[Seavox] Extensions to the C19 vocabulary

[Lowry, Roy K.]

Dear All,

Happy New Year.

David Hart (producer of the Winsconsin Coastal Atlas) has kindly made available geometry polygons for a number of named water bodies in the NE United States for inclusion in the 'SeaVoX salt and fresh water body gazetteer'.  A list of the names is in the attached Word document.  The geometries are large - anyone who would like to look at any of them please get in touch with Pauline Weatherall (paw at bodc.ac.uk<mailto:paw at bodc.ac.uk>) and she will arrange FTP access.   One specific question for those with local knowledge is whether the St. Mary's River polygon should extend to the boundary with Lake Superior.

The data set has raised a couple of general naming standardisation issues on which your opinions would be appreciated.

1)      Abbreviation for 'Saint' in names such as 'Saint Lawrence'. My preference would be 'St.' - any alternative views.
2)      Should possessive appostrophes be included - i.e. 'St. Marys' or 'St. Mary's'. Coming from an old fashioned grammar school background I would tend to include them, but are there any reasons why we shouldn't?

Any comments on this proposed extension to C19 or the specific points above welcome.

Cheers, Roy.



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