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Information Sources and Services

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contents so as to enable a wide coverage of various aspects which would not be otherwise
feasible in volumes devoted to the State or the country as a whole.
Ideas and ideals, perspective and approaches, values and aspirations have undergone
great alterations. There is awakening of an unprecedented kind. A new epoch and a new
age have dawned. Since the days when a Gazetteer meant only a geographical index, the
concept has vastly widened and the Gazetteers of the present age have to cover large
dimensions and have to give, in a new perspective, an integrated and objective picture
without losing sight of the greatly changed social values; this demands a great deal of
caution and circumspection. Laborious and time consuming processes are involved in the
production of these Gazetteer volumes, which is an overwhelming task. The present
Gazetteers are the most comprehensive single source of knowledge about the districts.
They can serve also an integrated sample survey of districts of moving and developing
India. For the country as a whole and for the States, reference works on various subjects
are available for both the specialist and general readers, but scarcely are there standard
reference works focusing on individual districts. The District Gazetteers fulfil this great
need by delineating an all-round picture of individual districts in unfolding the panorama
of the life of the people they inhabit.
Question:
What are the main objectives of gazetteer in Karnataka?

Source: http://karunadu.gov.in/gazetteer/Pages/home.aspx
11.6 Summary

Geographical sources consist primarily of graphic representations. Most of them are
produced through team effort. These are made use of to find out answers to geographical
questions.
Atlases, maps, gazetteers and guidebooks are all works that provide representations of
boundaries of particular areas – countries, continents, cities or even the moon and relevant
information.
Geographical sources consist primarily of graphic representations. These are used for
finding out answers to geographical questions.
Geographical information can be located in a variety of sources of information. Each has
its own use. We may divide geographical information sources into two categories for
convenience purposes: General Reference Sources (covering geographical information as
well) and Specific Sources (covering geographical information only).

A gazetteer serves as a finding list for geographical places like towns, oceans, rivers,
lakes, mountains, etc., giving indication about location usually in the form of exact latitude
and longitude.
Gazetteers can be grouped on the basis of their scope of coverage as: International, National
and Local.

The main purpose of any guidebook or travel guide is to inform the traveller as what to
see, where to stay, and how to reach a particular place.

Travel guides are meant for the people who want to visit various places in their own
country or other parts of the world. These act as a one-stop shop information source for
those who wish to know all sorts of information about any particular place.

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