diff --git a/.DS_Store b/.DS_Store
deleted file mode 100644
index a0a49ec..0000000
Binary files a/.DS_Store and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/db/local/index.js b/db/local/index.js
index 48d6b24..fa93cbe 100644
--- a/db/local/index.js
+++ b/db/local/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module.exports = {
   connection: {
-    'development': '',
+    'development': 'postgres://postgres@127.0.0.1:5433/openroads',
     'staging': '',
     'production': ''
   }
diff --git a/docker/clean-geometries/Dockerfile b/docker/clean-geometries/Dockerfile
index 383f8a5..ce9dca8 100644
--- a/docker/clean-geometries/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/clean-geometries/Dockerfile
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ COPY ./vietnam-communes.shp /workspace/vietnam-communes.shp
 COPY ./vietnam-communes.shx /workspace/vietnam-communes.shx
 COPY ./run.sh /workspace/run.sh
 # on entry into container, run the run.sh script
-ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/bash", "/workspace/run.sh"]
+ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/bash", "/workspace/main.sh"]
diff --git a/docker/clean-geometries/clean-geom.py b/docker/clean-geometries/clean-geom.py
index 24ba992..54eaf9c 100644
--- a/docker/clean-geometries/clean-geom.py
+++ b/docker/clean-geometries/clean-geom.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # the following qgis modules import and order reference the following
 # https://github.com/nuest/docker-qgis-model/blob/master/workspace/example/model.py#L20
 from qgis.core import *
-import qgis.utilsinput_communes,
+import qgis.utils
 # to use processing script a qgis app needs to be initialized
 app = QgsApplication([], True)
 QgsApplication.setPrefixPath('/usr', True)
@@ -19,5 +19,6 @@
 # set path to inputs and outputs
 input_communes = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), sys.argv[1])
 output_communes = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), sys.argv[2] + '.shp')
+error_communes = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), sys.argv[2] + '-error.shp')
 # clean the geometries
-processing.runalg('grass:v.clean',input_communes,0, 0.1,'205952.54923,985984.624375,929508.401261,2586975.43865',-1, 0.0001,output_communes)
+processing.runalg('grass:v.clean',input_communes,0, 0.1,'205952.54923,985984.624375,929508.401261,2586975.43865',-1, 0.0001,output_communes,error_communes)
diff --git a/docker/clean-geometries/run.sh b/docker/clean-geometries/main.sh
similarity index 70%
rename from docker/clean-geometries/run.sh
rename to docker/clean-geometries/main.sh
index bcacaf5..0e51fc8 100644
--- a/docker/clean-geometries/run.sh
+++ b/docker/clean-geometries/main.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ cd /workspace
 # run qgis process in python while keeping qgis 'headless', or put otherwise access and use qgis processing modules
 # without running the qgis gui
 # clean the geometry for the initial communes file
-xvfb-run -e ${XVFB_LOGFILE} python clean-geom.py vietnam-communes.shp vietnam-communes-clean-geom
+xvfb-run -a python clean-geom.py vietnam-communes.shp vietnam-communes-clean-geom
diff --git a/docker/delete-holes/Dockerfile b/docker/delete-holes/Dockerfile
index 4e636ab..0a499f6 100644
--- a/docker/delete-holes/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/delete-holes/Dockerfile
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 FROM nuest/qgis-model:xenial-multimodel
 COPY ./delete-holes.py /workspace/delete-holes.py
-COPY ./run.sh /workspace/run.sh
-COPY ./vietnam-communes.geojson /workspace/vietnam-communes.geojson
+COPY ./main.sh /workspace/main.sh
 COPY ./vietnam-district.geojson /workspace/vietnam-district.geojson
 COPY ./vietnam-province.geojson /workspace/vietnam-province.geojson
 # on entry into container, run the run.sh script
-ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/bash", "/workspace/run.sh"]
+ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/bash", "/workspace/main.sh"]
diff --git a/docker/delete-holes/main.sh b/docker/delete-holes/main.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a6a8db6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/delete-holes/main.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# run qgis process in python while keeping qgis 'headless', or put otherwise access and use qgis processing modules
+# without running the qgis gui
+cd /workspace
+# remove holes for all three admin files
+xvfb-run -a python delete-holes.py vietnam-province.geojson vietnam-province-filled-holes
+xvfb-run -a python delete-holes.py vietnam-district.geojson vietnam-district-filled-holes
diff --git a/docker/delete-holes/run.sh b/docker/delete-holes/run.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 24f1584..0000000
--- a/docker/delete-holes/run.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-# run qgis process in python while keeping qgis 'headless', or put otherwise access and use qgis processing modules
-# without running the qgis gui
-cd /workspace
-# remove holes for all three admin files
-xvfb-run -e ${XVFB_LOGFILE} python delete-holes.py vietnam-province.geojson vietnam-province-filled-holes
-xvfb-run -e ${XVFB_LOGFILE} python delete-holes.py vietnam-communes.geojson vietnam-communes-filled-holes
-xvfb-run -e ${XVFB_LOGFILE} python delete-holes.py vietnam-district.geojson vietnam-district-filled-holes
diff --git a/js/insert-into-table.js b/js/insert-into-table.js
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d3b1d80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/insert-into-table.js
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+/**
+ * @file reads streaming admin geojson and 'inserts' each feature 'into' matching admin postgis table
+ */
+
+// these modules are needed for streaming geojsons
+var createReadStream = require('fs').createReadStream;
+var createWriteStream = require('fs').createWriteStream;
+var readdirSync = require('fs').readdirSync;
+var geojsonStream = require('geojson-stream');
+var parser = geojsonStream.parse();
+var stringifier = geojsonStream.stringify();
+// module to read path
+var path = require('path');
+// parallel allows for reading each admin geojson stream asynchronously
+var parallel = require('async').parallel;
+// knex creates a knex obj that links to the current environmnets database
+// var knex = require('./db/connection/.js')
+var db = require('../db/connection');
+// postgis is a knex extension to generate postgis statements
+var postgis = require('knex-postgis');
+// helps split single-line json into chunked-by-line geojson as mentinoed in d-simplify-props.js
+var split = require('split');
+// directory with geojsons
+var baseDir = process.argv[2];
+var adminInPath = `${baseDir}/tmp`
+// array including elements with each file in that directory
+// st is short for spatial type. spatial type is the prefix for postgis functions that allow for spatial sql statements
+// see https://postgis.net/docs/reference.html
+var st = postgis(db);
+
+// return current admin
+var admin = readdirSync(adminInPath).find((admin) => new RegExp(process.argv[3]).test(admin));
+// base name mirrors admin name
+var basename = admin.split('-')[1]
+// here's the path to the current admin file
+var adminFile = path.join(adminInPath, admin)
+// stream of this admin file
+var adminFileStream = createReadStream(adminFile)
+// pipe split for the lines needed to send along to the geojson parser
+.pipe(split())
+// the geojson parser for parsing the feature collection
+.pipe(parser)
+.on('data', (feature) => {
+// for each feature, insert it into the table using the insertIntoTable function
+  if (feature.properties) {
+    console.log(feature.properties);
+    insertIntoTable(feature, basename, st, db)
+  }
+})
+.on('end', () => {
+  db.destroy();
+})
+
+/**
+ * transforms feature into postgis table row and inserts it into the proper admin table
+ *
+ * @param {object} feature geojson feature
+ * @param {string} admin admin name
+ * @param {object} st spatial type object (generated by knex postgis extension) that allows for making st/postgis statements
+ * @param {object} db kenx object for connecting to the database
+ *
+ */
+function insertIntoTable (feature, admin, st, db) {
+  // generate properties and geometry objects from feature object
+  const properties = feature.properties;
+  const geometry = feature.geometry;
+  if (admin === 'communes') {
+    admin = 'commune';
+  }
+  if (!properties.en_name) {
+    properties.en_name = '...'
+  }
+  return db.transaction((t) => {
+    return db('admin_boundaries')
+    .transacting(t)
+    .insert({
+      // shared identifier for each row in admin table
+      type: admin,
+      // numeric id for current admin unit
+      id: properties.id,
+      // numeric id for currrent admin unit's parent (for instance a commune's parent district)
+      // this is helpful for future spatial analysis
+      parent_id: properties.p_id,
+      // admin unit geometry
+      geom: st.geomFromGeoJSON(geometry),
+      // english name of admin unit
+      name_en: properties.en_name,
+      // vietnamese name of admin unit
+      name_vn: ''
+    })
+    .then(t.commit)
+    .catch((e) => {
+      t.rollback();
+      throw e;
+    })
+  });
+}
diff --git a/js/simplify-props.js b/js/simplify-props.js
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c020323
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/simplify-props.js
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+/**
+ * @file reads streaming admin geojson and reduces properties to match the schema of the table to which it is going to be written
+ */
+
+// these modules are needed for streaming geojsons
+var createReadStream = require('fs').createReadStream;
+var createWriteStream = require('fs').createWriteStream;
+var readdirSync = require('fs').readdirSync;
+var geojsonStream = require('geojson-stream');
+var parser = geojsonStream.parse();
+var stringifier = geojsonStream.stringify();
+// module to read path
+var path = require('path');
+// parallel allows for reading each admin geojson stream asynchronously
+var parallel = require('async').parallel;
+// since the output of `c-update-geojson-spec.sh` writes geojsons to a single line, the stream needs to be broken up into lines, otherwise it will not work
+// split is a module that does just this.
+var split = require('split');
+// directory for geojson input and output
+var baseDir = process.argv[2];
+var adminInPath = `${baseDir}/tmp`;
+var adminOutPath = `${baseDir}/output`
+// read in files as a list usable in the parallel function
+var admin = readdirSync(adminInPath).find((admin) => new RegExp(process.argv[3]).test(admin));
+writeSimplifiedProps(admin);
+
+/**
+ * simplifies input properties to spec needed to make admin postgis tables
+ *
+ * @param {object} properties original properties from streaming geojson
+ * @param {string} admin admin unit name, like 'commune', 'district,'
+ * @return {object} newProperties simplified properties generated from properties
+ */
+function makeNewProperties (properties, admin) {
+  const newProperties = {};
+  if (new RegExp(/commune/).test(admin)) {
+    newProperties.en_name = properties.EN_name
+    newProperties.id = properties.COMCODE02;
+    newProperties.p_id = properties.DISTCODE02
+  } else if (new RegExp(/district/).test(admin)) {
+    newProperties.en_name = properties.D_EName
+    newProperties.id = properties.DISTCODE02
+    newProperties.p_id = properties.PROCODE02
+  } else if (new RegExp(/province/).test(admin)) {
+    newProperties.en_name = properties.P_EName
+    newProperties.id = properties.PROCODE02
+  }
+  newProperties.en_name = cleanName(newProperties.en_name, admin);
+  return newProperties;
+}
+
+/**
+ * reads in raw geojson and writes out simplified geojson for provided admin level
+ * @param {string} admin string representation of admin type
+ *
+ */
+function writeSimplifiedProps(adminPath) {
+  // the basename, really the admin level name, of the current admin
+  var basename = admin.split('-')[1];
+  // the relative path to the current admin file
+  var adminInFile = path.join(adminInPath, admin)
+  // a read stream of admin file
+  createReadStream(adminInFile)
+  // piping split makes the new lines mentioned to be neccessary above
+  .pipe(split())
+  // parser is a transform stream that parses geojson feature collections (the form of the input geojson)
+  .pipe(parser)
+  .on('data', (feature) => {
+    // make and pass feature's properties to the make makeNewProperties function that correctly transforms
+    // the properties to uniform spec needed to insert into the postgis tables
+    const properties = feature.properties;
+    // reset the feature properties as the returj from makeNewProperties
+    feature.properties = makeNewProperties(properties, basename)
+  })
+  // stringify the geojson to send to createWriteStream, then write it to fiel
+  .pipe(stringifier)
+  .pipe(createWriteStream(`${adminOutPath}/vietnam-${basename}-simplified.geojson`)) 
+}
+
+/**
+ * returns cleaned version of place name
+ * @param {string} name admin unit name
+ * @return {string} cleaned admin unit name
+ */
+function cleanName(name, admin) {
+  let cleanName = name;
+  if (name) {
+    if (new RegExp(/X. /).test(name)) {
+      cleanName = name.replace('X. ','');
+    } else if (new RegExp(/P. /).test(name)) {
+      cleanName = name.replace('P. ', '')
+    } else if (new RegExp(/Tt. /).test(name)) {
+      cleanName = name.replace('Tt. ', '')
+    } else if (new RegExp(/P. /).test(name)) {
+      cleanName = name.replace('P. ', '')
+    } else if (new RegExp(/ D./).test(name)){
+      cleanName = name.replace(' D.', '')
+    } else if (new RegExp(/\\?/).test(name)) {
+      cleanName = name.replace('?', 'ỉ')   
+    }
+    if (Boolean(Number(cleanName))) {
+      cleanName = `${admin} ${cleanName}`
+    }
+  }
+  return cleanName
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 68d6e6c..bde478a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     "iconv-lite": "^0.4.19",
     "knex": "^0.13.0",
     "knex-postgis": "^0.2.2",
+    "pg": "^7.3.0",
     "split": "^1.0.1"
   }
 }
diff --git a/processing/b-dissolve.sh b/processing/b-dissolve.sh
index 8bdfd3f..cf10bc1 100755
--- a/processing/b-dissolve.sh
+++ b/processing/b-dissolve.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ INPUT=${1}/tmp/${INPUT_NAME}.shp
 
 # for both the district and province, create a new geojson that dissolves features on the unique field id supplied
 # on the right hand side of the semi-colon
-for ADMIN in 'district;DISTCODE02' 'province;PROCODE02'
+for ADMIN in 'communes;COMCODE02' 'district;DISTCODE02' 'province;PROCODE02'
 do
   # split ${ADMIN} string on the semi-colon to grab the admin name and field id
   ADMIN_ARRAY=(${ADMIN//;/ })
@@ -24,8 +24,4 @@ do
   # http://spatialreference.org/ref/epsg/wgs-84/
   ogr2ogr -t_srs EPSG:4326 -f 'GeoJSON' "${OUTPUT}" "${INPUT}" -dialect sqlite -sql $'SELECT ST_Union(geometry), * FROM "'"$INPUT_NAME"$'" GROUP BY '"$DISSOLVE_FIELD"
 done
-# name of geojson output file
-OUT_GJSN=${1}/output/${INPUT_NAME}.geojson
-# since communes don't need to be dissolved, do a simple shp->geojson conversion
-# make sure also to reproject
-ogr2ogr -t_srs EPSG:4326 -f 'GeoJSON' "${OUT_GJSN}" "${INPUT}"
+# ç
diff --git a/processing/c-delete-holes.sh b/processing/c-delete-holes.sh
index 666ec89..860d914 100755
--- a/processing/c-delete-holes.sh
+++ b/processing/c-delete-holes.sh
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ docker run -it qgis_headless
 # get admin areas from container add copy them over to the output folder of the process
 # using the docker cp command, copying from the most recently built container to the output folder
 # `docker ps --latest -q` grabs the most recent container
-docker cp `docker ps --latest -q`:workspace/vietnam-communes-filled-holes.geojson ${1}/output/vietnam-communes-filled-holes.geojson
-docker cp `docker ps --latest -q`:workspace/vietnam-district-filled-holes.geojson ${1}/output/vietnam-district-filled-holes.geojson
 docker cp `docker ps --latest -q`:workspace/vietnam-province-filled-holes.geojson ${1}/output/vietnam-province-filled-holes.geojson
+docker cp `docker ps --latest -q`:workspace/vietnam-district-filled-holes.geojson ${1}/output/vietnam-district-filled-holes.geojson
+# communes do not need filled holes. so they are just copied directly from the tmp to output folderope 
+cp ${1}/tmp/vietnam-communes.geojson ${1}/output/vietnam-communes-filled-holes.geojson
 # clean up the docker directory
 rm -f ./docker/delete-holes/vietnam*
diff --git a/processing/d-update-geojson-spec.sh b/processing/d-update-geojson-spec.sh
index 577667c..6342f2f 100755
--- a/processing/d-update-geojson-spec.sh
+++ b/processing/d-update-geojson-spec.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 for ADMIN in communes district province
 do
   # generate unique input and output files as it has been done in previous examples
-  INPUT_FILE=${1}/tmp/vietnam-${ADMIN}-wgs84.geojson
+  INPUT_FILE=${1}/tmp/vietnam-${ADMIN}-filled-holes.geojson
   OUTPUT_FILE=${1}/output/vietnam-${ADMIN}-cleaned.geojson
   # remove crs object to match current GeoJSON spec using sed.
   # the below command was found in following place
diff --git a/processing/e-simplify-props.js b/processing/e-simplify-props.js
deleted file mode 100755
index 34ce5be..0000000
--- a/processing/e-simplify-props.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * @file reads streaming admin geojson and reduces properties to match the schema of the table to which it is going to be written
- */
-
-// these modules are needed for streaming geojsons
-var createReadStream = require('fs').createReadStream;
-var createWriteStream = require('fs').createWriteStream;
-var readdirSync = require('fs').readdirSync;
-var geojsonStream = require('geojson-stream');
-var parser = geojsonStream.parse();
-var stringifier = geojsonStream.stringify();
-// module to read path
-var path = require('path');
-// parallel allows for reading each admin geojson stream asynchronously
-var parallel = require('async').parallel;
-// since the output of `c-update-geojson-spec.sh` writes geojsons to a single line, the stream needs to be broken up into lines, otherwise it will not work
-// split is a module that does just this.
-var split = require('split');
-
-// directory with geojson files
-var adminPath = 'data/processing/d-simplify-props/tmp'
-// read in files as a list usable in the parallel function
-var admins = readdirSync(adminPath)
-
-// create that list of async functions to pass to parallel
-const adminTasks = admins.map((admin) => {
-  return function(cb) {
-    // the basename, really the admin level name, of the current admin
-    var basename = admin.split('-')[1]
-    // the relative path to the current admin file
-    var adminFile = path.join(adminPath, admin)
-    // a read stream of admin file
-    var adminFileStream = createReadStream(adminFile)
-    // piping split makes the new lines mentioned to be neccessary above
-    .pipe(split())
-    // parser is a transform stream that parses geojson feature collections (the form of the input geojson)
-    .pipe(parser)
-    .on('data', (feature) => {
-      // make and pass feature's properties to the make makeNewProperties function that correctly transforms
-      // the properties to uniform spec needed to insert into the postgis tables
-      const properties = feature.properties;
-      // reset the feature properties as the returj from makeNewProperties
-      feature.properties = makeNewProperties(properties, basename)
-    })
-    // stringify the geojson to send to createWriteStream, then write it to fiel
-    .pipe(stringifier)
-    .pipe(createWriteStream(`${baseDir}/output/vietnam-${basename}-simplified.geojson`))
-    // when createWriteStream is closed, fire a callback.
-    .on('close', () => { cb(null, null) })
-  }
-});
-
-/**
- * simplifies input properties to spec needed to make admin postgis tables
- *
- * @param {object} properties original properties from streaming geojson
- * @param {string} admin admin unit name, like 'commune', 'district,'
- * @return {object} newProperties simplified properties generated from properties
- */
-function makeNewProperties (properties, admin) {
-  const newProperties = {};
-  if (RegExp(/commune/).test(admin)) {
-    newProperties.en_name = properties.EN_name
-    newProperties.id = properties.COMCODE02;
-    newProperties.p_id = properties.DISTCODE02
-  } else if (RegExp(/district/).test(admin)) {
-    newProperties.en_name = properties.D_EName
-    newProperties.id = properties.DISTCODE02
-    newProperties.p_id = properties.PROCODE02
-  } else {
-    newProperties.en_name = properties.P_EName
-    newProperties.id = properties.PROCODE02
-  }
-  return newProperties;
-}
-
-// run adminTasks in parallel
-parallel(adminTasks, (err, res) => {
-  // do nothing when the are all finished
-  if (!err) {}
-});
diff --git a/processing/e-simplify-props.sh b/processing/e-simplify-props.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2361c4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processing/e-simplify-props.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Synopsys: reduces geojson properties to a uniform spec used to insert data into postgis tables
+
+# javascipt code that does the props simplifying
+SIMPLIFY_PROPS=./js/simplify-props.js
+# loop over each admin level, simplifying each's props.
+for ADMIN in province district commune
+do
+    node ${SIMPLIFY_PROPS} ${1} ${ADMIN}
+done
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/processing/f-insert-into-table.sh b/processing/f-insert-into-table.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ae8082d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processing/f-insert-into-table.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Synopsis: Insert each feature as a row into admin_boundaries table
+
+# javascipt code that does the props simplifying
+INSERT_INTO_TABLE=./js/insert-into-table.js
+# loop over each admin level, simplifying each's props.
+for ADMIN in province district commune
+do
+    node ${INSERT_INTO_TABLE} ${1} ${ADMIN}
+done
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/processing/f-insert-tables.js b/processing/f-insert-tables.js
deleted file mode 100755
index 854048f..0000000
--- a/processing/f-insert-tables.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,85 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * @file reads streaming admin geojson and 'inserts' each feature 'into' matching admin postgis table
- */
-
-// // these modules are needed for streaming geojsons
-// var createReadStream = require('fs').createReadStream;
-// var createWriteStream = require('fs').createWriteStream;
-// var readdirSync = require('fs').readdirSync;
-// var geojsonStream = require('geojson-stream');
-// var parser = geojsonStream.parse();
-// var stringifier = geojsonStream.stringify();
-// // module to read path
-// var path = require('path');
-// // parallel allows for reading each admin geojson stream asynchronously
-// var parallel = require('async').parallel;
-// // knex creates a knex obj that links to the current environmnets database
-// var knex = require('./db/connection/.js')
-// // postgis is a knex extension to generate postgis statements
-// var postgis = require('knex-postgis');
-// // helps split single-line json into chunked-by-line geojson as mentinoed in d-simplify-props.js
-// var split = require('split');
-// // directory with geojsons
-// var adminPath = `data/processing/d-simplify-props/tmp`;
-// // array including elements with each file in that directory
-// var admins = readdirSync(adminPath)
-// // st is short for spatial type. spatial type is the prefix for postgis functions that allow for spatial sql statements
-// // see https://postgis.net/docs/reference.html
-// var st = postgis(knex);
-//
-// // create list of async functions to pass to parallel
-// const adminTasks = admins.map((admin) => {
-//   return function(cb) {
-//     // base name mirrors admin name
-//     var basename = admin.split('-')[1]
-//     // here's the path to the current admin file
-//     var adminFile = path.join(adminPath, admin)
-//     // stream of this admin file
-//     var adminFileStream = createReadStream(adminFile)
-//     // pipe split for the lines needed to send along to the geojson parser
-//     .pipe(split())
-//     // the geojson parser for parsing the feature collection
-//     .pipe(parser)
-//     .on('data', (feature) => {
-//       // for each feature, insert it into the table using the insertIntoTable function
-//       insertIntoTable(feature, basename)
-//     })
-//     // fire a callback on end event
-//     .on('end', () => { cb(null, null) })
-//   }
-// });
-//
-// /**
-//  * transforms feature into postgis table row and inserts it into the proper admin table
-//  *
-//  * @param {object} feature geojson feature
-//  * @param {string} admin admin name
-//  */
-// function insertIntoTable (feature, admin) {
-//   // generate properties and geometry objects from feature object
-//   const properties = feature.properties;
-//   const geometry = feature.geometry;
-//   const statement = db.insert({
-//     // shared identifier for each row in admin table
-//     type: admin,
-//     // numeric id for current admin unit
-//     id: properties.id,
-//     // numeric id for currrent admin unit's parent (for instance a commune's parent district)
-//     // this is helpful for future spatial analysis
-//     parent_id: properties.p_id,
-//     // admin unit geometry
-//     geo: st.geomFromGeoJSON(geometry),
-//     // english name of admin unit
-//     name_en: properties.en_name,
-//     // vietnamese name of admin unit
-//     name_vn: ''
-//   })
-//   // method that inserts the insert statement into its correct table
-//   .into(`${admin}-table`).toString();
-// }
-//
-// // run tasks in parallel
-// parallel(adminTasks, (err, res) => {
-//   // do nothing on result
-//   if (!err) {}
-// });
diff --git a/qgis-processing/a-clean-geom.sh b/qgis-processing/a-clean-geom.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8bd6521
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qgis-processing/a-clean-geom.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Synopysis: cleans commune admin geometries so that dissolving in step b works properly
+
+# take contents of tmp directory add add it to the docker directory
+cp ${1}/tmp/* ./docker/delete-holes
+# build clean-geom container
+docker build -t 'qgis_headless' ./docker/clean-geometries
+# run the docker contianer, entering at run.sh
+docker run -it qgis_headless
+# get admin areas from container add copy them over to the output folder of the process
+# using the docker cp command, copying from the most recently built container to the output folder
+# `docker ps --latest -q` grabs the most recent container
+docker cp `docker ps --latest -q`:workspace/vietnam-communes-cleaned.geojson ${1}/output/vietnam-communes-cleaned.geojson
+docker cp `docker ps --latest -q`:workspace/vietnam-districts-cleaned.geojson ${1}/output/vietnam-districts-cleaned.geojson
+docker cp `docker ps --latest -q`:workspace/vietnam-province-cleaned.geojson ${1}/output/vietnam-province-cleaned.geojson
+# clean up the docker directory
+rm -f ./docker/clean-geometries/vietnam*
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 1baaaf5..1dea220 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ braces@^1.8.2:
     preserve "^0.2.0"
     repeat-element "^1.1.2"
 
+buffer-writer@1.0.1:
+  version "1.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/buffer-writer/-/buffer-writer-1.0.1.tgz#22a936901e3029afcd7547eb4487ceb697a3bf08"
+
 chalk@^1.0.0, chalk@^1.1.0:
   version "1.1.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/chalk/-/chalk-1.1.3.tgz#a8115c55e4a702fe4d150abd3872822a7e09fc98"
@@ -214,10 +218,6 @@ fs-exists-sync@^0.1.0:
   version "0.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fs-exists-sync/-/fs-exists-sync-0.1.0.tgz#982d6893af918e72d08dec9e8673ff2b5a8d6add"
 
-fs@^0.0.1-security:
-  version "0.0.1-security"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fs/-/fs-0.0.1-security.tgz#8a7bd37186b6dddf3813f23858b57ecaaf5e41d4"
-
 generic-pool@^2.4.2:
   version "2.5.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/generic-pool/-/generic-pool-2.5.4.tgz#38c6188513e14030948ec6e5cf65523d9779299b"
@@ -374,6 +374,10 @@ isobject@^2.0.0:
   dependencies:
     isarray "1.0.0"
 
+js-string-escape@1.0.1:
+  version "1.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/js-string-escape/-/js-string-escape-1.0.1.tgz#e2625badbc0d67c7533e9edc1068c587ae4137ef"
+
 jsonlint-lines@1.7.1:
   version "1.7.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jsonlint-lines/-/jsonlint-lines-1.7.1.tgz#507de680d3fb8c4be1641cc57d6f679f29f178ff"
@@ -508,6 +512,10 @@ os-homedir@^1.0.1:
   version "1.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/os-homedir/-/os-homedir-1.0.2.tgz#ffbc4988336e0e833de0c168c7ef152121aa7fb3"
 
+packet-reader@0.3.1:
+  version "0.3.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/packet-reader/-/packet-reader-0.3.1.tgz#cd62e60af8d7fea8a705ec4ff990871c46871f27"
+
 parse-glob@^3.0.4:
   version "3.0.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/parse-glob/-/parse-glob-3.0.4.tgz#b2c376cfb11f35513badd173ef0bb6e3a388391c"
@@ -525,10 +533,60 @@ path-parse@^1.0.5:
   version "1.0.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/path-parse/-/path-parse-1.0.5.tgz#3c1adf871ea9cd6c9431b6ea2bd74a0ff055c4c1"
 
-pg-connection-string@^0.1.3:
+pg-connection-string@0.1.3, pg-connection-string@^0.1.3:
   version "0.1.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pg-connection-string/-/pg-connection-string-0.1.3.tgz#da1847b20940e42ee1492beaf65d49d91b245df7"
 
+pg-pool@~2.0.3:
+  version "2.0.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pg-pool/-/pg-pool-2.0.3.tgz#c022032c8949f312a4f91fb6409ce04076be3257"
+
+pg-types@~1.12.1:
+  version "1.12.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pg-types/-/pg-types-1.12.1.tgz#d64087e3903b58ffaad279e7595c52208a14c3d2"
+  dependencies:
+    postgres-array "~1.0.0"
+    postgres-bytea "~1.0.0"
+    postgres-date "~1.0.0"
+    postgres-interval "^1.1.0"
+
+pg@^7.3.0:
+  version "7.3.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pg/-/pg-7.3.0.tgz#275e27466e54a645f6b4a16f6acadf6b849ad83b"
+  dependencies:
+    buffer-writer "1.0.1"
+    js-string-escape "1.0.1"
+    packet-reader "0.3.1"
+    pg-connection-string "0.1.3"
+    pg-pool "~2.0.3"
+    pg-types "~1.12.1"
+    pgpass "1.x"
+    semver "4.3.2"
+
+pgpass@1.x:
+  version "1.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pgpass/-/pgpass-1.0.2.tgz#2a7bb41b6065b67907e91da1b07c1847c877b306"
+  dependencies:
+    split "^1.0.0"
+
+postgres-array@~1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/postgres-array/-/postgres-array-1.0.2.tgz#8e0b32eb03bf77a5c0a7851e0441c169a256a238"
+
+postgres-bytea@~1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/postgres-bytea/-/postgres-bytea-1.0.0.tgz#027b533c0aa890e26d172d47cf9ccecc521acd35"
+
+postgres-date@~1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/postgres-date/-/postgres-date-1.0.3.tgz#e2d89702efdb258ff9d9cee0fe91bd06975257a8"
+
+postgres-interval@^1.1.0:
+  version "1.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/postgres-interval/-/postgres-interval-1.1.1.tgz#acdb0f897b4b1c6e496d9d4e0a853e1c428f06f0"
+  dependencies:
+    xtend "^4.0.0"
+
 preserve@^0.2.0:
   version "0.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/preserve/-/preserve-0.2.0.tgz#815ed1f6ebc65926f865b310c0713bcb3315ce4b"
@@ -594,7 +652,11 @@ safe-buffer@^5.0.1:
   version "5.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/safe-buffer/-/safe-buffer-5.1.1.tgz#893312af69b2123def71f57889001671eeb2c853"
 
-split@^1.0.1:
+semver@4.3.2:
+  version "4.3.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/semver/-/semver-4.3.2.tgz#c7a07158a80bedd052355b770d82d6640f803be7"
+
+split@^1.0.0, split@^1.0.1:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/split/-/split-1.0.1.tgz#605bd9be303aa59fb35f9229fbea0ddec9ea07d9"
   dependencies:
@@ -667,3 +729,7 @@ which@^1.2.12:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/which/-/which-1.3.0.tgz#ff04bdfc010ee547d780bec38e1ac1c2777d253a"
   dependencies:
     isexe "^2.0.0"
+
+xtend@^4.0.0:
+  version "4.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/xtend/-/xtend-4.0.1.tgz#a5c6d532be656e23db820efb943a1f04998d63af"