Thanks for your thoughts on methodology. I've actually got my own system pretty well working. Sorry to be so technical but perhaps I should clarify my query.
What I am trying to get answered is: "what GIS standards and metadata are the folks at Millenium using in setting up their Geo Location Database for use with Legacy?" Since I research and publish to a high academic standard, I need to track the accuracy level of all of my sources and cite them correctly. If I use the Legacy GLdb (a very convenient thing) I've got to know about the standards used in creating it. For example, the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN) is a Federal agency created back in the late 1800's to "maintain uniform geographic name usage" throughout the nation's government. To this day they continue their work (as the world get's more complex, so does their task) and the US Geological Survey office makes downloadable text files available free at http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/index.html. The BGN currently maintains domestic info and the overseas data is served by the Geographic Names Server (GNS) of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)? Many commercial software systems make use of this standardized data set as the basis for constructing their own proprietary metadata and application specific databases. Is Legacy amongst these users of the BGN/GNS/NGA info? Or is there some other standard that has been implemented? Are there different core data sets used for the various regions of the world? If the Legacy GLdb is based on these government issue datasets how recent is the dataset used in the current Legacy release (V7)? Thanks again for any insights and forthcoming assistance on this. David M. Kleiman Heritage Muse, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of RICHARD SCHULTHIES Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2008 7:59 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Geo Location Database Standards You must first decide which location system you will use, and then the questions become easy. 1. Use the location name as it existed at the time of the 'event'. I have some towns with as many as eight different names. 2. Use the location as it exists 'today'. Then when governments change the various boundaries, you must re-edit the wole country. Sweden 2 times in 20th century. England, Scotland in the 1990s, US states and counties (see AniMap). I use choice 1, because once the research is done, the past doesn't re-do itself. Rich in LA CA --- On Sat, 9/27/08, David Kleiman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: David Kleiman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [LegacyUG] Geo Location Database Standards > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, September 27, 2008, 9:43 AM > Couple of questions to the informed crowd here.... > > I am working to reconcile a large number of European place > name citations in > a fairly large Legacy file (30,000+ individuals) between > currently accepted > naming conventions and older or alternate spelling and > language differences. > A simple clear example is the old American spelling of the > Ukrainian town > "Lvov" which on most current maps is Lviv or > L'viv. > > Question: > Can anyone tell me what the source was for the Legacy Geo > Location Database > names? Is there an standard academic source(s) against > which that list is > published? For example: The US Geological Survey database, > or some other > world atlas(es)? > > If the spelling standardization is a Millenium Corp. > construct, is there a > listing of the transliteration guidelines used in building > these lists? > > Thanks for any insights > > David M. Kleiman > Heritage Muse, Inc. > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
