| LII.org (Home) | About LII IPL.org Suggest a Site Subscribe to New This Week Contact |
|
|
 |
|||
|
|||
|
|||
|
|
|||
Place Names
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Alexandria Digital Library Gazetteer Server 
 A gazetteer of the world containing about 6,000,000 entries. Searchable by place name and feature type (anticlines, aqueducts, archaeological sites, etc.), and browsable by map. Results display location on map and provide longitude, latitude, elevation, and related information. From the Alexandria Digital Library Project, University of California, Santa Barbara. http://www.alexandria.ucsb.edu/gazetteer/ Topics: Dictionaries, Geography, Maps, Ready Reference & Quick Facts Last updated Mar 5, 2004 An Atlas of the German Empire
The digitization of this rare 1883 work is expected to help "in tracing the roots of families with origins in any part of the German empire from the late nineteenth century to the early twentieth century. ... [T]his atlas also cover[s] the bordering portions of present-day Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Hungary, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, the Russian Federation, Slovakia, and Switzerland." Includes an index. From the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries. http://www.library.wisc.edu/etext/ravenstein/home.html Topics: Dictionaries, Maps by Place Last updated Aug 24, 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland
"A vast geographical encyclopaedia, featuring details of towns, villages, bens and glens from the Scottish Borders to the Northern Isles. The first comprehensive gazetteer produced for Scotland since 1885, it includes tourist attractions, industries and historical sites, together with histories of family names, biographies of famous people and descriptions of historical events associated with Scotland." http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/gaztitle.html Topics: Dictionaries, Geography, Ready Reference & Quick Facts Last updated May 5, 2008 Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
"This gazetteer contains detailed information about all names of topographic and albedo features on planets and satellites (and some planetary ring and ring-gap systems) that the International Astronomical Union (IAU) has named and approved from its founding in 1919 through the present time." From the U.S. Geological Survey. http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/ Topics: Astronomy, Dictionaries, Geography, Ready Reference & Quick Facts Last updated May 22, 2005 Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
This database allows the user to query nearly two million geographic names by Feature Name, State or Territory, Elevation, and Topo Map Name. From the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=116:1:229798912635586 Topics: Dictionaries, Geography, Ready Reference & Quick Facts Last updated Sep 14, 2009 Geographical Names of Canada
Authoritative source of over 500,000 geographical names in Canada. Search by geographical name, point coordinates, or CGNDB Unique Identifer. Results show basic locational information and maps. Available in English and French. Maintained by the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (CPCGN). http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/ Topics: Dictionaries, Geography, Ready Reference & Quick Facts Last updated Jan 7, 2005 Geographical Place Names & Street Names
A database of New Zealand place and street names. Details include the district, a brief description, latitude and longitude, and place names for surrounding areas within a specified radius. The site describes how place names are assigned. http://www.linz.govt.nz/placenames/index.aspx Topics: Dictionaries, Geography, Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Regions of the World Last updated Jul 7, 2009 Geoscience Australia: Place Name Search
Search "the location and spelling of [hundreds of thousands of] geographical names across Australia." In addition, "calculate the distance between two places." From Australia's "national agency for geoscience research and geospatial information." http://www.ga.gov.au/map/names/ Topics: Dictionaries, Geography, Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Regions of the World Last updated Jul 11, 2006 Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Search over a million place names, representing approximately 900,000 physical or political entities, including continents, rivers, mountains, empires, nations, states, districts, townships, cities, and neighborhoods. Includes vernacular, English, and historical names; variant names in other languages; coordinates; and additional information. Many place names feature short notes describing when the name was used (for example, in medieval or Roman times). Offers superb advanced search capabilities. http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/tgn/ Topics: Dictionaries, Geography Last updated Dec 15, 2003 Government Gazettes Online
"Government Gazettes, which are published by federal governments worldwide, are the means through which the government can communicate to officials and the general public. Gazettes are useful not only to monitor the actions of the government, but also as primary source documentation in research. ... A description of the contents and coverage are included for each gazette." Browsable. From the University of Michigan School of Information. http://www-personal.umich.edu/~graceyor/doctemp/gazettes/index.htm Topics: Dictionaries, Geography, International Governments, Politics by Place, Ready Reference & Quick Facts Last updated Aug 6, 2009 Historical Country Names
A handy list of "formerly used country names," paired with the current names. Features "names of a countries, dependencies, and other regions of particular geopolitical interest." Includes links to country profiles. From One World - Nations Online. http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/hist_country_names.htm Topics: Dictionaries, Geography, Regions of the World Last updated Sep 2, 2003 Key Names: A Gazetteer of the Islands of the Florida Keys
An annotated compilation of every place name for islands and keys (low islands or reefs) in Florida. The "search" function is really just a sophisticated browse, though it works well enough. Includes a brief glossary. From the Monroe County Public Library and Florida International University Digital Collections Center. http://keys.fiu.edu/ Topics: Dictionaries, Geography, Ready Reference & Quick Facts Last updated Jan 23, 2009 The National Archives Learning Curve: Focus on ... Domesday
The history of Domesday Book, from the death of Edward the Confessor in 1066 through the conflicts of the Anglo-Saxons and Normans and the reign of William the Conquerer. Shows how William's 1085 survey documented "who was looking after each area, what lands they had, and which other people lived there" (also how much livestock people owned); the materials used to create the book; and teaching suggestions. Created for the British school history curriculum. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/focuson/domesday/ Topics: Dictionaries, Finance, Geography, History, History By Place, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts, Ready Reference & Quick Facts Last updated Oct 16, 2009 U.S. Board of Geographic Names (BGN)
The website for this government body created "to maintain uniform geographic name usage throughout the Federal Government" features links to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) for the U.S., the GEOnet Names Server (GNS) for foreign names, and material about names of features in Antarctica. Search results include information such as latitude, longitude, and elevation. From the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). http://geonames.usgs.gov/ Topics: Dictionaries, Geography, Ready Reference & Quick Facts Last updated Sep 24, 2007 U.S. Gazetteer
Searchable database, by name or state abbreviation, or 5-digit zip code. Contains geographic information, maps and census data. http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer Topics: Dictionaries, Geography, Ready Reference & Quick Facts Last updated Sep 1, 2003 |
|||
| Copyright © 2009, Librarians' Internet Index, LII. All rights reserved. Financial support for LII (Librarians' Internet Index) comes from the The iSchool at Drexel, College of Information Science and Technology and the IPL Consortium. LII is hosted by The iSchool at Drexel, College of Information Science and Technology. |