> The hardest part about transfering my clues to the new database was
> figuring out what county to put stuff in!
Yeah! And "county" means different things in different states. It's
just the way we arbitrarily decided to break things down, but
hopefully someday we'll be adding GIS capability to the new website,
and then the counties will be a great resource. (GIS is an
automapping program that will help folks plan out a day of
letterboxing).
When I'm trying to sort out counties while web-hosting, I often use
www.askjeeves.com, and search on "towns by county." I've never found
a website that does the whole country, but every state I've looked
for was linked in there, so you can look up which danged county you
were in last week. Maybe a google search would give a better
resource? We could all use one now that we're adding our own
letterboxes. If someone can find a good "town by county" website,
we'll include a link on the new site.
Jay from Sonoma County, but living now in New London County, whose
favorite two counties are Napa and Summit
Towns by counties
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Started on 2003-04-29
Towns by counties
From: Drew Family (drewclan@aol.com) |
Date: 2003-04-29 02:57:23 UTC
Re: [LbNA] Towns by counties
From: Randy Hall (randy@mapsurfer.com) |
Date: 2003-04-28 23:20:46 UTC-04:00
> I've never found a website that does the whole country
GNIS knows how to do everything geographical (in the US), if you know
how to use it (and those handy with perl can write scripts to query it)
http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form
For this application, find the feature where the box is (for town,
use the choice "populated place", but most boxes are near more
distinct features ;-)), and the county will pop up (note, I have
not tried this for locations that are not counties, i.e., Alaska,
Louisiana, Baltimore, Carson City, and certain places in Virginia
and elsewhere, but I imagine it does the right thing).
If the "populated place" name is common, you may have to enter the
state, or even more info.
HTH
RE: [LbNA] Towns by counties
From: Wes Garrison (wes@wesgarrison.us) |
Date: 2003-04-28 22:37:54 UTC-05:00
There's also:
http://www.census.gov
Under State QuickFacts, you can find state maps with every county labeled.
I had type every one of those in for the database. Geesh.
Wes
OK, not really.
And don't forget that they're parishes in Louisiana.
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Re: [LbNA] Towns by counties
From: funhog1 (funhog@pacifier.com) |
Date: 2003-04-29 04:01:08 UTC
I hate to be a dinosaur but... I have a Rand McNally Quick Reference
United States Atlas Student's Edition ($4.95) sitting beside my
computer at all times. I've used it for every one of my letterboxes.
Funhog
United States Atlas Student's Edition ($4.95) sitting beside my
computer at all times. I've used it for every one of my letterboxes.
Funhog
Re: [LbNA] Towns by counties
From: lizardbuttsfamily (mmebt@hotmail.com) |
Date: 2003-04-29 04:26:25 UTC
Works for me! :)
Monica
"funhog1" wrote:
> I hate to be a dinosaur but... I have a Rand McNally Quick
Reference
> United States Atlas Student's Edition ($4.95) sitting beside my
> computer at all times. I've used it for every one of my
letterboxes.
> Funhog
Monica
"funhog1"
> I hate to be a dinosaur but... I have a Rand McNally Quick
Reference
> United States Atlas Student's Edition ($4.95) sitting beside my
> computer at all times. I've used it for every one of my
letterboxes.
> Funhog
Re: [LbNA] Towns by counties
From: Jana J. Riska (cadenza74@earthlink.net) |
Date: 2003-04-28 23:12:21 UTC-07:00
I do the same thing. I have my road atlas that I bought at Sam's Club (also
Rand McNally). I use it all the time and find it is quicker and easier than
online research. I just look in the general area and see which county
boundary it is in. Plus maps are just fun in real life.
From: "funhog1"
Reply-To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 04:01:08 -0000
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [LbNA] Towns by counties
I hate to be a dinosaur but... I have a Rand McNally Quick Reference
United States Atlas Student's Edition ($4.95) sitting beside my
computer at all times. I've used it for every one of my letterboxes.
Funhog
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Rand McNally). I use it all the time and find it is quicker and easier than
online research. I just look in the general area and see which county
boundary it is in. Plus maps are just fun in real life.
From: "funhog1"
Reply-To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 04:01:08 -0000
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [LbNA] Towns by counties
I hate to be a dinosaur but... I have a Rand McNally Quick Reference
United States Atlas Student's Edition ($4.95) sitting beside my
computer at all times. I've used it for every one of my letterboxes.
Funhog
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Re: [LbNA] Towns by counties
From: Chuck Straub (woodschuckstraub@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2003-04-29 06:40:09 UTC-07:00
Find a large map of connecticut towns by counties on my website www.chuckstraub.com Go to letterboxing and then look on that page for Connecticut Maps.....Chuck and Molly
Drew Family wrote:> The hardest part about transfering my clues to the new database was
> figuring out what county to put stuff in!
Yeah! And "county" means different things in different states. It's
just the way we arbitrarily decided to break things down, but
hopefully someday we'll be adding GIS capability to the new website,
and then the counties will be a great resource. (GIS is an
automapping program that will help folks plan out a day of
letterboxing).
When I'm trying to sort out counties while web-hosting, I often use
www.askjeeves.com, and search on "towns by county." I've never found
a website that does the whole country, but every state I've looked
for was linked in there, so you can look up which danged county you
were in last week. Maybe a google search would give a better
resource? We could all use one now that we're adding our own
letterboxes. If someone can find a good "town by county" website,
we'll include a link on the new site.
Jay from Sonoma County, but living now in New London County, whose
favorite two counties are Napa and Summit
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Drew Family
> figuring out what county to put stuff in!
Yeah! And "county" means different things in different states. It's
just the way we arbitrarily decided to break things down, but
hopefully someday we'll be adding GIS capability to the new website,
and then the counties will be a great resource. (GIS is an
automapping program that will help folks plan out a day of
letterboxing).
When I'm trying to sort out counties while web-hosting, I often use
www.askjeeves.com, and search on "towns by county." I've never found
a website that does the whole country, but every state I've looked
for was linked in there, so you can look up which danged county you
were in last week. Maybe a google search would give a better
resource? We could all use one now that we're adding our own
letterboxes. If someone can find a good "town by county" website,
we'll include a link on the new site.
Jay from Sonoma County, but living now in New London County, whose
favorite two counties are Napa and Summit
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Re: Towns by counties
From: webwood99 (raqdw@attglobal.net) |
Date: 2003-04-29 19:31:20 UTC
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Drew Family" wrote:
> > The hardest part about transfering my clues to the new database was
> > figuring out what county to put stuff in!
> snip<<
One resource that might be useful is the Regional portion of the Open
Directory Project (ODP):
http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/United_States/
Mirror site: http://ch.dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/United_States/
Most of the states have their towns and cities (known as "Localities")
crosslinked by_County and by_Region.
Hope this helps. :-)
> > The hardest part about transfering my clues to the new database was
> > figuring out what county to put stuff in!
> snip<<
One resource that might be useful is the Regional portion of the Open
Directory Project (ODP):
http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/United_States/
Mirror site: http://ch.dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/United_States/
Most of the states have their towns and cities (known as "Localities")
crosslinked by_County and by_Region.
Hope this helps. :-)