On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 7:58 AM, Alan Mintz <alan_mintz+...@earthlink.net> wrote: > At 2009-12-14 22:06, jamesmikedup...@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. _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us