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Subject: FW: Gazetteers and Geonames
Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 09:04:11 -0700
From: Diaz, Carlos <[log in to unmask]>
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I was going through our stacks to see what documents I can discard from our collection when I saw all these old gazetteers from the 1970s and 1980s published by the Defense Department.
As a result, I sent an email to the folks at NGIA to see if they publish the gazetteers and if not, to verify if GNIS supersedes the old gazetteers. Response below.
Now, if GNIS does supersede the old gazetteers, is there any value in retaining the old gazetteers?
Carlos A. Diaz
Government Documents/Maps
The Evergreen State College
Olympia, Washington
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From: Flynn, Randall E. [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 8:36 AM
To: Diaz, Carlos
Subject: RE: Gazetteers and Geonames
Mr. Diaz,
My apologies for the delay in getting back to you.
The GEOnet Names Server which you cite below has superseded the hardcopy
gazetteers previously issued by the Defense Mapping Agency on behalf of the
US Board on Geographic Names. We no longer have an active hardcopy
gazetteer publication program.
Hope this helps,
Randy
Randall E. Flynn
Geographer, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Executive Secretary, Foreign Names, US Board on Geographic Names
-----Original Message-----
From: Diaz, Carlos [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 9:14 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Gazetteers and Geonames
Dear Mr. Flynn,
I am hoping you can clarify something for me.
Our library has a number of gazetteers that were published in the 1970s and
1980s by the Defense Mapping Agency.
What I was wondering was if the GNIS website for Foreign Names located at
the link below:
http://gnswww.nga.mil/geonames/GNS/index.jsp
supersedes the paper versions that were published that long ago?
If not, are there any updated versions (paper, electronic, etc.) available.
Thank you for your help on this matter.
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Carlos A. Diaz
Government Documents Specialist
Government Documents/Maps
Daniel J. Evans Library
The Evergreen State College
Mailstop L-2309
Olympia, WA 98505
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http://www.evergreen.edu/library/govdocs/index.html
GovDocs/Maps Desk: (360) 867-6165
Carlos' phone: (360) 867-6251
fax: (360) 866-6790
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