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missing variables and inconsistent column names in Attom Tax Assessor downloads
2 days ago by Hannah
I've been downloading 5% increments of the Attom Tax Assessor data over the span of several days, but noticed that the column names have inconsistencies between the batches I download. For instance, the Attom ID column is labeled "_ATTOM_ID_" for my Utah sample, but labeled "X_ATTOM_ID_" for my Nevada sample, and labeled "ATTOMID" for my California sample. I also noticed that the property latitude and longitude seemed to be missing from a sample I downloaded covering AZ, CO, ID, and WY (even though I've been selecting all columns to be downloaded).
Is there a reason why the column names are inconsistent across download batches, and why some variables seem to be missing?