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Document boundary process for external review #286

Closed chadlawlis closed 8 years ago

chadlawlis commented 8 years ago

Something we can share with Lands and the regional coordinators so they understand how we’re handling boundaries And we need to start “looping” Roger Johnson and the regional coordinators in when parks want us to make changes

We have a good start here: https://github.com/nationalparkservice/places-data/blob/gh-pages/boundaries/README.md.

chadlawlis commented 8 years ago

Current boundary source status (as of 12/07/15):

Park or region (35): Acadia National Park African Burial Ground National Monument Bandelier National Monument Blue Ridge Parkway Cape Hatteras National Seashore Catoctin Mountain Park Death Valley National Park Fort Monroe National Monument Fort Point National Historic Site Gateway National Recreation Area General Grant National Memorial Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Gloria Dei Church National Historic Site Grand Canyon National Park Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument Great Smoky Mountains National Park Haleakala National Park Klondike Gold Rush (Seattle Unit) National Historical Park Korean War Veterans Memorial Lake Mead National Recreation Area Maggie L Walker National Historic Site Mount Rainier National Park National Capital Parks New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park New Orleans Jazz National Historic Park Pinnacles National Park Prince William Forest Park Richmond National Battlefield Park Saint Croix Island International Historic Site San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site Shenandoah National Park Statue Of Liberty National Monument Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site Waco Mammoth National Monument

WSD_Parks (311): Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park Adams National Historical Park Agate Fossil Beds National Monument Alagnak Wild River Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site Amistad National Recreation Area Andersonville National Historic Site Aniakchak National Monument & Preserve Antietam National Battlefield Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Appalachian National Scenic Trail Appomattox Court House National Historical Park Arches National Park Arkansas Post National Memorial Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial Aztec Ruins National Monument Badlands National Park Baltimore-Washington Parkway Benjamin Franklin National Memorial Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site Bering Land Bridge National Preserve Big Bend National Park Big Cypress National Preserve Big Hole National Battlefield Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area Big Thicket National Preserve Biscayne National Park Black Canyon Of The Gunnison National Park Bluestone National Scenic River Booker T Washington National Monument Boston National Historical Park Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area Bryce Canyon National Park Buck Island Reef National Monument Buffalo National River Cabrillo National Monument Canaveral National Seashore Cane River Creole National Historical Park Canyon De Chelly National Monument Canyonlands National Park Cape Cod National Seashore Cape Krusenstern National Monument Cape Lookout National Seashore Capitol Reef National Park Capulin Volcano National Monument Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site Carlsbad Caverns National Park Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Castillo De San Marcos National Monument Cedar Breaks National Monument Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park Central High School National Historic Site Chaco Culture National Historical Park Chamizal National Memorial Channel Islands National Park Charles Pinckney National Historic Site Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area Chesapeaker & Ohio Canal National Historical Park Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park Chickasaw National Recreation Area Chimney Rock National Historic Site Chiricahua National Monument City of Rocks National Reserve Colonial National Historical Park Colorado National Monument Congaree National Park Constitution Gardens Coronado National Memorial Cowpens National Battlefield Crater Lake National Park Craters of The Moon National Monument & Preserve Cumberland Gap National Historical Park Cumberland Island National Seashore Curecanti National Recreation Area Cuyahoga Valley National Park Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Denali National Park & Preserve De Soto National Memorial Devils Postpile National Monument Devils Tower National Monument Dinosaur National Monument Dry Tortugas National Park Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve Effigy Mounds National Monument Eisenhower National Historic Site Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site El Malpais National Monument El Morro National Monument Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site Everglades National Park Fire Island National Seashore Flight 93 National Memorial Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument Ford's Theatre National Historic Site Fort Bowie National Historic Site Fort Caroline National Memorial Fort Davis National Historic Site Fort Donelson National Battlefield Fort Frederica National Monument Fort Laramie National Historic Site Fort Larned National Historic Site Fort Matanzas National Monument Fort Necessity National Battlefield Fort Pulaski National Monument Fort Raleigh National Historic Site Fort Scott National Historic Site Fort Smith National Historic Site Fort Sumter National Monument Fort Union National Monument Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site Fort Vancouver National Historic Site Fort Washington Park Fossil Butte National Monument Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Frederick Douglass National Historic Site Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park Friendship Hill National Historic Site Gates Of The Arctic National Park & Preserve Gauley River National Recreation Area George Rogers Clark National Historical Park George Washington Memorial Parkway George Washington Birthplace National Monument George Washington Carver National Monument Gettysburg National Military Park Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument Glacier National Park Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve Golden Gate National Recreation Area Golden Spike National Historic Site Grand Portage National Monument Grand Teton National Park Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site Great Basin National Park Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve Greenbelt Park Green Springs National Historic Landmark District Guadalupe Mountains National Park Guilford Courthouse National Military Park Gulf Islands National Seashore Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument Harpers Ferry National Historical Park Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Herbert Hoover National Historic Site Hohokam Pima National Monument Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site Homestead National Monument of America Hopewell Culture National Historical Park Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site Horseshoe Bend National Military Park Hot Springs National Park Hovenweep National Monument Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site Independence National Historical Park Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore International Peace Garden Memorial Isle Royale National Park Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve Jewel Cave National Monument Jimmy Carter National Historic Site John Day Fossil Beds National Monument John D Rockefeller Jr Memorial Parkway John Muir National Historic Site Johnstown Flood National Memorial Joshua Tree National Park Kalaupapa National Historical Park Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park Katmai National Park & Preserve Kenai Fjords National Park Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park Keweenaw National Historical Park Kings Canyon National Park Kings Mountain National Military Park Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site Kobuk Valley National Park Lake Chelan National Recreation Area Lake Clark National Park & Preserve Lake Meredith National Recreation Area Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area Lassen Volcanic National Park Lava Beds National Monument Lewis and Clark National Historical Park Lincoln Memorial Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial Lincoln Home National Historic Site Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument Little River Canyon National Preserve Lowell National Historical Park Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Patomac National Memorial Lyndon B Johnson National Historical Park Mammoth Cave National Park Manassas National Battlefield Park Manzanar National Historic Site Marsh - Billings - Rockefeller National Historical Park Martin Luther King Jr National Historic Site Martin Van Buren National Historic Site McLoughlin House Mesa Verde National Park Minidoka National Historic Site Minute Man National Historical Park Minuteman Missile National Historic Site Mississippi National River & Recreation Area Missouri National Recreational River Mojave National Preserve Monocacy National Battlefield Montezuma Castle National Monument Moores Creek National Battlefield Morristown National Historical Park Mount Rushmore National Memorial Natchez National Historical Park Natchez Trace Parkway National Park of American Samoa Natural Bridges National Monument Navajo National Monument New River Gorge National River Nez Perce National Historical Park Ninety Six National Historic Site Niobrara National Scenic River Noatak National Preserve North Cascades National Park Ocmulgee National Monument Olympic National Park Oregon Caves National Monument Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument Ozark National Scenic Riverways Padre Island National Seashore Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park Pea Ridge National Military Park Pecos National Historical Park Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site Perry's Victory & International Peace Memorial Petersburg National Battlefield Petrified Forest National Park Petroglyph National Monument Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Pipe Spring National Monument Pipestone National Monument Piscataway Park Point Reyes National Seashore Poverty Point National Monument President's Park (White House) President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home Presidio of San Francisco Pu`uhonua O Honaunau National Historical Park Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site Rainbow Bridge National Monument Redwood National and State Parks Rock Creek Park Rocky Mountain National Park Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park Ross Lake National Recreation Area Russell Cave National Monument Sagamore Hill National Historic Site Saguaro National Park Saint Croix National Scenic River Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument Salt River Bay National Historic Park and Ecological Preserve Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park San Juan National Historic Site San Juan Island National Historical Park Saratoga National Historical Park Scotts Bluff National Monument Sequoia National Park Shiloh National Military Park Sitka National Historical Park Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Springfield Armory National Historic Site Steamtown National Historic Site Stones River National Battlefield Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve Theodore Roosevelt National Park Theodore Roosevelt Island Thomas Edison National Historical Park Thomas Stone National Historic Site Timpanogos Cave National Monument Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve Tonto National Monument Tumacácori National Historical Park Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site Tuzigoot National Monument Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River Valley Forge National Historical Park Vicksburg National Military Park Vietnam Veterans Memorial Virgin Islands National Park Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument Voyageurs National Park Walnut Canyon National Monument Washington Monument Washita Battlefield National Historic Site Whiskeytown National Recreation Area White Sands National Monument Whitman Mission National Historic Site Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts Wrangell - St Elias National Park & Preserve Wright Brothers National Memorial Wupatki National Monument Yellowstone National Park Yosemite National Park Yucca House National Monument National Monument Yukon - Charley Rivers National Preserve Zion National Park

Land Resources Division (57): American Memorial Park Andrew Johnson National Historic Site Assateague Island National Seashore Boston African American National Historic Site Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site Capitol Hill Parks Castle Clinton National Monument César E. Chávez National Monument Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument Christiansted National Historic Site Clara Barton National Historic Site Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site Federal Hall National Memorial First Ladies National Historic Site First State National Historic Park Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine Fort Stanwix National Monument Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site Fredericksburg National Military Park Governors Island National Monument Hamilton Grange National Memorial Hampton National Historic Site Harry S Truman National Historic Site Honouliuli National Monument James A Garfield National Historic Site Jefferson National Expansion Memorial John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Longfellow House Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site Lower Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site Muir Woods National Monument Nicodemus National Historic Site Obed Wild & Scenic River Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial Pullman National Monument Rio Grande Wild & Scenic River River Raisin National Battlefield Roger Williams National Memorial Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site Salem Maritime National Historic Site Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area Sewall-Belmont House National Historic Site Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument Tupelo National Battlefield Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site War In The Pacific National Historical Park Weir Farm National Historic Site William Howard Taft National Historic Site Wind Cave National Park Women's Rights National Historical Park World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument

None (4): Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park Alcatraz Island Great Egg Harbor River Ellis Island

chadlawlis commented 8 years ago

Tracking:

Data sources:

nateirwin commented 8 years ago

I think we really need to go through the 311 WSD_Parks boundaries and compare them to the boundaries coming in from Lands. If the boundaries are the same, we should switch back to pulling from Lands.

Thoughts? Perhaps we can split this task up between the team so we can get through it faster?

chadlawlis commented 8 years ago

@nateirwin ya, I was thinking the same thing. I was also looking to get some context from you and @jimmyrocks as to why we originally pulled from WSD_Parks for so many units, instead of Lands - if these are all customized boundaries directly from the units or if this is a combination of Lands boundaries and custom unit boundaries, etc. I understand that the data source was aggregated for the state pages for WSD, but that's extent of the context I have around it (I'd like to provide context for this in our documentation).

chadlawlis commented 8 years ago

We could use ST_Equals(PostGIS) as a start to identify identical geometries between WSD_Parks and Lands, we would just need to load all WSD_Parks and all Lands boundaries into one database. I'm happy to take that on as a first step.

nateirwin commented 8 years ago

Not sure that I can answer your question about why so many of the park boundaries were labeled "WSD_Parks". I believe it might be because we just assumed that if a park had a boundary in that dataset we should use it over Lands. But my hunch is that most of the WSD_Parks boundaries are actually Lands boundaries, and it would be good to switch the source back to Lands, where possible.

nateirwin commented 8 years ago

I think the ST_Equals idea is a good one. I'd say go with it!

chadlawlis commented 8 years ago

Chances are not many geometries will be identical, though using a buffer or other acceptable difference is dangerous (could be projection issue, could be one small parcel change that's important, etc). So, I'll start with this ST_Equals comparison as a first step then these will have to be manually reviewed, most easily in CartoDB overlaying the two sources in map view.

chadlawlis commented 8 years ago

I'd like to create a Boundaries page on insidemaps to house this documentation, acting as both a documentation of process and somewhat of a disclaimer.

I would also like to include a dynamic table, like we have for Places data:

places insidemaps 2015-12-16 16-46-10

At the very least I would like this table to track the number of units under each data source, and taking that one step further it would enable you to select a unit from the dropdown list to download the geometry currently in Places.

nateirwin commented 8 years ago

This is a great idea. It should be easy to implement once our new CartoDB table(s) are in place.

chadlawlis commented 8 years ago

Great. We might as well create the table using the current CartoDB park table, which will be replaced by the current parks_temp table once we are ready to make the transition (the underlying query to the table should remain the same).

chadlawlis commented 8 years ago

Being developed here https://github.com/nationalparkservice/insidemaps/tree/boundaries-doc.

chadlawlis commented 8 years ago

Remaining to-do:

chadlawlis commented 8 years ago

The boundaries-doc branch was deleted, given how outdated it was compared with master, and a new branch was created for further development here: https://github.com/nationalparkservice/insidemaps/tree/boundaries-doc-new.

An initial pull request has been made here: https://github.com/nationalparkservice/insidemaps/pull/69. This is still a work in progress, not to be disseminated beyond preparation for the call with Lands tomorrow. Specific examples still need to be added to highlight particular differences between Lands and Park/Region-approved alternative sources that warrant their use.

chadlawlis commented 8 years ago

First draft of the doc is live here: http://insidemaps.nps.gov/places/boundaries/.

A separate issue has been created for the download table: https://github.com/nationalparkservice/insidemaps/issues/70. Transitioning from WSD_Parks to Lands is already separated out into #348.

Tracking these separately, good to close out here.