Alexandria Digital Library Gazetteer

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“A gazetteer associates geographic names (place names and feature names) with geographic locations and other descriptive information. … The Alexandria Digital Library (ADL) Gazetteer combines the U.S. place names from the U.S. Geological Survey's GNIS database, the non-U.S. place names from the National Imagery and Mapping Agency's GNS database, and other gazetteer datasets. The ADL Gazetteer item metadata is based on the ADL Gazetteer Content Standard; the feature types are based on the ADL Feature Type Thesaurus.”

General information
Vocabulary alternative name or acronym: 

ADL Gazetteer

Vocabulary type: 
Gazetteer
Current version/edition : 
07/03/2002
Vocabulary URL: 

http://alexandria.ucsb.edu/gazetteer/

Was vocabulary created as a course project: 
No
Scope and Usage
Languages: 

Primarily English

Major subjects covered: 

Geographic place names and locations

Purpose: 

“A gazetteer can be used to find the geographic location of a named place, and conversely can be used to find all named places within a geographic area. These searches can be restricted to particular types of features, for example, to "hydrographic features," or more specifically, to just "lakes."”

Related vocabularies: 

ADL Feature Type Thesaurus

Vocabulary characteristics
Type of display : 
Alphabetical list
Relationship types: 
Equivalence (Primary/variant terms or Preferred/non-preferred)
Terms and Conditions
Availability: 
free; obtain license for commercial or institutional use
Licensing Options: 

All rights reserved. ADL is prepared to license the ADL Gazetteer Services and Gazetteer Database and to establish affiliations with commercial and institutional organizations to further the advancement of gazetteers and related services and research.

Import/download instructions : 

Downloadable from the website.

Provider
Vocabulary provider name: 
Alexandria Digital Library, University of California at Santa Barbara
Provider URL: 

http://www.alexandria.ucsb.edu/

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