This PR includes work I did in my previous 2 PR’s: #502 and #507. For this new PR, I did the following work:
I cleaned up the Aral Sea for issue #337 by splitting the sea into 5 geometries following the above sources and Bing Aerial Imagery. I edited the attributes and geometries of these features, as shown below:
A: name = Aralkum Desert
ne_id = 1729982847
featurecla = Playa
name_alt = South Aral Sea
wikidataid = Q276776
scalerank = 1
name_abb = `` (NULL)
This was done on the ne_10m_playas shapefile.
B: name = South Aral Sea
I used the original ne_id of the Aral Sea for this feature.
featurecla = Lake
name_alt = Southern Aral Sea|Large Aral Sea|Big Aral Sea
wikidataid = Q276776
label = South Aral Sea
name_abb = `` (NULL)
C: name = North Aral Sea
ne_id = 1729982865
featurecla = Lake
name_alt = Northern Aral Sea|Small Aral Sea
wikidataid = Q3358037
label = North Aral Sea
name_abb = `` (NULL)
For B and C, I left the original scalerank, min_zoom, and min_label as discussed but originally changed them following other similarly sized features. Let me know if you want me to change these fields.
D: name = Barsakelmes Lake
ne_id = 1729983019
featurecla = Lake
name_alt = Tushchybas|Tsche-Bass Bay|Shche-bas Bay
wikidataid = Q28750379
label = Barsakelmes Lake
name_abb = `` (NULL)
scalerank = 6
min_zoom = 5.0
min_label = 6.5
wdid_score = 5
E: name = `` (NULL)
ne_id = 1729983021
featurecla = Lake
wikidataid and all name/label fields = `` (NULL)
scalerank = 9
min_zoom = 7.0
min_label = 8.0
wdid_score = 5
This above work was done for the ne_10m_lakes shapefile. For the ne_50_lakes and ne_50m_playas shapefiles, I did the same work except I removed E and simplified the geometries of all of these lakes and playas. For the ne_110m_lakes shapefile, I removed all features as discussed. Originally I included B and C so if we want these features back, I can re-add them.
This PR includes work I did in my previous PR, #502. To do this, I created a new branch based upon my previous branch that contain the edits of PR#502 just to play it safe and to avoid potential issues. For this new PR though, here are the issues and edits I did:
For #472, I added the below edits for ne_id = 1159113251 in the ne_110m_lakes shapefile:
name = Great Salt Lake name_abb = Great Salt L. label = Great Salt Lake wikidata = Q178741
For #426, I added the below edits for ne_id = 1159109029 in the ne_10m_lakes shapefile:
* name = Napaktulik
* name_alt = Takijuq|Takiyuak
* wikidataid = Q1546823
For #41, I changed the min_label to 6.0 for ne_id = 1159120759 in the ne_10m_geography_marine_polys shapefile.
For #308, I edited ne_id=1159114515 in the ne_10m_rivers_lake_centerlines shapefile by adding the missing lake centerlines for the Alsek River. I did this by using pinakographos’ centerlines and snapping the river polylines to the end points of the lake centerlines. I used all of the attributes of the “Correction” shapefile for the lake centerlines since it seemed like it followed the main river’s attributes and were similar to other lake centerline attributes, except I also added the following attributes:
label=Alsek River
wikidataid=Q1781851
dissolve=233Lake Centerline
ne_id=1729949123 (I generated this id using https://www.brooklynintegers.com/create/)
**Note, I did not add a ne_id to the lake centerlines. How should its id be generated? Or will this be done automatically in the future?
I also added the following attributes to the river polyline (ne_id=1159114515):
name=Alsek River
label=Alsek River
wikidataid=Q1781851
Here are some sources to confirm this rivers name and Wikidata:
USGS map: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/asc/science/alsek-river?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects
Alaska.org: https://www.alaska.org/detail/alsek-river
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1781851
For #425, I created a new lake named Whitefish lake in the ne_10m_lakes shapefile and created a new small river connecting Whitefish Lake with Lynx Lake in the ne_10m_rivers_north_america shapefile (since that is where the lake centerlines were). To do this, I split Lynx lake (ne_id=1159108899), created a gap between the split features, and gave the northern feature the following attributes:
name=Whitefish Lake
name_abb=Whitefish L.
min_zoom=6.0
min_label=7.0
wikidataid=Q22610852
ne_id=1729949125 (which I generated from https://www.brooklynintegers.com/create/)
I also checked the rest of the attributes and they seemed fine.
I then slightly modified the geometries of Whitefish Lake and Lynx Lake only near the gap between the lakes following imagery without being too detailed.
After this, I split the lake centerline (ne_id=1159145759) for Lynx Lake twice and then merged the lake centerlines for Lynx Lake and Whitefish Lake so they were one feature. A river between the lakes was formed as a result of this. I snapped this river and the lake centerlines with each other and with the lake edges. I then left all of the attributes for the river between the lakes but added the following attributes:
featurecla=River
ne_id=1729949155 (also generated from https://www.brooklynintegers.com/create/)
I left dissolve=21320Lake Centerline just in case it was wanted as a reference. If needed, I can change this to 21320River or even leave as null.
Lastly, I checked to see that all rivers and lake centerlines were connected with each other and lakes in this area, including in the ne_10m_rivers_lake_centerlines and ne_10m_lakes_north_america shapefiles. Everything seems fine here, so that is good.
For this PR, I completed edits for 5 issues: #342, #341, #375, #236, and #319.
For #342, I removed ne features 1159116595 and 1159125751 from the ne_10m_lakes shapefile and changed the lake centerline 1159118279 in the ne_10m_rivers_lake_centerlines shapefile to featurecla “River.” I made sure its attributes were in line with the adjacent river Kabalebo. I left the “dissolve” field as “374Lake Centerline” since it seems we didn’t need to change this field and it may be good to keep it as is for reference.
For #341, I copied the geometry and attributes of Lop Nur (ne_id 1159114133) from the ne_10m_lakes shapefile and added them to the ne_10m_lakes_historic shapefile. I then changed the featurecla to “Historic Lake,” changed the label to “Historic Lop Nur,” and added to the date field “early 1970s.” I then removed the lake from the ne_10m_lakes and ne_50m_lakes shapefiles.
For #375, I extended 3 rivers in the ne_10m_rivers_lake_centerlines shapefile to the ne_10m_coastline following the general shape of Bing Aerial imagery:
Huang River (ne_id 1159128895)
Luan River (ne_id 1159128523)
Nakdon River (ne_id 1159127153)
For #236, I merged the 2 Mediterranean Sea features (ne_id = 1159115321 and 1159116285) and Ross Sea features (ne_id = 1159115615 and 1159115549) for all scales (10m, 50m, and 110m) in the geography_marine_polys shapefiles. For all scales, I kept the attributes of ne_id 1159115321, including this id, for the merged Mediterranean Sea feature and ne_id 1159115615, including this id, for the merged Ross sea feature.
For #319, I edited 2 different features.
For the first, I edited ne_id = 1159104649 in the ne_10m_geography_regions_polys shapefile. I added Wikidata “Q252609” and changed the name and name_alt fields to “New Swabia” and “Neuschwabenland” respectively.
The second edit I did was editing a Russian border lake (ne_id = 1159113451) in both the ne_10m_lakes and ne_50m_lakes shapefiles. I changed the name to “Lake Pskov,” name_abbr to “L. Pskov,” name_alt to “Pihkva järv|Pskovskoe Ozero,” and label to “Pskov.”
