<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18975"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>I don't understand any of the objections.  The coordinates are similar to using a place name alone, except that when used in conjunction with a place name they offer the added option of making it easier to get to the general location.  They aren't going to explain boundary changes etc any more than the place name did!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Yet even if covering an approximate/general area they can be plugged into other programs, mapping options, and much more in ways that historical or modern place names can't.  And as was pointed out they offer a way of differentiating between similarly named locations</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>They're an "add-on" to everything you would normally do.  But a powerful "add-on" if employed in a reasonable, intelligent manner.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I think they should be added whenever possible.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Larry</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=janicemsj@gmail.com href="mailto:janicemsj@gmail.com">Janice Sellers</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=apgpubliclist@apgen.org href="mailto:apgpubliclist@apgen.org">apgpubliclist Posting</A> ; <A title=apgmembersonlylist@apgen.org href="mailto:apgmembersonlylist@apgen.org">apgmembersonlylist@apgen.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 27, 2010 11:44 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [APG Members] [APG Public List] place names</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>I think "boundary definitions + effective time period" is an important<BR>component of the GPS concept being discussed.  Many, possibly most,<BR>places do not have the same boundaries over time.  As an example,<BR>small communities are often annexed by large ones.  So, for instance,<BR>I live in Oakland, California.  If I were to include a general<BR>boundary GPS listing for Oakland as it is now, it would be much larger<BR>than Oakland was in the mid-1870's, when the section of the city in<BR>which I live was annexed.<BR><BR>Janice M. Sellers<BR><BR>On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 7:17 AM,  <<A href="mailto:linda@fpr.com">linda@fpr.com</A>> wrote:<BR>> I'm not sure I see how use of GPS coordinates has much impact on the<BR>> discussion of current vs historical place names. GPS descriptors are<BR>> an additional place qualification, and IMO they are very useful. Names<BR>> and their associated boundary definitions + effective time period and<BR>> the correspondence between then and now... all that is still important<BR>> as they have been.</BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>