The link to the Dunedin above record is not actually a query, but is a term itself.

A better example of the difference may be with “Hamilton”. If you were interested in the Waikato city of Hamilton, a basic search using the word “Hamilton” http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/search.aspx?term=hamilton gives a variety of results many of which are not related to the city itself, but people with the surname “Hamilton”. However one result you do get is the Related Place of “Hamilton (New Zealand)” http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/term.aspx?irn=2892400. Here you will see the objects, people and topics that relate specifically to the city of Hamilton, New Zealand. You can also see how those objects, people or topics relate, for example if you filter objects that “Depict” Hamilton, “Refer to” Hamilton or were “Made at” Hamilton. You also get some basic info on the place, e.g. latitudes and longitudes, other names.

You can also hierarchically browse the Place pages, for example the page for Hamilton has a broader term of Waikato http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/Term.aspx?irn=2239725, were again you can see the objects that are related to the Waikato, and how they relate. This includes objects that are related to places more specific than Hamilton, e.g. Matamata, Huntly, Hamilton, so gives you an overview of the area, and you can drill down as required.

The URL uses an internally assigned number as a consistent identifier. We can’t use the word itself in the URL as there are more then one Hamilton in the world (more than 100 according to the Getty’s Thesaurus for Geographic Names).

RSS for some aspects of Collections Online is on our To Do list, so watch this space.

Can I get the results as rss?