diff --git a/imports_from_TOAR1/populate_database_via_REST.py b/imports_from_TOAR1/populate_database_via_REST.py
index b774acd9a2ebf00898802339c95247638e732f31..94f512dea3dbf0de93a949c069a5934321e763c5 100644
--- a/imports_from_TOAR1/populate_database_via_REST.py
+++ b/imports_from_TOAR1/populate_database_via_REST.py
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ from io import StringIO
 
 import json
 import requests
+from urllib3.exceptions import InsecureRequestWarning
 
-TOAR_SERVICE_URL = 'http://127.0.0.1:8000/'
+TOAR_SERVICE_URL = 'https://join-dev.fz-juelich.de:8443/'
 
 # from old database:
 # station_coordinate_status:
@@ -67,18 +68,31 @@ tr_climatic_zone = {
     12 : 'TropicalDry'  }
 
 tr_type_of_environment = {
-    'unknown'    : 'Unknown',
-    'background' : 'Background',
-    'traffic'    : 'Traffic',
-    'industrial' : 'Industrial',
-    'other'      : 'Other' }
+    'unknown'           : 'Unknown',
+    ''                  : 'Unknown',
+    'traffic'           : 'Traffic',
+    'industrial'        : 'Industrial',
+    'other'             : 'Other',
+    'urban'             : 'Other',
+    'commercial'        : 'Other',
+    'background'        : 'Background',
+    'agricultural'      : 'Background',
+    'other-marine'      : 'Background',
+    'other-agricultural': 'Background' }
 
 tr_type_of_area = {
-    'unknown'  : 'Unknown',
-    'urban'    : 'Urban',
-    'suburban' : 'Suburban',
-    'rural'    : 'Rural',
-    'remote'   : 'Remote' }
+    'unknown'          : 'Unknown',
+    ''                 : 'Unknown',
+    'urban'            : 'Urban',
+    'suburban'         : 'Suburban',
+    'rural'            : 'Rural',
+    'rural-remote'     : 'Rural',
+    'rural-nearcity'   : 'Rural',
+    'rural-regional'   : 'Rural',
+    'alpine grasslands': 'Rural',
+    'forest'           : 'Rural',
+    'remote'           : 'Remote',
+    'marine'           : 'Remote' }
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
@@ -88,7 +102,11 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     headers = { 'Content-Type': 'application/json',
                 'accept':       'application/json',
                 'Authorization': 'Token ' + access_token }
-    insecure_ssl=True
+#   insecure_ssl=True
+    insecure_ssl=False
+
+# Suppress only the single warning from urllib3 needed.
+    requests.packages.urllib3.disable_warnings(category=InsecureRequestWarning)
 
     column_names = [
         'numid',
diff --git a/toardb/stationmeta/crud.py b/toardb/stationmeta/crud.py
index 1de1623c2b55d196a6ec13e420f0549ad9f71369..58e4c077727f85b6e177d207c86c03db7b05ca28 100644
--- a/toardb/stationmeta/crud.py
+++ b/toardb/stationmeta/crud.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ def create_stationmeta(db: Session, engine: Engine, stationmeta: StationmetaCrea
     db_stationmeta.additional_metadata = str(db_stationmeta.additional_metadata).replace("'",'"')
     fake_conn = engine.raw_connection()
     fake_cur = fake_conn.cursor()
-    radius = 100
+    radius = 10
     db_cmd = f"select * from stationmeta_core where ST_DistanceSphere(stationmeta_core.coordinates, '{db_stationmeta.coordinates}') < {radius}"
     fake_cur.execute(db_cmd)
     records = fake_cur.fetchall()