Gazetteer
A gazetteer is a work of geographic reference that supplies place name and location information. When a place name is known, a gazetteer can provide the coordinates of the place as well as additional information.
Most atlases contain gazetteers.
(Not to mix up with gazette, which is a newspaper).
Literature:
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. (2006). Gazetteer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gazetteer
See also: Document typology; Knowledge organization systems (Lifeboat for KO); Semantic tools (Lifeboat for KO).
Birger Hjørland
Last edited: 27-01-2007