This repo is intended to hold the code required to build and update all EJScreen indicators and indexes as new data becomes available.
The goal is to re-engineer the previous generation of EPA-produced tools to get comparable, but not necessarily exactly the same, results given the same input. However, the tool stack, processing steps, and data pipeline will diverge substantially from the EPA's ArcGIS-, AWS-, and Hadoop-dependent pipeline. One of the primary reference documents we use is the EPA's: https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2024-07/ejscreen-tech-doc-version-2-3.pdf
- For the time being, this code is being built by a small team from the Public Environmental Data Partners organization. If you'd like to be actively involved, we'd appreciate you joining us there so you have access to our working docs and communication channels. https://screening-tools.com/get-involved
- Later, this project should to evolve into a more standard open source effort where this GitHub repo will be the center of communication.
- Developer setup: TBD
Coming attractions:
- Documentation and "How to use" instructions
- Issue labels including some issues labelled [good-first-issue] (https://github.com/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Agood-first-issue+user%3APublic-Environmental-Data-Partners)
This repository is likely to include some sample code and data produced by the EPA. That material is and will remain public domain. The bulk of the content will be new-build software for which the GNU Affero GPL license referenced below will apply. We will make best efforts to make it clear which material is public domain. All other contents should be assumed to be covered by the copyright/license below.
Copyright (C) Public Environmental Data Partners (PEDP) This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 3.0.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
See the LICENSE file for details.