Planning Overview

[sagarpreet-chadha]

Plots2 issue : publiclab/plots2#2486

Layers to include

• SkyTruth Alerts (https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/2451)
• the Toxic Release Inventory: https://publiclab.org/q/15653
• WaterReporter.org (uses GeoJSON - http://leafletjs.com/examples/geojson/ , API : http://docs.waterreporter.org/?Javascript#your-first-request)
• MapKnitter maps (Make "maps by region" readable in JSON API mapknitter#251)
• odor reports via https://odorlog.ushahidi.io/ via Ushahidi API
  API : https://odorlog.api.ushahidi.io/api/v3/posts/
• http://fractracker.org/
• http://www.justicemap.org/
• watershed mapper -- for which way water flows? https://www.epa.gov/waterdata/waters-geoviewer
• some wind direction API for correlating which way polluted air blows at a given time and place
  • https://www.wunderground.com/weather/api/d/docs
  • others?
  • https://openweathermap.org/api
• public comments map via Scott Eustis (i'll add more detail later)

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• PurpleAir Layer : https://www.purpleair.com/map

• OpeninfraMap Layer

Layer submission

We should create a clear process for:

1. requesting a new layer
2. collecting links and docs, and
3. adding it to the library in a consistent way

UI/Navigation

I have implemented a search-bar feature on https://publiclab.org/people/ . Note that the search-bar 🔍 searches the people on map and not a particular location/place on map !
(publiclab/plots2#2582)

• examples for how to enable/disable layers from javascript (i.e. from a separate button or checkbox for example)
• ability to open the map at a given location and zoom level using URL hashes: https://github.com/mlevans/leaflet-hash
• search for a location to re-center upon with a 🔍 button and autocomplete geocoder (like at https://github.com/publiclab/leaflet-blurred-location)

Testing :

🔜

Release :

🔜

• @jywarren , @mridulnagpal feel free to edit this 😄 🎈 🗺 !

[jywarren]

Great -- can you link to the example search feature you put together, and note that it's for re-centering the map, not searching for content on the map?

Also the relative issue links won't work so i fixed it by adding https://github.com/publiclab/plots2 before the #

[jywarren]

Added a couple more layers and then links to APIs and libraries. Great!

[jywarren]

What do you think?

[jywarren]

This is looking awesome btw!

[sagarpreet-chadha]

Hi @jywarren !
Kindly have a look at https://publiclab.github.io/leaflet-environmental-layers/example/mapSimple.html .
Completed JusticeMap layer :)

[jywarren]

Amazing!!! !!!!! So great. I love this.

Just a thought about the SkyTruth alerts -- i think they may be getting truncated? See how they seem to be on a grid - are we losing precision?

Also can we make the demo full window size?

[jywarren]

We may need to think about a more sophisticated UI for turning on/off layers and having explanations for what they are! Let's do this much later though :-)

[sagarpreet-chadha]

The markers are getting removed due to :

leaflet-environmental-layers/src/skyTruthLayer.js

Line 87 in c4e112f

clearOutsideBounds: function () {

I guess i should turn this listener off .
Will make the changes ASAP 👍 !
Thanks 😄 !

[jywarren]

But do you see what i mean about precision? If they've been truncated, they might appear on a kind of grid at that lower resolution - like if 14.103251 became 14.10 for example.

Awesome! Also adding a note to try linking public comments map via Scott Eustis (i'll add more detail later)

[sagarpreet-chadha]

Oh i missed your point earlier ... Yes the markers seems to appear on a grid .
Will look at it . Thanks !

[sagarpreet-chadha]

Great catch @jywarren 🎉 !!! Yes i was using parseInt() to truncate the precision .
Done the changes 🔨 , kindly have a look !

[jywarren]

works perfectly. Great work and I'm seeing wind data too! :-)))

[sagarpreet-chadha]

Hi @jywarren !
There are 2 PR's for mapknitter and toxicRelease Inventory . Currently working on fastTracker Layer (figuring out the API as of now) . What should we do next ?

[jywarren]

We got an inquiry about PurpleAir air quality sensors. I think Wunderground has a data layer for air quality -- they may also have higher resolution wind data. So maybe, * PurpleAir sensor data? * Wunderground weather/wind direction data? Also, we can skim through the Public Lab site for posts about map databases. Marlokeno may have great ideas: https://publiclab.org/questions/marlokeno/09-02-2017/how-can-the-public-find-or-make-maps-of-the-polluters-next-door * that page mentions EJ Screen: https://www.epa.gov/ejscreen * Energy Justice Map - we may need to reach out to contact them for an API link? http://www.energyjustice.net/map/ More here too! https://publiclab.org/questions/warren/02-01-2018/is-there-a-way-to-view-epa-s-toxics-release-inventory-on-a-map-or-by-location Leave some comments maybe?

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On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 1:54 AM Sagarpreet Chadha ***@***.***> wrote: Hi @jywarren <https://github.com/jywarren> ! There are 2 PR's for mapknitter and toxicRelease Inventory . Currently working on fastTracker Layer (figuring out the API as of now) . What should we do next ? — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#1 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AABfJ5_YYXXQsNKoB2EHT3u0vbpIGAyGks5t8gh7gaJpZM4TsJIO> .

[sagarpreet-chadha]

mapknitter layer and ToxicRelease Layer pushed to gh-pages branch .

[sagarpreet-chadha]

@jywarren
Wunderground API shows same data as OpenWeatherMap API .
What do you think ?

This is the current OpenWeatherMap Layer we have :
Solved in this commit : f38d594
(Did not made a separate PR for this Layer ! )

[jywarren]

OK, sounds good. I was just wondering if there's any higher resolution wind data out there, but that sounds fine!

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On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 7:03 AM Sagarpreet Chadha ***@***.***> wrote: @jywarren <https://github.com/jywarren> Wunderground API shows same data as OpenWeatherMap API . What do you think ? This is the current OpenWeatherMap Layer we have : Solved in this commit : f38d594 <f38d594> (Did not made a separate PR for this Layer ! ) [image: screen shot 2018-06-26 at 4 28 45 pm] <https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/14952645/41907381-4d59cb6c-795e-11e8-8b92-0f8bde2bbac6.png> — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#1 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AABfJwqJ5mjkhJvmPOiV7xWKPbFCKqfWks5uAhTggaJpZM4TsJIO> .

[sagarpreet-chadha]

@jywarren ...to get data from epa site , we have to contact them .

ALSO we can show Power , Telecom , Petroleum , Water layers from https://openinframap.org/#4/46.68/-87.98/Water

What do you think ?

[jywarren]

Hi, which EPA site and which API? The EPA is not a good agency right now, with the current leadership, so we will not likely get cooperation. But there are other organizations "mirroring" EPA data that we may be able to rely on.

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On Sun, Jul 1, 2018, 3:13 AM Sagarpreet Chadha ***@***.***> wrote: @jywarren <https://github.com/jywarren> ...to get data from *epa* site , we have to contact them . ALSO we can show Power , Telecom , Petroleum , Water layers from https://openinframap.org/#4/46.68/-87.98/Water What do you think ? — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#1 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AABfJwTzZ0Ob69Fqzxhx50nn5dx3fHsyks5uCHZngaJpZM4TsJIO> .

[jywarren]

Openinframap sounds interesting! Where does their data come from?

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On Sun, Jul 1, 2018, 8:07 AM Jeffrey Warren ***@***.***> wrote: Hi, which EPA site and which API? The EPA is not a good agency right now, with the current leadership, so we will not likely get cooperation. But there are other organizations "mirroring" EPA data that we may be able to rely on. On Sun, Jul 1, 2018, 3:13 AM Sagarpreet Chadha ***@***.***> wrote: > @jywarren <https://github.com/jywarren> ...to get data from *epa* site , > we have to contact them . > > ALSO we can show Power , Telecom , Petroleum , Water layers from > https://openinframap.org/#4/46.68/-87.98/Water > > What do you think ? > > — > You are receiving this because you were mentioned. > Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub > <#1 (comment)>, > or mute the thread > <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AABfJwTzZ0Ob69Fqzxhx50nn5dx3fHsyks5uCHZngaJpZM4TsJIO> > . >

[sagarpreet-chadha]

Its part of https://www.openstreetmap.org .....hence data is crowdsourced .

By and large, this data isn't exposed on the main OSM map, so I built Open Infrastructure Map to visualise it.
Source : https://openinframap.org/about.html

[jywarren]

Wow, ok! Let's do it!

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On Sun, Jul 1, 2018, 12:59 PM Sagarpreet Chadha ***@***.***> wrote: Its part of https://www.openstreetmap.org .....hence data is crowdsourced . *By and large, this data isn't exposed on the main OSM map, so I built Open Infrastructure Map to visualise it.* Source : https://openinframap.org/about.html — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#1 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AABfJ_foU3czIuiMujbpev_wPPOQAVWNks5uCP-7gaJpZM4TsJIO> .

[jywarren]

Great find and great idea! Maybe we should ping @numeroteca on PublicLab.org for more data like this because he's into tracking landfills...

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On Sun, Jul 1, 2018, 1:09 PM Jeffrey Warren ***@***.***> wrote: Wow, ok! Let's do it! On Sun, Jul 1, 2018, 12:59 PM Sagarpreet Chadha ***@***.***> wrote: > Its part of https://www.openstreetmap.org .....hence data is > crowdsourced . > > *By and large, this data isn't exposed on the main OSM map, so I built > Open Infrastructure Map to visualise it.* > Source : https://openinframap.org/about.html > > — > You are receiving this because you were mentioned. > Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub > <#1 (comment)>, > or mute the thread > <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AABfJ_foU3czIuiMujbpev_wPPOQAVWNks5uCP-7gaJpZM4TsJIO> > . >

[sagarpreet-chadha]

I was reading about EPA and it makes sense that we will not get any help from them .
I have searched for sites that mirror the data but couldn't find any that we can use .

Thanks ! Asking on Publiclab.org .

[jywarren]

Hi, @sagarpreet-chadha there seems to be some code samples here for the first EPA dataset: https://www.epa.gov/waterdata/navigation-delineation-service for watersheds... take a look?

[jywarren]

Ah, i'll share over here: https://publiclab.org/questions/sagarpreet/07-01-2018/what-more-data-layers-can-we-show-on-map

[sagarpreet-chadha]

Okay great ! Looking at the code samples 👍 .

[jywarren]

Closing in favor of #134