-------- Original Message -------- Subject: People Group Codes, Ethnicity, and Hierarchy Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:07:18 -0500 From: Benzek, Stephen T ERDC-TEC-VA <[log in to unmask]> To: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]> References: <[log in to unmask]> We're digitizing cultural atlases and are having trouble with attributes that might include language, ethnicity, religion, tribe, affinity bloc, etc. The objective is to create a geodatabase that uses a standard. This will also help with hierarchical grouping so that web maps can be generalized at smaller scales (and to reduce the hundreds of items in the legend!). Your thoughts and suggestions will be greatly appreciated. RESOURCES I'VE UNCOVERED SO FAR: --The Australians us a classification standard, but it is small and only has a geographical hierarchy (see http://www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/ausstats/subscriber.nsf/0/00A57A2C8FE19CACCA25 70360074713B/$File/12490_2005.pdf) --Other resources are excruciatingly detailed, with some hierarchy, but seem to be mostly mission-based: http://www.etnopedia.org/ --Like Wikipedia for Ethnography http://www.indigitech.net/index.php?option=com_facileforms&Itemid=120 --Christian Site with info on 400 people groups http://www.indigitech.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=39&Itemid =86 --Links on "people group" info http://www.worldchristiandatabase.org/wcd/bot/list.asp?list=people --World Christian Database. 9170 peoples listed http://namesofpeople.tripod.com/ --Listing of 9167 Names of People http://www.peoplegroups.org/ --Evangelical Christian site with a spreadsheet of 100,000 people groups in a hierarchy of affinity blocs. http://www.indigitech.net --Database for cross-cultural ministry. Thanks, Steve Benzek
