--- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 01:11:08 -0700 (PDT) From: rosemarie mckeon <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Online Ordnance Survey Gazetteer <fwd> Sender: rosemarie mckeon <[log in to unmask]> i searched the ordsvy site with "gazetteer" and found: national street gazetteer: http://www.nsg.org.uk/ gazetter of GB, the book: http://www.ordsvy.gov.uk/products/paper/hist_ref/gazette.html rose xxoxoxoxoooxoxxxxxooxoxoxoooxxoxxoxoxxoooxxoxoxoxxoxxoxoxooxxoxxoxxoxxoxoxxoxox Rosemarie McKeon Artist University of California, San Diego National Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure San Diego Supercomputer Center, MC 0505 9500 Gilman Drive, Bldg 109 La Jolla, CA 92093-0505 (619)534-8321 [log in to unmask] www.npaci.edu On Fri, 25 Jun 1999, Johnnie Sutherland wrote: > --- Begin Forwarded Message --- > Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 16:40:02 +0000 (/etc/localtime) > From: Ken Grabach <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: Online Ordnance Survey Gazetteer <fwd> > Sender: Ken Grabach <[log in to unmask]> > > > > With regard to the original question, how to get to the online gazeteer of > the Ordnance Survey, it was not immediately apparent to me when I went to > the url given below. The address given seems to be active. > > To get the gazeteer, select Get-a-map from the frame. Searching the term > 'gazeteer' in the search box retrieved no results. It is a very nice > locator based on the OS Motoring atlas. You can search a place name in > the GB Gazeteer, search a post code, or search a Grid designation. > > It is not really a gazeteer, but rather a map index. It gives no location > coordinates in latitude and longitude, nor does it give the military or > UTM grid. In other words, it is usable only for the map images it > provides. > > _________________________________________ > Ken Grabach <[log in to unmask]> > Documents and Maps Librarian > Miami University Libraries > Oxford, Ohio 45056 USA > > > On Fri, 25 Jun 1999, Johnnie Sutherland wrote: > > > --- Begin Forwarded Message --- > > Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 09:22:56 -0400 > > From: Roger Payne <[log in to unmask]> > > Subject: Re: Online Ordnance Survey Gazetteer <fwd> > > Sender: Roger Payne <[log in to unmask]> > > > > > > > > According to our records at the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names > > Information System (GNIS), the address is functioning properly and is > > <http://www.ordsvy.gov.uk/home/index.html> > > > > Roger L. Payne > > USGS > > 703.648.4544 > > > > >>> Johnnie Sutherland <[log in to unmask]> 06/24/99 02:09PM >>> > > --- Begin Forwarded Message --- > > Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 09:00:00 -0700 > > From: Linda Zellmer <[log in to unmask]> > > Subject: Online Ordnance Survey Gazetteer > > Sender: Linda Zellmer <[log in to unmask]> > > > > > > Hello All, > > > > Before I totally change my place names web site, I was wondering > > what the status is for the online (web-based) Ordnance Survey Gazetteer site > > for the UK. The address that I have on my web page > > (http://www.campus.bt.com/CampusWorld/pub/OS/Gazetteer/) no longer seems to > > work. Now that there is a new printed version, does that mean this online > > version will no longer be available? Thanks for your help. Linda Zellmer > > > > *********************************************************************** > > Linda Zellmer > > Map Librarian > > Arizona State University Libraries > > P.O. Box 871006 > > Tempe, Arizona 85287-1006 > > Phone: (480) 965-5973 > > Fax: (480) 965-0883 > > EMail: [log in to unmask] > > --- End Forwarded Message --- > > --- End Forwarded Message --- > > > > > --- End Forwarded Message --- > --- End Forwarded Message ---