Comments on: Geocoding LCSH in the Biodiversity Heritage Library http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/52 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:07:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: regeniaec http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/52/comment-page-1#comment-6059 regeniaec Wed, 23 May 2012 00:58:02 +0000 http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/52#comment-6059 A fantastic view of point for google maps. Never miss a thing when you need it most of the time to find a location that your not familiar with.

]]> By: Thoughts on “Geocoding in the LCSH Biodiversity Library” « Digital Mappings: Readings & Reflections http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/52/comment-page-1#comment-6055 Thoughts on “Geocoding in the LCSH Biodiversity Library” « Digital Mappings: Readings & Reflections Wed, 16 May 2012 20:23:23 +0000 http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/52#comment-6055 [...] Geocoding in the LCSH Biodiversity Library, the authors detail how they have taken MARC record locations and ingested them through the Google [...]

]]> By: Jonathan Rochkind http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/52/comment-page-1#comment-175 Jonathan Rochkind Wed, 21 May 2008 02:58:25 +0000 http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/52#comment-175 I just discovered this open access source of place name to lat/long mapping, essentially an OA gazeteer.

http://www.geonames.org/

Super nice!

Yes, it has a web service, as well as downloadable data. Seems worth considering for any projects that need to translate from existing controlled place vocabulary without lat/long (like LCSH!) to lat/long.

]]> By: Chris Freeland http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/52/comment-page-1#comment-51 Chris Freeland Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:13:39 +0000 http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/52#comment-51 If you are interested in learning more about the process for ingesting and parsing content from Internet Archive, read the BHL Blog entry on the topic.

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