An update on my recent plea for help. The Dyfed lists have come up trumps and I have volunteers to sort out CMN and PEM, namely John Ball and Gerry Lewis. I have just finished CGN myself. Brian Wagstaffe has taken on the Vale of Neath parishes in GLA. A very big thank you to all three. Which leaves the bulk of GLA, which I am just starting on today. So, still not too late for last minute bids folks ! Gower/Swansea ? Rhondda ? Maesteg? Cardiff ? Gareth List administrator for DYFED, CGN & PEM Genuki Wales http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/ Lookup Exchange http://home.clara.net/tirbach/lookup.html Help Page http://home.clara.net/tirbach/hicks.html . ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gareth" <Roots@johngareth.freeserve.co.uk> To: "Dyfed" <Dyfed-L@rootsweb.com> Cc: "CGN" <WLS-Cardiganshire-L@rootsweb.com>; "PEM" <WLS-Pembrokeshire-L@rootsweb.com>; "Glam" <Glamorgan-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2003 6:37 PM Subject: Genuki - help needed - cross posting > No, I haven't run away, I have been a busy bee on Genuki 'backroom stuff' > :-) > > The upshot of which is that all of 'my' 4 Welsh counties now have links on > *each* (99.9%) > parish page to a parish location sketch map, and also to online maps > provided by Multimap, Streetmap, and Old maps. > The latter is achieved by a clever (someone else) use of the existing > Genuki gazetteer database, which contains entries for towns/villages/places > within a parish > > That's the good news, the bad news is that the current database is based on > OS grid references to the nearest km square. > That's more or less Ok for Multimap/Streetmap but unfortunately doesn't > quite 'hit the spot ' with Oldmap and that is a real problem. > > So, I'm having to go through and convert the OS refs into more exact > locations > (based on 6 numbers). > Using paper maps I have just spent 3 days on CGN off and on, but have only > covered about 25% of the total, so I can see weeks of work stretching ahead > of me, hence this plea for help. > > At the same time I am also checking that I have places in the right parish, > (they aren't all > correct) using the Kain/Oliver Cd set.(I have a spare copy of the latter.) > It is in fact possible to fiddle around and arrive at the exact grid ref > within Old maps > itself online, but that is painfully slow if you aren't on broadband and > doesn't > deal with the 'correct parish' angle anyway. > > Number of entries in current database; > CGN 287 > CMN 379 > PEM 447 > GLA 770 > > If anyone feels able to help me out then please contact me off list. > I could perhaps split counties into smaller units should that be required. > You need to have OS maps for the county of choice, be reasonably familiar > with its parish structure - and able to work independently and diligently. > > Apart from my undying gratitude, your efforts would be permanently recorded > online as a Genuki contributor. > > Thanks > > Gareth > List administrator for DYFED, CGN & PEM > Genuki Wales http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/ > Lookup Exchange http://home.clara.net/tirbach/lookup.html > Help Page http://home.clara.net/tirbach/hicks.html > . >