[Talk-us] Import of EPA data

[Chris Hunter]

I ran across 2 misplaced / not immediately locatable points while mapping a
local airport.  Since I agree with David's take, I have deleted both.

Changeset: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/3391401

On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Chris Hunter <chunter952 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 10:00 AM, David Fawcett <david.fawcett at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I don't support the import at this time either.
>>
>> I think that this type of data is far better queried from the source
>> at the time it is needed and mashed on top of OSM.  States are
>> continually improving this data and pushing it up to EPA where the
>> changes will be reflected in new versions of the KML file.  Is it
>> likely that OSM contributors will create diffs and hand edit the
>> locations and attributes as they change?
>>
>> If data like this is imported, it should not be done without a well
>> thought out tagging/description scheme that others buy into for
>> environmental data.  These tags should indicate the type of
>> environmental interest that it it is and if it is from a particular
>> EPA program, it would be very useful to use namespace specific tags
>> like type=epa:npl, type=epa:brownfield, etc.  Maybe a standard OSM tag
>> to indicate that the location has not been verified, like the tiger
>> data.
>>
>> Personally, I think that if it is there, it should also be tagged in a
>> way that it doesn't show up on the default renders.  An interesting
>> project would be something like 'OpenEnviroMap'  (ala OpenPisteMap), a
>> stylesheet and tagging scheme to pull all flavors of environmental
>> info into a map.
>>
>> I don't understand what the rush is to put 100k of points into OSM
>> without the proper work up front.  In IT-speak, you seem to be heavily
>> invested in a solution without having done the business analysis or
>> established the business need.  I guess that is the beauty:horror of
>> OSM, it is a wiki, anyone can import whatever they want, however they
>> want.
>>
>> I am starting to repeat myself in these posts, so I really don't think
>> that I have anything else to add to this discussion.  If your goal is
>> to add value to the data or make the latest version of data available
>> to people who currently don't have access to it, I don't see the case
>> for putting it into OSM.  What is your goal behind this effort?
>>
>> David.
>>
>> +1
>
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