E17: Legal status of names
 
 

Exercise 1: Devise a way to distinguish non-offical names

 

 

a) Indicate a way in which the non-standardised character of place names can be indicated on the map.

b) Why is the restoration of indigenous place names often linked to legal aspects? See also in the literature the paper by Wonders.

 

 

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