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3. Geographical names database
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Nowadays each atlas is based on
a large operational database. Such databases contain all the
geographical names incorporated in one of the many atlases an
atlas publisher brings out. In the names database a number of
product-oriented attributes are contained, such as the language
of the name, the generic class of the named object, and its
importance. On the basis of its supposed importance the atlas
editor has decided to incorporate the named object on a map
with a specific scale. The smaller the scale, the larger the
importance of a geographical object must be, in order to be
incorporated, together with its name.
The allocation of a geographical
object to a generic class can cause complications, because of
the existence of:
- Administrative areas
of different orders
- Capitals of different
orders
- Historic area vs.
administrative area
In the spelling of geographical names in
the names database, special attention must be paid to the diacritical
signs.
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