  Algebraic geometry codes or Goppa codes are defined with places of degree
one. In constructing generalised algebraic geometry codes places of higher
degree are used. In this paper we present 41 new codes over GF(16) which
improve on the best known codes of the same length and rate. The construction
method uses places of small degree with a technique originally published over
10 years ago for the construction of generalised algebraic geometry codes.
