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H-ASIA November 3, 1998 World wide web resource: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names *************************************************************************** From: "T.Matthew Ciolek" <tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au> The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: early November 1998, Vol. 5, No. 67 -------------------------------------------------- 03 Nov 1998 The Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN) The Getty Information Institute, Los Angeles, USA Supplied note: "The TGN is the first automated source of hierarchically arranged geographic data that is global in scope. The TGN comprises records for nearly 1 million place names representing approximately 900,000 places. It provides vernacular, English, and historical names, as well as background information about the places. The TGN is updated on an ongoing basis. Most of the place records in the TGN include geographic (lat/long) coordinates. The planned expansion of the TGN aims at the addition of names and other information to places already in the database, as well as the addition of historical places and historical hierarchies." Self-description: "TGN [...] is a structured vocabulary developed primarily for the field of art history, but with the potential for wide applications in related disciplines such as archeology, history and geography." URL http://www.ahip.getty.edu/tgn_browser Link suggested by: T.Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au) * Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents * Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential -------------------------------------------------- Src: The Asian Studies WWW Monitor ISSN 1329-9778 URL http://coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-monitor.html Announce your new/improved Asian Studies' Web sites via http://coombs.anu.edu.au/regasia.html - regards - - Dr T. Matthew CIOLEK tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au Head, Internet Publications Bureau RSPAS, The Australian National University ph +61 (02) 6249 0110 fax: +61 (02) 6257 1893 http://www.ciolek.com/PEOPLE/ciolek-tm.html
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