Re: [Talk-us] Import of EPA data

2009-12-12 Thread Emilie Laffray
On 12/12/2009 06:54, jamesmikedup...@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

Re: [Talk-us] Import of EPA data

2009-12-12 Thread jamesmikedup...@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.laff...@gmail.com wrote: On

Re: [Talk-us] Import of EPA data

2009-12-12 Thread Emilie Laffray
On 12/12/2009 13:12, jamesmikedup...@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

Re: [Talk-us] Import of EPA data

2009-12-12 Thread jamesmikedup...@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

[Talk-us] Import of Lakes from water.usgs.gov

2009-12-12 Thread jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com
Instead of importing lots of data, I have imported only one lake for your review and approval. I have documented it here : http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/h4ck3rm1k3/diary/8927 Water files, Bull Shoals Lake, Norfork lake I have been looking for the shape files for the Bull Shoals Lake, and

Re: [Talk-us] [Imports] Import of Lakes from water.usgs.gov

2009-12-12 Thread jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com
On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 4:17 PM, Ian Dees ian.d...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 8:19 AM, jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com wrote: Instead of importing lots of data, I have imported only one lake for your review and approval. I have documented it here

Re: [Talk-us] [Imports] Import of Lakes from water.usgs.gov

2009-12-12 Thread jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com
On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 4:22 PM, jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com wrote: On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 4:17 PM, Ian Dees ian.d...@gmail.com wrote: The current NHD either includes these updates or is higher quality than this historical stuff that the USGS has. I would

Re: [Talk-us] [Imports] Import of Lakes from water.usgs.gov

2009-12-12 Thread jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com
On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 5:15 PM, Kate maps2w...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 10:17 AM, Ian Dees ian.d...@gmail.com wrote: The current NHD either includes these updates or is higher quality than this historical stuff that the USGS has. I would recommend working on importing the NHD

Re: [Talk-us] [Imports] Import of Lakes from water.usgs.gov

2009-12-12 Thread Ian Dees
On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 9:29 AM, jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com wrote: On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 4:22 PM, jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com wrote: On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 4:17 PM, Ian Dees ian.d...@gmail.com wrote: The current NHD

Re: [Talk-us] [Imports] Import of Lakes from water.usgs.gov

2009-12-12 Thread Richard Weait
On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 11:19 AM, jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com wrote: I agree completely. What I did with my splitter script is to create one file per Item. Large lakes and things can be processed that way, I just sorted the resulting files and loaded the

Re: [Talk-us] [Imports] Import of Lakes from water.usgs.gov

2009-12-12 Thread David Fawcett
I appreciate your enthusiasm for getting environmental data into OSM. I think that it can have value, but only if it is done carefully and with maintenance in mind. The spatial accuracy of the EPA data that you uploaded is not very good. I have to say that even in mixed-case, it really subtracts

Re: [Talk-us] [Imports] Import of Lakes from water.usgs.gov

2009-12-12 Thread jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com
Hi all, If you want to revert my edits for the EPA data feel free. mike ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] [Imports] Import of Lakes from water.usgs.gov

2009-12-12 Thread Ian Dees
On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 12:15 PM, jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com wrote: For the US, I found also a national name register, like the GNS database. This has been imported already. ___ Talk-us mailing list

Re: [Talk-us] [Imports] Import of Lakes from water.usgs.gov

2009-12-12 Thread Reiser, John J.
FYI, Georgia and New Jersey have land use/land cover data that has been bulk uploaded. With any bulk uploads, please make sure that the data is appropriate for the area and does not overlap existing data within an area. State level data is often better (not always, but often) than what is in

Re: [Talk-us] [Imports] Import of Lakes from water.usgs.gov

2009-12-12 Thread jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com
Well, I found this asbestos dump near my hometown in Millington NJ and that was not there before so if it was imported, where is it? mike On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 8:36 PM, Reiser, John J. rei...@rowan.edu wrote: FYI, Georgia and New Jersey have land use/land cover data that has been bulk