LINKS TO WEB SITES RELEVANT TO GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES STANDARDIZATION

UNCSGN RESOLUTIONS (1967-2007)

World Map - links by countries to National Names Authorities and other related websites

UNGEGN Website

• http://unstats.un.org/unsd/geoinfo/

UNGEGN Divisions

• Baltic Division
  http://www.eki.ee/knn/ungegn/index.htm
• Dutch- and German-speaking Division
  
  • Ständiger Ausschuss für geographische Namen (StAGN)
    http://www.bkg.bund.de/kartographie/stagn/stagn.htm
• East Central and South-East Europe Division
  http://ungegn.cgi.hr/
• French-speaking Division
  http://www.divisionfrancophone.org
  
• Romano-Hellenic Division
  http://www.igmi.org
  

UNGEGN Working Groups

• Country Names
  • List of country names (Cartography Section, UN, New York)
    http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/english/geoinfo/geoname.pdf
• Exonyms
  http://www.zrc-sazu.si/wge/
• Gazetteers and Toponymic Data Files
  http://www.zrc-sazu.si/ungegn/WG_TDFG/gazetteers.htm
• Publicity and Funding
  
  • UNGEGN brochure
    http://unstats.un.org/unsd/geoinfo/ungegnbrochure.htm
• Romanization
  http://www.eki.ee/wgrs/
  
  • Letter database (displaying languages, special characters and Unicode with images of the letters) - at Institution of Estonian Language http://www.eki.ee/letter/
• Training Courses in Toponymy
  http://toponymycourses.geog.uu.nl/

UNGEGN Toponymic Guidelines

• Austria
  http://www.oeaw.ac.at/dinamlex
• Estonia
  http://www.eki.ee/knn/ungegn/un7_gdl.htm
• Finland
  http://www.kotus.fi/index.phtml?l=en&s=510
• Germany
  http://www.bkg.bund.de/Kartographie/Stagn/tr_engl/f_Empfnam_e.htm
• Norway
  http://www.statkart.no/IPS/?module=Articles;action=Article.publicShow;ID=439
• Poland
  http://www.gugik.gov.pl/komisja/english/tgp.php
• Slovakia
  http://www.geodesy.gov.sk/sgn/typonym/Eng/typoframe.htm
• Slovenia
  http://www.gu.gov.si/si/delovnapodrocja_gu/projekti_gu/registri/kszi/publications/

United Nations

• United Nations home page
  http://www.un.org/english/
• United Nations Map Library (UNGEGN documents)
  http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/maplib/ungegn.htm
• United Nations - Cartography
  http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/english/htmain.htm
• United Nations Statistics Division
  http://www.un.org/depts/unsd
• United Nations - Second Administrative Level Boundaries (SALB)
  
  • General information
    http://www.who.int/whosis/database/gis/salb/salb_home.htm
  • National Mapping Agencies and contacts, around the world:
    http://www.who.int/whosis/database/gis/salb/salb_contact.htm
• United Nations Geographic Information Working Group
  http://www.ungiwg.org/
• United Nations - Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
  http://www.uneca.org/
• United Nations Educational , Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
  • General information
    http://www.unesco.org/
  • Intangible cultural heritage
    http://www.unesco.org/culture/intangible-heritage/masterpiece.php

International Organizations

• International Council of Onomastic Sciences (ICOS) … general information
  http://www.icosweb.net
• International Hydrographic Organization (IHO)
  
  • general information
    English: http://www.iho-ohi.net/english/home
    French: http://www.iho-ohi.net/francais/accueil
  • GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Features and IHO Sub-Committee on Undersea Feature Names (SCUFN)
    http://www.gebco.net/data_and_products/undersea_feature_names/
• International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
  • General information and ISO catalogue
    http://www.iso.ch/
  • ISO Technical Committee dealing with Geographic
    Information / Geomatics
    http://www.isotc211.org/
• Organisation Africaine de Cartographie et de Télédétection (OACT) /
  African Organization of Cartography and Remote Sensing (AOCRS)
  http://www.oact.dz/oact/
• Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) … Gazetteer of Antarctica
  http://www.scar.org/Publications/bulletins/webbull_138a.htm
  
• Unicode Consortium
  http://www.unicode.org/unicode/consortium/memblogo.html

Countries - national names authorities

• Australia and New Zealand … Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia (CGNA)
  http://www.icsm.gov.au/icsm/cgna/
• Brazil ... Comitê de Nomes Geográficos (CNGEO)
  http://www.ngb.ibge.gov.br
• Canada...Geographical Names Board of Canada
  http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/info/gnbc_e.php
• Czech Republic … Czech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre
  http://www.cuzk.cz/
• Estonia
  • Place Names Board of Estonia
    http://www.eki.ee/knn/index2.htm
  • Place Names Act of Estonia
    http://www.eki.ee/knn/kns2.htm
• Finland … Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
   http://www.kotus.fi/?l=en&s=1
• France … Institut Géographique National … Toponymie
  http://www.ign.fr/affiche_rubrique.asp?rbr_id=926&lng_id-FR
• Iceland… Place Name Committee
  http://www.arnastofnun.is/page/arnastofnun_nafn_ornefnanefnd
• Iranian Committee for Standardization of Geographical Names
  http://geonames.ncc.org.ir
• Lithuania .. The State Commission of the Lithuanian Language
  http://www.vlkk.lt/
• New Zealand … The New Zealand Geographic Board / Nga Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa
  http://www.linz.govt.nz/placenames/find-names/index.aspx
• Norway … The Norwegian Mapping Authority
  http://www.statkart.no/
• Slovakia … geographical names authorities and the pertinent acts
  http://www.geodesy.gov.sk/sgn/typonym/Eng/typoframe.htm
• Slovenia … Slovene Governmental Commission for the Standardisation of Geographical Names
  http://www.gu.gov.si/index.php
• South African Geographical Names Council (SAGNC)
  http://www.dac.gov.za/projects/heritage/geographical_names/Handbook%20on%20Geographical%20names.pdf
• United Kingdom … Permanent Committee on Geographic Names (PCGN)
  http://www.pcgn.org.uk
• United States … United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN)
  http://geonames.usgs.gov

Countries - searchable geographical names data bases

• Australia
  • 2002 Gazetteer of 274,000 geographical names of Australia
    http://www.ga.gov.au/map/names/
  • Australian Antarctic Gazetteer (Australian Antarctic Names and Medal Committee)
    http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=5675
• Bulgaria … Bulgaria Antarctic Gazetteer
  http://www.geocities.com/apcbg/
• Canada
  • Canadian Geographical Names Data Base
    http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/
  • Canadian Geographical Names Service
    http://gnss.nrcan.gc.ca
  • The Atlas of Canada - Search our site
    English: http://atlas.gc.ca/site/english/index.htm
    French: http://atlas.gc.ca/site/francais/index.html/document_view
• Croatia … Croatian Gazetteer Service
  http://cgnd.cgi.hr:8081
• Denmark … List of authorized Danish place-names
  http://www.navneforskning.dk
• Estonia … geographical names database
  http://www.eki.ee/knab/knab.htm
• Finland
  • National Land Survey of Finland ... Topographic Map Browsing System (In
    Finnish, Swedish and English)
    http://www.karttapaikka.fi
• France … Institut Géographique National … Communes
  http://www.ign.fr/affiche_rubrique.asp?rbr_id=889&lng_id=FR#41403
• Hungary
  • Gazetteer of Hungary
    http://fish.fomi.hu/angolfish
  • Detailed Gazetteer of Hungary
    http://www.hungarianvillagefinder.com
• Japan
  • Topographic Map Browsing System, 1:25,000
    http://watchizu.gsi.go.jp
  • Digital Map web system
    http://cyberjapan.jp
• Mexico … INEGI database
  http://www.inegi.gob.mx
• New Zealand … Geographic place-names database
  http://www.linz.govt.nz/placenames/find-names/index.aspx
• Norway … Central Place Names Register
  http://ngis2.statkart.no/norgesglasset/stedsnavn/default.html
• Poland … Names of countries, their capitals and inhabitants
  http://www.gugik.gov.pl/komisja/english/files/countries.pdf
• Qatar … landmark and street names in GIS
  • Arabic … http://www.gisqatar.org.qa/new2a/
  • Roman … http://www.gisqatar.org.qa/new2/
• South Africa … Official South African Geographical Names System
  http://sagns.dac.gov.za
• Spain … Registro de Entidades Locales
  http://www.dgal.map.es
• Sweden
  • National Atlas of Sweden - The Swedish Gazetteer
    http://www.sna.se/gazetteer.html
  • Land Survey place-name database
    http://www.lantmateriet.se
• Switzerland … Federal Office of Topography … "Swiss Names"
  http://www.swisstopo.ch/en/digital/namen.htm
• United Kingdom
  • Ordnance Survey (OS) geo-referenced street dataset ("National Street Gazetteer" (NSG))
    http://www.nsg.org.uk/
  • Ordnance Survey (OS) placename search for Get-a-map
    http://www.getamap.co.uk/getamap_index.htm
  • Ordnance Survey (OS) ... placename search with 1:50 000 map
    http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/
  • Ordnance Survey (OS) gazetteer of British place names
    http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/freefun/didyouknow
  • Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland (OSNI)
    http://www.osni.gov.uk
• United States of America
  • Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
    http://geonames.usgs.gov/
  • National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) - GEOnet Names Server,
    3.5 million features for outside USA and Antartica
    http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/
  • The National Map
    http://nationalmap.usgs.gov/
  • U.S. Antarctica Geographic Names Database
    http://geonames.usgs.gov/
  • U.S. Department of State
    • Independent states od the world
      http://www.state.gov/s/inr/rls/4250.htm
    • Dependencies and areas of special sovereignty
      http://www.state.gov/s/inr/rls/10543.htm

Miscellaneous

• Country names
  … in the German language (StAGN)
  http://www.bkg.bund.de/kartographie/stagn/staatennamen.htm
  … from IGN, France
  http://www.ign.fr/telechargement/Pi/SERVICES/pcm.pdf
  … in the Polish language (Commission on Standardization of Geographical Names outside Poland)
  http://www.gugik.gov.pl/komisja/
• EuroGeoNames (EGN)
  http://www.eurogeonames.com
• Exonyms
  • in the Dutch language (with pronunciation being added)
    http://taaladvies.net/taal/aardrijkskundige-namen
  • in the German language (second edition, StAGN)
    http://www.bkg.bund.de/kartographie/stagn/Exonyme/f_Exonyme.htm
• Gazetteers
  … Alexandria Digital Library Project, University of California
  http://www.alexandria.ucsb.edu/
• Letters and languages database
  http://www.eki.ee/letter/