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Specific formation or place

V kw_covspatial_specific
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* DEFINITION...
For the intellectual content of a media item, the locations described by a "Specific Formation or Place" identify by name an area, locale, place, formation or geographic sector that is of a very specific, isolated nature and that may be encompassed by more generalized formations and places (as specified in the metadata field "Collective Formation or Place"). An example of a specific formation or place is the Delicate Arch, which is encompassed by the more collective, generatized place known as Arches National Park.
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Feeds the Functional Rule for kw_keyword_summary.
V DATA ENTRY...
* DATA TYPE...
longchar
* DATA LENGTH...
2000
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An example of a specific formation or place is the Delicate Arch, which is encompassed by the more collective, generatized place known as Arches National Park.


USGS Geographic Names Information Services (GNIS)
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Geog Names Info Services
The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), developed by the USGS in cooperation with the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN), contains information about almost 2 million physical and cultural geographic features in the United States and its territories. The Federally recognized name of each feature described in the data base is identified, and references are made to a feature's location by State, county, and geographic coordinates. The GNIS is the official repository of domestic geographic names information for the United States and its territories.

United Nations Statistics Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Links to web sites relevant to geographical names standardization:
UN Statistics Division (Geog Names)

Separate multiple entries with a semi-colon and a space, except for the final entry which should not have any trailing punctuation.
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Delicate Arch
Elephant Arch; Delicate Arch