Hmmm.... I could say loads about this, and may say some of it when I visit
the NMR this Thursday, but the typology of admin units my project has
developed is of some relevance. See:
http://tiger.iso.port.ac.uk:7778/pls/nfp/pargaz.au_ft.home
One general comment is that the notion of a county is very problematic.
Best wishes,
Humphrey Southall
At 14:36 21/06/2004 +0100, you wrote:
>Hello folks,
>
>I would like thoughts from list subscribers on a specific issue relating
>to the types of administrative or other areas that are included in
>heritage datasets. I'm interested in instances of these area types being
>used to assist with the retrieval or presentation of heritage data.
>
>What is needed is as full a list as needed of what types of area are in
>use.
>
>MIDAS already identifies:-
>
>Country
>County
>District
>Unitary Authority
>Civil Parish
>Named Location
>To which we might add e.g. Government Office Regions
>
>Clearly there are also others...
>1) other current area types (e.g. those equivalents to Civil Parishes in
>use in Scotland, Ireland, and Wales).
>2) historic area types that we might want to include, such as pre-1974
>English counties, ecclesiastical parishes.
>
>But I'm sure there are others. Does anyone use electoral wards for
>example?
>
>Please could folk contact me (either off-list or simply posted to FISH
>to get discussion going) and let me know what they use.
>
>Edmund Lee
>FISH Interoperability Toolkit.
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