--- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 11:08:50 -0500 From: Roger L Payne <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Geographic Names Sender: Roger L Payne <[log in to unmask]> Important Change Notice for Webmasters: ========================================== The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) online (Web) service has moved to a new server at: http://geonames.usgs.gov This new Web site and service will host not only heavy-traffic GNIS Web service, but a consolidated set of pages about the Board on Geographic Names (BGN), toponymy, general information on geographic names, and related topics as well. We request that Webmasters please update any links beginning with either of the following two URL bases: http://mapping.usgs.gov:8888/ ... http://www-nmd.usgs.gov:8888/ ... Please be aware that if your site contains any embedded queries, it will not be sufficient just to change the server name from " mapping.usgs.gov:8888" to "geonames.usgs.gov". The (virtual) path names used in queries have changed (as we have advanced from Oracle's OWS to Oracle's IAS application server), as have the names of the query procedures themselves. Please visit the new site and use the query forms if you need to determine the new query paths and procedure names. Thank you. Roger L. Payne, Manager GNIS, 703.648.4544 --- End Forwarded Message ---