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CGGR-L There has been considerable recent interest in computerised historical place-name gazetteers, which are not exactly GIS systems but are arguably an essential component of any general purpose historical GIS, enabling it to be used in association with a range of attribute information. Linda Hill, of the University of California, Santa Barbara, has established a new discussion list to support collaboration among those who are developing digital gazetteers - the list is especially focused on geospatially-referenced gazetteers and associated gazetteer services. CGGR stands for the Center for Global Georeferencing Research at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Discussion issues include gazetteer content standards, typing (category) schemes, gazetteer service protocols, spatial accuracy, gazetteer implementation, and research. Related issues of global geographic referencing are welcome. To join: - Address email to [log in to unmask] - Leave the subject blank - Enter the following as the message: subscribe cggr-l [your name] - Send message You will get a welcome message after your email has been received and processed. Humphrey Southall (owner, history-gis list) ====================================================== Humphrey Southall Reader in Geography/Director, Great Britain Historical GIS Project Department of Geography, University of Portsmouth Buckingham Building, Lion Terrace, Portsmouth PO1 3HE Until September 2001: Visiting Scholar, St. Catharine's College, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1RL Portsmouth HGIS team: (023) 9284 2500 Cambridge Tel: (01223) 523854 Mobile: (0796) 808 5454