Using Voyager's Standard Gazetteer
Voyager uses Gazetteers for Geotagging and Placefinding (in version 1.9.6 and later). There are two types of gazetteers, Custom and Standard.
Custom Gazetteer - A custom gazetteer is based on specific data in the index that you use as a source of location information for other data.
Standard Gazetteer - This is a pre-built gazetteer stored in a separate index (gazetteer), in local or remote Voyager instances. You can find the default Standard Gazetteer at http://gazetteer.voyagersearch.com.
This article describes using the Standard Gazetteer. You can configure a Standard Gazetteer to use as a default, or you can configure one for a specific location.
Geotagging with Standard Gazetteer by Location
To use a Standard Gazetteer for a specific location:
Go to Manage Voyager > Discovery > Locations and click the Edit Icon
Select Geotag from a Standard Gazetteer on the Geotag tab
Click Save
Geotagging with Standard Gazetteer by Default
Go to Manage Voyager > Discovery > Discovery Configuration
Select Geotag from a Standard Gazetteer on the Geotag tab
Click Save
Configuring Geotagging with the Standard Gazetteer
The configuration steps are the same for both options. Enter the following information:
The Use Voyager's Standard Gazetteer field is pre-populated with the location of the gazetteer.
Select the Fields to Copy from the Gazetteer - This is where you can choose additional fields to copy from the gazetteer to the target documents. For placefinding, it is important to copy the bbox and/or geo fields
Select the Text Field to Geotag - Any text field in a document can be geotagged. Most commonly this is the text field.
Click Save to save your changes.
Tagging Records with the Gazetteer
To apply tagging with the Gazetter, you need to rebuild either the entire index or just the specific location, as appropriate.
To rebuild the index for a location:
Go to Discovery > Locations and click the Manage icon next to that location
Select Rebuild from the list of Actions
To rebuild the entire index:
Go to Manage Voyager > Discovery > Status
Click Scan All Locations
Viewing Tagged Data
To view tagging information once the index has been rebuilt:
Return to the search results that include the location
Click Show Detail Page for an individual record
Select Load View Settings > Discovery Debug Information from the Admin Options menu
Look for location information, for example bbox values, in the list of metadata