[Data-modeling] Wind farm properties and map

[Ed Laurent]

I'm interested in using a map view to map the locations of wind farms in my
new "Wind Energy <http://windenergy.freebase.com/>" base. There are a bunch
of wind farms already typed as "Power
station<http://infrastructure.freebase.com/view/base/infrastructure/views/power_station>"
via spencermountain's "Infrastructure"
<http://infrastructure.freebase.com/>base. There are a bunch more that
can be found through Wikipedia list topics
that typically begin with "Wind power in [location]". I have a couple
questions and hopefully some of you have a couple good answers...

1) Is "Structure" appropriate for wind farms that are often composed of
multiple structures (i.e., wind turbines) that might be of different designs
and construction dates. The number, design, and construction date properties
of turbines are of interest to me.

2) If "Structure" is appropriate, should the location of wind farms be added
through the "Address" property of "Structure"? If so, what about wind farms
that are located outside of cities but the US county is known, etc. I want
to be as precise as possible with location.

3) Address is a CVT so I can't add wind farm locations to addresses using
the list importer. Also, the address property of structure does not come up
in the list of delegated properties. Anyone have other suggestions for this
non-programmer?

I'm leaning towards modeling a "Wind farm" type that has a "Wind farm
location" property set as a "Wind farm location" type with "Location" as an
included type. Other properties might include "Turbine(s)" set as a "Turbine
construction" CVT with "Wind turbine
type<http://windenergy.freebase.com/view/base/windenergy/wind_turbine_type>"
and "Construction date" properties, etc. However, I would like to build on
existing types and bases instead if possible.

Thanks in advance for any feedback,
-Ed
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