>How will this magic gazetteer *know* which "Somerset" is >meant if the only word given it is Somerset? It will NOT know. YOU will provide as much information as you know about the particular Somerset, and the place authority will give you all the possibilities that match what you know. If you restrict the Somerset to a country or a county or a "type" (eg, city, county, parish, village) or a time period or more than one of the above the gazetteer will give you a shorter list. There is no magic here. As I explained TWICE above, when you give a partial name you get back all the POSSIBLE resolutions.

Tom Wetmore wrote: >> How will this magic gazetteer *know* which "Somerset" is >> meant if the only word given it is Somerset? > > It will NOT know. YOU will provide as much information as you > know about the particular Somerset, and the place authority will > give you all the possibilities that match what you know. If you > restrict the Somerset to a country or a county or a "type" (eg, > city, county, parish, village) or a time period or more than one > of the above the gazetteer will give you a shorter list. There is > no magic here. > Isn't that where I came in this round? I did not know and was unable to discover whether "word" was a house-name, a church parish, a town, a district, or what-the-flip. I was all too aware that it could be any of 'em or none of 'em. Having a list that verified it could be any of 'em wouldn't have been helpful in the least.