>
>>Now, if we look at the map, we see that it is misplaced, it is off by
>>some 1-2 km,
>>but if you wanted to find it , you could.
>
> Maybe I'm missing something, but after looking at the above, and everything
> on the related pages, I don't understand the purpose of importing this
> particular node. Even if correctly positioned, what makes it useful to map?
> What is it to be tagged?

Well, if it is the biggest building the small town, why not? Why not
have every building and poi on the map.

>
>
>>First the name is off by one character, GARDNER and not GARDINER, but
>>a fuzzy match would find that.
>
> I see (in the Los Angeles area) lots of mis-spellings, mis-naming, overly
> verbose naming, etc. Again typical of databases that are not well edited.
>
>
>>Also, why the schools are listed? I think because they are in the database :
>>National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
>>The NCES is the primary federal database for collecting and analyzing
>>data related to education in the United States and other Nations. It
>>is located in the U.S. Department of Education, within the Institute
>>of Education Sciences.
>>
>>For example :
>>http://iaspub.epa.gov/enviro/fii_query_detail.disp_program_facility?p_registry_id=110021997794
>>NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS
>>         231170000514    REGULAR SCHOOL  NCES    12/30/2006      STATE
>> ID-45204
>>That would make sense to make sure the schools are not built next to a
>>superfund....
>
> I routinely see dups in the case of schools (at least), since someone
> already did a GNIS import, some of which has now been manually geolocated.
> Why import these again?

Ok. That would be a reason to remove the data.