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The Alexandria Digital Library Gazetteer Server
Entry ID: Alex-Dig_Gaz-00
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Summary
Abstract: The ADL gazetteer, a geospatially defined geographic name datasets or a
place-name index, allows a user to find earth features by typing in the name
associated with that feature, e.g., find the city of Santa Barbara or find all
references to the name "Santa Barbara" worldwide. The gazetteer database may be
used as a spatial finding aid or as a stand-alone reference tool.

This is the new version of the ADL Gazetteer, based on the ADL Gazetteer
Content Standard. Currently it contains: NIMA Gazetteer, set of countries and
U.S. counties, set of U.S. topographic map quadrangle footprints, set of
volcanoes, and set of earthquake epicenters. The GNIS data has been partly
added to the collection. As of today, there are just under 4 million entries.

In process: USGS Gazetteer (GNIS) and GeoRef placenames from their thesaurus.
Related URL
Link: GET RELATED SERVICE METADATA (SERF)
Description: The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), developed by the USGS in
cooperation with the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN), contains information
about almost 2 million physical and cultural geographic features in the United
States. The Federally recognized name of each feature described in the data
base is identified, and references are made to a feature's location by State,
county, and geographic coordinates. The GNIS is our Nation's official
repository of domestic geographic names information.
Service Citation
Title: Alexandria Digital Library Gazetteer Server
Release_Date: 2004-02-26
Provider: University of California, Santa Barbara
Edition: v. 3.2
URL: http://www.alexandria.ucsb.edu/
Service Keywords
DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION >GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS   [Definition]
DATA MANAGEMENT/DATA HANDLING >CATALOGING   [Definition]
REFERENCE AND INFORMATION SERVICES >GAZETTEER   [Definition]
REFERENCE AND INFORMATION SERVICES >THESAURI   [Definition]
Science Keywords
BIOSPHERE >TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS >AGRICULTURAL LANDS   [Definition]
BIOSPHERE >TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS >ALPINE/TUNDRA   [Definition]
BIOSPHERE >TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS >BEACHES   [Definition]
BIOSPHERE >TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS >DESERTS   [Definition]
BIOSPHERE >TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS >DUNES   [Definition]
BIOSPHERE >TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS >FORESTS   [Definition]
BIOSPHERE >TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS >GRASSLANDS   [Definition]
BIOSPHERE >TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS >ISLANDS   [Definition]
BIOSPHERE >TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS >KARST LANDSCAPE   [Definition]
BIOSPHERE >TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS >MONTANE HABITATS   [Definition]
BIOSPHERE >TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS >SAVANNAS   [Definition]
BIOSPHERE >TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS >SHRUBLAND/SCRUB   [Definition]
BIOSPHERE >TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS >URBAN LANDS   [Definition]
BIOSPHERE >TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS >WETLANDS   [Definition]
HUMAN DIMENSIONS >BOUNDARIES >ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS   [Definition]
HUMAN DIMENSIONS >BOUNDARIES >POLITICAL DIVISIONS   [Definition]
HUMAN DIMENSIONS >BOUNDARIES >BOUNDARY SURVEYS   [Definition]
TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE >SNOW/ICE   [Definition]
TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE >SURFACE WATER   [Definition]
LAND SURFACE >LAND USE/LAND COVER >LAND COVER   [Definition]
LAND SURFACE >LAND USE/LAND COVER >LAND USE CLASSES   [Definition]
LAND SURFACE >LANDSCAPE >REFORESTATION   [Definition]
SOLID EARTH >TECTONICS >VOLCANIC ACTIVITY   [Definition]
BIOSPHERE >AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS >WETLANDS
ISO Topic Category
FARMING
BIOTA
BOUNDARIES
ENVIRONMENT
GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION
IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER
INLAND WATERS
PLANNING CADASTRE
Project
ADLP >Alexandria Digital Library Project   [Information]
Access Constraints
You can only run one gazetteer session at a time, and your results are only
available for a short period of time (30 minutes, at present).
Use Constraints
This interface has been developed and tested using various browser. Different
browser quirks are outlined below:
Netscape 7/Mozilla:

Tool tips on result list do not wrap
Windows Internet Explorer 5/6:

Selecting File New Window will cause you to lose the last result set,because it
will restart your session.

Start a new IE window from the start menu or icon on the desktop.

Map sometimes gets confused. This is caused by IE 6 privacy settings. Some
settings can selectively block or accept cookies, in the same session. Because
the problem is intermittent, we do not have a solution.

Netscape < 5:
No tool tips
Keywords
Geospatially referenced
NIMA Gazetteer
Geographically referenced
Geographic
Service Provider
Alexandria Digital Library, University of California, Santa Barbara

Service Provider Personnel
Name: LINDA HILL
Phone: (805)893-7665
Fax: (805) 893-3045
Email: lhill at alexandria.ucsb.edu
Contact Address:
The Alexandria Digital Library
University of California, Santa Barbara
1205 Girvetz Hall
 City: Santa Barbara
Province or State: CA
Postal Code: 93106
Country: United States
Distribution Media
Distribution_Media: Electronic
Distribution_Format: HTML
Personnel
TYLER B. STEVENS
Role: SERF AUTHOR
Phone: (301) 614-6898
Fax: 301-614-5268
Email: Tyler.B.Stevens at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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City: Greenbelt
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA
Publications/References
Hastings, J., & Hill, L. L. (2002, September 25-28). Treatment of "Duplicates" in the Alexandria Digital Library Gazetteer. Paper presented at the GeoScience 2002, Boulder, Colorado. Powerpoint presentation. http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/%7Ejordan/adlgaz/2i28_gisc02-preso.ppt

Hill, L. L. (2000). Core Elements of Digital Gazetteers: Placenames, Categories, and Footprints. (Submitted to the Fourth European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries, Lisbon, Portugal, September 18-20, 2000.)

Hill, L. L., Frew, J., & Zheng, Q. (1999). Geographic names: The implementation of a gazetteer in a georeferenced digital library. D-Lib (January 1999). http://www.dlib.org/dlib/january99/hill/01hill.html

Hill, L. (1999). Gazetteer and collection-level meatdata developments. In R. T. Kaser & V. C. Kaser (Eds.), Metadiversity. The Grand Challenge for Biodiversity Information Managment through Metadata. The Call for Community. Proceedings of the Symposium sponsored by the U.S. Geological Survey Biological Resources Div. & the National Federation of Abstracting & Information Services (pp. 141-145): NFAIS (www.nfais.org).

Hill, L. L., & Zheng, Q. (1999). Indirect geospatial referencing through place names in the digital library: Alexandria Digital Library experience with developing and implementing gazetteers. Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., Oct. 31- Nov. 4, 1999, pp. 57-69.
Creation and Review Dates
SERF Creation Date:
SERF Last Revision Date: 2009-03-26
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