Working around a gazetteer
20-01-2009 20:52
What have Old World trade routes and New World
malacology in common? Seemingly not much, but
haphazardly the twains can meet.
I’m an ardent user of online gazetteers and was somewhat unpleasantly surprised when my favorite gazetteer (GNS) showed a persistent error during the last days. Just in the middle of painfully looking up localities for two projects...:-(
Looking on the net for some possible work around, I found this site. When you skip the heading and scroll down you will find a nice listing of alternatives. Always handy when technology lets you down...
But perhaps there is lesson to learned here: better have a downloaded copy on your harddisk or, even better, a hard copy on your bookshelf.
I’m an ardent user of online gazetteers and was somewhat unpleasantly surprised when my favorite gazetteer (GNS) showed a persistent error during the last days. Just in the middle of painfully looking up localities for two projects...:-(
Looking on the net for some possible work around, I found this site. When you skip the heading and scroll down you will find a nice listing of alternatives. Always handy when technology lets you down...
But perhaps there is lesson to learned here: better have a downloaded copy on your harddisk or, even better, a hard copy on your bookshelf.