BC Geographical Names
BCGNIS and Soundex
The Soundex was developed by the US National Archives as a method of indexing surnames in the US Census. Soundex is a phonetic algorithm that replaces strings of letters with numeric code, based on the way a name sounds rather than the way it is spelled. By using Soundex, names that sound the same but are spelled differently, like Smith and Smyth, can be retrieved together.
Learn more about Soundex, including code enhancements & limitations, and download Soundex Source Code in C, JavaScript, Perl or Visual Basic.
