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Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 13:17:20 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ken Grabach <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Thesaurus for Geographic Infomration Systems? <fwd>
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I can see three possible categories of subject matter that might need
standard forms to describe.  Two I know about, one I don't.
 
First is geographic names.  The USGS Geographic Names server can handle
U.S. names.  The same main site gives links to name servers for names for
other countries and areas.  There is a printed source, Columbia Gazeteer
of the World, 3 volumes, 1998, that covers much of this.  There are also
the volumes of the U.S. Gazeteer, and a multi-volume set of world
gazeteers, all from the U.S. Board of Geographic Names.
 
Geophysical and geomorphological subjects, that is about land forms,
geological processes, etc.  There is a printed work, several years old but
not out of date.  The Encyclopedia of Geomorphology, Rhodes W. Fairbridge,
editor, 1968.  Major library collections should have this.
 
Subjects unique to GIS and electronic formats of information.  There
probably are some tools for this, at least one of which is becoming an
accepted standard.  For that, I would like to know its title, or URL, as
well.
 
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Ken Grabach         <[log in to unmask]>
International Documents and Maps Librarian
Miami University Libraries
Oxford, Ohio  45056  USA
 
 
On Tue, 25 Aug 1998, Johnnie Sutherland wrote:
 
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> Does anyone know where or if an official thesaurus or otherwise
> controlled vocabulary exists for GIS (Geographic Information Systems)?
> I'm tyring to come up with a reasonable way to index and organize a
> large stack of URLs I've been collecting. I was hoping that I could find
> some previous work, but so far my search of the net (and our local
> library) has not been successful. The subject seems to be just a little
> too esoteric for most indexers. BTW, I'm not a librarian by training so
> if I sound incredibly naive about this approach, that's why.
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> You can email me directly and I'll summarize.
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> TIA,
> - Bill Thoen
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