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Consider Adding WALA and IPP Boundaries for GLAC #287

Open mtaylorlong opened 8 years ago

mtaylorlong commented 8 years ago

Richard Menicke from Glacier NP asked if we could show Waterton Lakes (WALA) and International Peace Park (IPP) in Park Tiles. Richard said he'd be willing to contribute data for these parks to NPS Places, but I'm guessing there may be some issues around this. I told him I'd ask around.

Richard's original request:

GLAC (Glacier NP) is together with Waterton Lakes NP in Alberta an International Peace Park (IPP). The 2 parks together share other significant designations (World Heritage, Biosphere Reserve) and we are trying to do a better job recognizing that in our communications. We would like to add the Waterton park boundary and perhaps a label for the IPP, is this possible? I can also provide POI data for Waterton if that is possible. The IRMA folks set the precedent for this by allowing us to include Waterton (WALA) as a Park Unit code.

nateirwin commented 8 years ago

I'm for it. Not sure how this affects Park Tiles though?

mtaylorlong commented 8 years ago

To implement this in park tiles, we have to add WALA and IPP as boundaries in our Parks database and treat them like any other park. It sounds like Richard can provide POI's but we would still need roads, trails, parking lots, and buildings to properly represent these parks in Park Tiles.

@nateirwin: Do you think anyone would be against this since we'd be managing data in NPS Places that belongs to a non-NPS park?

nateirwin commented 8 years ago

I'm sure some might disagree with supporting this, but if GLAC is willing to take ownership, I don't see any problem with it.

mtaylorlong commented 8 years ago

Richard sent us the best available boundary for Waterton. I let him know that we'd need a little more time to decide how to symbolize this boundary on the map. Here's the file:

Waterton_Glacier_IPP.zip

@cwlawlis802: Is there a place we can stash this until we're ready to add it to the parks table, or is keeping it here okay?

chadlawlis commented 8 years ago

If it's a custom boundary, we typically like to add it to our Boundaries directory on Drive - which I've done here.

This is primarily for custom boundary tracking down the road, so everything is in one place.

chadlawlis commented 8 years ago

@mtaylorlong was this added as unit_code = inpe to our parks tables? I'm just trying to sort out the unit codes that don't align with NPS.gov.

mtaylorlong commented 8 years ago

As far as I know, the Waterton Lakes and International Peace Park have not been added to our tables. We just stored the boundaries and are still on hold for figuring out how to implement these boundaries in Park Tiles 3.

chadlawlis commented 8 years ago

Thanks. Looks like INPE is a memorial in North Dakota, near the border with Canada.