Be safe. I add a latitude and longitude (which seem to have been reasonably stable over the years) and let folk find the place for themselves, in whatever form it is... Paul

"pblair" <pblair@pcug.org.au> wrote in message news:9f9c9574-ff5f-4523-84bd-8d94ce96d5f5@googlegroups.com... > Be safe. > > I add a latitude and longitude (which seem to have been reasonably stable > over the years) and let folk find the place for themselves, in whatever > form it is... > > Paul > Finding coordinates for a historical place is generally not easy Paul, particularly if it no longer exists. You would still need to store the place name anyway so why not rely on a Place Authority to give you an agreed location for any given named place? Tony Proctor

On Tuesday, October 2, 2012 11:11:53 PM UTC+10, Tony Proctor wrote: > "pblair" <pblair@pcug.org.au> wrote in message > > news:9f9c9574-ff5f-4523-84bd-8d94ce96d5f5@googlegroups.com... > > > Be safe. > > > > > > I add a latitude and longitude (which seem to have been reasonably stable > > > over the years) and let folk find the place for themselves, in whatever > > > form it is... > > > > > > Paul > > > > > > > Finding coordinates for a historical place is generally not easy Paul, > > particularly if it no longer exists. You would still need to store the place > > name anyway so why not rely on a Place Authority to give you an agreed > > location for any given named place? > > > > Tony Proctor Maybe you should try it...and no, the place name isn't necessary, if you so choose.

pblair wrote: > Be safe. > > I add a latitude and longitude (which seem to have been reasonably stable over the years) > I'm beginning to wonder about that, and I don't mean continental drift. I've just spent several days trying to georeference maps using QGIS & failing to get consistency between coordinates obtained by different means. -- Ian The Hotmail address is my spam-bin. Real mail address is iang at austonley org uk