[meteorite-list] New database

[stan .]

impressive.
my only suggestionn would then be to move the NASA ADS link to the first 
page that gets returned and possibly simply call the link something like 
'this meteorite in the literture' - make it nice and acessable to anyone who 
is using the database for the first time and might not be familiar with NASA 
ADS. I have been searching around there now on a few stones in my collection 
and have found much research that google didnt previously turn up.

quite a handy tool!



>From: Jeff Grossman <jgrossman at usgs.gov>
>To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] New database
>Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 14:13:37 -0400
>
>It already does something like this... search for meteorites, then click on 
>an individual meteorite name, then click on the NASA ADS link.  It will 
>search for papers and abstracts containing that name, and then you can 
>click on the ADS links to see the text, when available.
>
>I can still add a google search link if people want it.
>
>jeff
>
>At 01:44 PM 4/26/2005, stan . wrote:
>>Wow - what a neat tool!
>>
>>As a possible suggestion-
>>I'm curious if it would be possible to link the database to academic 
>>research avalible on the web.
>>
>>For example, when I type in one of my favorite achonderites, Dhofar 007 - 
>>I get back some basics on the find - it fell in 1999, was classified as a 
>>cumulate eucrite, ect. However a google search turns up a recent paper by 
>>Yamaguchi et al that says Dho 007 may actually be a mesosiderite.
>>
>>Would it be possible to have the web page do a google search on the 
>>quierred rock and then return web pages that contain .PDFs for example? 
>>Something like that would turn the database into quite a powerfull tool to 
>>find the latest data on a particular stone I would think.
>>
>>Stan
>>
>>>From: Jeff Grossman <jgrossman at usgs.gov>
>>>To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>>>Subject: [meteorite-list] New database
>>>Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 12:25:42 -0400
>>>
>>>If anybody would like to test this, I'm putting a new database on-line 
>>>which,
>>>when finalized, will be the authoritative place to search for meteorite 
>>>names and their status.
>>>
>>>http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbull.php
>>>
>>>Comments, suggestions and bug reports are welcome!
>>>
>>>Enjoy,
>>>
>>>Jeff
>>>
>>>Dr. Jeffrey N. Grossman       phone: (703) 648-6184
>>>US Geological Survey          fax:   (703) 648-6383
>>>954 National Center
>>>Reston, VA 20192, USA
>>>
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