HGC Description

This document provides an overview of the Historical Gazetteer of Crimea, starting with a review of the information sources used to create the gazetteer, followed by descriptions of the HGC datasets. The HGC dataset format is then presented, along with directions on how to access the dataset. Next, implications of associating gazetteer places with the GeoNames database are discusses. This document concludes with suggestions for future work.

本文旨在概述克里米亚历史地名辞典（Historical Gazetteer of Crimea，简称HGC）：开篇先梳理构建该辞典所依托的各类信息来源，随后对HGC数据集进行详细介绍。之后本文将说明HGC数据集的格式，并提供该数据集的获取指南。接下来，本文将探讨将地名辞典条目与地理名称数据库（GeoNames）进行关联所产生的相关影响。最后，本文将针对后续研究工作提出建议。