As a follow-up to my previous post in this thread, I have just remembered that there was a special issue of _MDA information_, vol.2 no.3, March 1997 (published by the [UK] Museum Documentation Association) devoted to geographical information access in museums. This includes an article by Patricia Harpring of the Getty Information Institute entitled "Proper words in proper places: the Thesaurus of Geographic Names" (pp.5-12) that describes the TGN approach and says that publication is now scheduled for "late 1997". Leonard Will -- Willpower Information (Partners: Dr Leonard D Will, Sheena E Will) Information Management Consultants Tel: +44 181 372 0092 27 Calshot Way, Enfield, Middlesex, EN2 7BQ, UK Fax: +44 181 372 0094 [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] ------------------ http://www.willpower.demon.co.uk/ -------------------