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I would create a small file either in Access or whatever d-base you use (or directly in the mapping program, with grid references only, then create points from the table and then search through the table. Thank you David Evans Historic Environment Record Officer 01454 863649 >>> [log in to unmask] 02/09/2003 11:32:19 >>> Hello folks any ideas on a good way to approach the following problem would be appreciated. Over the eccentric development of our SMR I have been left with a number of paper gazetteers of sites, without being able to easily tell if these have/have not been digitised. I have a pile of them lurking beside me and need to think of a way of dealing with them. The obvious way is to pick a random sample of them, bash in the NGR and see if there is anything similar to the Gazetteer entry on the digital SMR. This is not a task I relish having better things to do with my time (such as watching paint dry....), and would take a long time. So I am wondering if anyone can think of a better/quicker way to do this?? I have thought of scanning the Gazetteers in, converting the NGR's into Mapinfo table and running a find unmatched type query to see if any aren't overlapped by a monument. For those that are, I would pick a random sample to check that it is not another monument that by chance overlays them, but the one I would expect from the Gazetteer. Hopefully by doing this we'll be able to get an idea of whether we need to go through one by one to check each record, or can be confident that the data has been put in. Does anyone have any experience of trying anything like this (scanning etc) or can think of a better way?? Also, what would be a representative random sample to use to get a good idea of how many records were/weren't digitised (whichever method I use), or that the overlaying monuments are in fact the same ones?? 2% ?? 5%?? More ?? Less?? Any ideas appreciated. thanks in advance best wishes Nick Boldrini SMR Computing Officer Heritage Unit North Yorkshire County Council Direct Dial (01609) 532331 http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/environment/heritage.shtm#Archaeology North Yorkshire County Council has the right and does inspect E-Government mails sent from and to its computer system. WARNING This E-mail and any attachments may contain information that is confidential or privileged, and is intended solely for the use of the named recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, please be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken is prohibited and may be unlawful. Any opinions expressed are those of the author and not necessarily the view of the Council. North Yorkshire County Council.