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Subject: Re: naming natural features
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 21:21:01 -0400
From: Jeff Essic <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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Ken,
If I were in your situation here in North Carolina, I would get in touch
with our NC Board on Geographic Names to ask these questions and start
the process. The US BGN has a page that links to all other boards
across the country and Internationally that are of a similar vein at
http://geonames.usgs.gov/links/index.html. Unfortunately, the Ohio link
is dead, so you might have to do some more digging to figure out who to
contact. But the process basically involves getting newly named
geographical features and name changes approved at the state level
first, and then they are sent to the US BGN for federal level adoption
into the GNIS, as I understand it.
Best Regards,
Jeff Essic
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Jeff Essic, Data Services Librarian
North Carolina State University
D.H. Hill Library, Research & Information Services
Box 7111, Raleigh, NC 27695-7111
(919) 515-5698
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/gis
On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 4:28 PM, Angie Cope, American Geographical
Society Library, UW Milwaukee <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
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Subject: naming natural features
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:27:12 -0400
From: Grabach, Kenneth A. Mr. <[log in to unmask]
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To: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum
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I have been recently involved in some research on local history and
local geography involving some streams and mills that were once located
in the area. The attempts to locate these places have proved
interesting, but at times challenging. One of the largest challenges is
that the modern topographic maps might show some of the streams, but
these streams are not labeled with any name at all. Some older locally
produced maps do name some of these features.
I have found the Policies and Procedures of the US Board on Geographic
Names, and the form Domestic Geographic Name Report which is
provided as
Appendix C of the manual. Does anyone have any experience or insights
regarding proposing names for natural features where the features are
not named on government produced maps? I think, based on some obvious
local usage, with names historically associated with the farms, mills
and streams, that it would be worthwhile to have these names recorded
and to become part of the database of names. It is also worthwhile to
have these features named on later editions of the topographic maps. I
am not seeking to change existing names, but simply to have names
recorded where none currently appear.
Ken Grabach <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
Maps Librarian Phone: 513-529-1726 <tel:513-529-1726>
Miami University Libraries
Oxford, Ohio 45056 USA
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