Comments on: Geocoding LCSH in the Biodiversity Heritage Library http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/52 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:28:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Jonathan Rochkind http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/52#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. 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-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 <a href="http://biodiversitylibrary.blogspot.com/2008/03/harvesting-process-from-internet_14.html" rel="nofollow">BHL Blog entry</a> on the topic. 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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