[Seavox] Extensions to the C19 vocabulary

[Greg Reed]

Hi Roy

1. St.  IHO uses St. Lawrence, St. Charles etc.
2. The trend is to drop the apostrophe but I note that IHO still uses them,
e.g. St David's Head, St Govan's Head, etc

cheers, Greg


On 15 January 2015 at 23:40, Lowry, Roy K. <rkl at bodc.ac.uk> wrote:

>  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* <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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