KentonB wrote:John, is there anything others can do to help? Or do you have a process down that would just make that more tedious?
You could start working on Michigan on your own if you like - basically what I need as far as inputs are files by county that have this structure and are based on WGS84 coordinates:
Name|Elevation (interpolated where applicable)|Saddle (interpolated)|Line Parent|Lat|Lon|Saddle Lat|Saddle Lon|Counties|Notes (i.e. other hp or prominence point coordinates)|Alternate Name(s)
To ensure all named summits in the current GNIS database are included, I have a pre-loading process into TOPO! from GNIS extracts per state/per county.
I'd probably want to audit lists fairly extensively, so it wouldn't be a one-for-one time savings. It also gets tricky to have multiple individuals working on a state when line parents are in files others are working on and primary keys (id#s) aren't referenceable in order to automate and simply the final consolidation process. In other words, it creates more work in total (more preparing data for loading), but saves time on a per-person basis looking at maps and identifying peaks.