Comments on: BP Oil Spill Data Tools

By: jeff

jeff — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:23:46 +0000

Another point re legal side of it (from Financial Times): “…If the numbers work, there is no need to provide proof that BP caused your loss – the law presumes BP caused the loss,” says another, which estimates that about 80 per cent of all businesses in the region qualify for compensation….
“This is one opportunity that should not be overlooked as ‘too good to be true’,” wrote two accountants who advise on claims.”

It is so sad that everyone is trying to make money on this disaster :-(

By: jeff

jeff — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:16:01 +0000

It would be a good idea to post periodic updates on cleanup progress e.g. water quality, shore condition, etc.

By: izel

izel — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 23:01:03 +0000

wow that is a lot of oil how will they ever fix it?

By: Selda

Selda — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 18:23:13 +0000

How accurate is this data?

By: Downloads

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By: Kyle

Kyle — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 04:16:48 +0000

This is a very useful tool for evaluating the environmental effects of the oil spill.

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:17:36 +0000

I have just downloaded the google earth program and the associated file. I like the program and I’m especially interested in finding out more information about the “oil spill extent data.” I notice the earliest date for oil spill extent data is May 15. Do you know where I can find info about oil spill extent between the start of the incident up to May 15? Also, I’d like to know more about how the extent of the spill is determined. Additionally, it would also be nice if the program reported what the area of the spill was each day.

By: Dave Smith

Dave Smith — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:58:29 +0000

Socrata appears to have some form of mapping tools, yet these are greyed out as the location column provided does not contain mappable location values, e.g. latitudes and longitudes. As the lat/long values are available via Google Earth data, it would be useful to also make them available via Socrata columns, to allow map-based visualizations based on user filters and other analytics being performed in Socrata.

By: Gonzo

Gonzo — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:23:15 +0000

Thanks, Jeffrey, for your kind reply… Yes, right… But I have read that there exists a direct correlation between the concentration of radioactive isotopes from the conversion of uranium into torium and the concentration of methane in many oil samples from different oil wells. And that the average concentration of methane is around 5 percent in oils from many samples. But the oil from the BP oil spill in the Gulf contains over 40 percent methane, which is anomalously high, and therefore gives footing to believing that the radioactivity of this oil likewise is bound to be anomalously high!. Gonzo.

By: Andrew Zolnai

Andrew Zolnai — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:25:55 +0000

Please go to this site where I made a movie of your day-to-day Google Earth Imagery (GEI):

http://blog.zolnai.ca/2010/07/power-of-context-part-iv.html#epa

Why has your GEI stopped @ 15 July 2010? Kudos otherwise, A.