It seems BS7666 is being revised to a more general geographical
referencing system, see
http://www.agi.org.uk/bfora/systems/xmlviewer/default.asp?arg=DS_AGI_TRAINART_69/_page.xsl/89
and the links there.
Is this EH standard for contemporary addresses and locations only, or do
you need to cover historical addresses? The latter would be much more
complicated...
Andrew
On Tue, 14 Feb 2006, CARLISLE, Phil wrote:
> The problem is that we're trying to define a standard not only for
> contacts, specific buildings and areas etc but we're also trying to
> define the standard for recording those troublesome archaeological
> features slap bang in the middle of nowhere.
>
> It's trying to find something that fits every possible scenario that
> covers not only '45 Orlando Drive, NG4 3FN' but also 'the barn 200metres
> behind the farmhouse' ie non-addressable (according to the Post Office)
> objects.
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