Dear colleagues,
I am a lurker on this list rather than (normally) a contributor, and I must
confess to having totally forgotten what MIDAS ever stood for (wouldn't it be
good if we could all make these acronyms expand themselves every tenth time
they are used)!
Pat Reynolds's last note interests me because I have to send our Society's
comments by 31 October on the DCMS document "Historic Environment Records
consultation". I notice in the "Benchmarks for Good Practice" Annex 1, the
inclusion of O.S. references in the "Basic compliance specification".
Christopher Stell's Inventory of Nonconformist chapels and meeting-houses, a
4-volume work I often refer to in the course of casework, invariably
identifies buildings by this means(among others). I am amazed at the way
many planning authorities handle applications from developers with NO grid
reference visible.
Perhaps you might remind me what MIDAS stands for, and let me have your
comments on this problem as you see it? Is there any way we can encourage
local authorities to make use of the O.S. system?
I should be most grateful.
Yours sincerely, Robin.
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Pat Reynolds <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I have used MIDAS as the basis for data management for my research. ...
> The text makes it clear that long/lat and os grid reference are
> alternatives, but the table shows os as recommended, and long/lat as
> additional. I have abandoned recording the national grid although it was my
> intention, originally, to record this in addition to the long/lat which is
> recorded for all sites...
>
> I have also used hierarchical administrative areas rather than
> county/district/parish, which correspond, in England, to
> Nation/Goverment Office Region/County-UA/Borough-
> Parish/Locality/Street/Number
--
Robin Phillips, Hon Secretary, The Chapels Society
1, Newcastle Ave, Beeston, NOTTS, NG9 1BT
phone: 0115 922 4930
web-site: www.britarch.ac.uk/chapelsoc/
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