http://www.metafilter.com/tags/geospatial Posts tagged with 'geospatial' at MetaFilter. Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:23:24 -0800 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:23:24 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/70503/What%2DDid%2DWe%2DCall%2DThis%2DPlace%2DWhen Native Names Projects by the <a href="http://gis.cdatribe-nsn.gov/NativeNames/ProjectDescription.aspx">Coeur d'Alene Tribe GIS Program</a> and the <a href="http://hawaii.gov/dbedt/gis/bgn/">Hawaii Board on Geographic Names</a> are adding audio pronunciation guides to geospatial place-name datasets in several on-line mapping formats. Both groups have small grants from the Federal Geographic Data Committee. The Hawaii folks have already been adding diacritical marks to USGS maps to guide pronunciation. The Coeur d'Alene staff have <a href="http://gis.cdatribe-nsn.gov/NativeNames/Explore.aspx">posted traditional names and links</a> to audio files on a flash-based map site, the National Map site and (most usefully, I think) via <a href="http://gis.cdatribe-nsn.gov/NativeNames/NativeNames.kmz">Google Earth</a> (KMZ). tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.70503 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:23:24 -0800 culture geospatial googleearth language map nativeamerican usgs mmahaffie