> From: Next generation catalogs for libraries
> [mailto:NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Jonathan Rochkind
> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 4:13 PM
> To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] update on lcsh??
>
> I remain very
> curious to find out more about what they've done with the FAST project,
> I think they've done a lot of potentially useful things that we don't
> know the details on. But I also don't entirely understand who outside
> of OCLC can get the FAST data at what cost.
> If FAST already has LCSH place name to coordinate mapping, is there
> any way for me to use this for my own projects?
FAST is accessible through a number of Research prototypes:
<http://fast.oclc.org/> A user interface to FAST.
<http://tspilot.oclc.org/fast/> An SRU interface to FAST.
FAST currently extracts the 670 GNIS information from LCSH when it is available. So the coordinates are not in ideal form. I'm not sure what the FAST group's plans are for possibly converting the 670 GNIS information into 034 fields or enhancing FAST with GNIS information from other sources.
Andy.
Received on Wed Jun 25 2008 - 15:24:59 EDT