Gazetteer for Scotland
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The Gazetteer for Scotland is a
Following on from a strong Scottish tradition of geographical publishing, the Gazetteer for Scotland is the first comprehensive
Unlike a traditional gazetteer, the Gazetteer for Scotland has been expanded into an encyclopedia, by including additional entries on famous people, events, Scottish families and family history. These entries are interlinked, and facilities provided to search and map the online database. The Gazetteer for Scotland also includes a simple interface to the historical mapping provided by the National Library of Scotland, and links to other Scottish Government resources, such as listed building information from Historic Environment Scotland and geological maps from the British Geological Survey. As such, it provides a single portal into a vast array of underlying information.
In terms of
See also
- Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland
- Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales
- List of online encyclopedias
References
- ^ "The Gazetteer for Scotland". scottish-places.info. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ^ Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (6 Volumes) Edited by Francis H. Groome. Electric Scotland. June 1892. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
- ISBN 978-0004724669.