[Ldsoss] Alternate way of searching genealogy...

[Russell Hltn]

I think the key to what you are asking is to somehow code the location
of these places such that the computer can work out "near" and
"neighbor".  Not a trivial exercises.

It's tempting to use GPS coordinates, since they are reasonably stable
over time and different histories.  Some of the hard work of
translating old descriptions into GPS-friendly coordinates have
already been done by surveyors - no need to re-invent the wheel.

That still leaves the question of "what is near"?  What might be "next
door" back in the farm house days can be a few blocks away in modern
urban sprawl for the same exact location.

Solving this would be a great leap forward, but the solution appears
to be non-trivial.