3.2 Best Tables

The GFW Data Training shared Drive contains the ‘BigQuery Table Reference’ sheet which is the best place to find which table versions are the most up to date. Sometimes the newest versions of tables are in-development so it is not safe to assume that the latest version by date is the best version to use. This directory is maintained by GFW and is the best place to check for information about which tables to use. Any tables in the gfw_research dataset beginning with pipe_vYYYYMMDD_ are tables that result directly from the pipeline. The best version of these tables to use will correspond to the current best pipeline dataset in the ‘BigQuery Table Reference’ sheet. For example, if the current best pipeline is pipe_production_v20201001 then the best versions of the tables to use in the gfw_research dataset will be pipe_v20201001_. If you can’t access the shared drive, please reach out to Tyler Clavelle at GFW.