National names authorities by country

• Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia (CGNA)
  http://www.icsm.gov.au/icsm/cgna/

Searchable geographical names databases

• 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

Toponymic Guidelines

• http://www.oeaw.ac.at/dinamlex/AKO/AKO_Toponymic_Guidelines.html

Toponymic Guidelines

• 2009, 25th UNGEGN, W.P. 93

National names authorities

• Comitê de Nomes Geográficos (CNGEO)
  http://www.ngb.ibge.gov.br

Searchable geographical names databases

• Bulgaria Antarctic Gazetteer
  http://www.geocities.com/apcbg/

National names authorities

• Geographical Names Board of Canada
  http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/info/gnbc_e.php

Searchable geographical names databases

• 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

Toponymic Guidelines

• 2007, 9th Conference, E/CONF.61 Add.1

Searchable geographical names databases

• Croatian Gazetteer Service
  http://cgn.dgu.hr/english/home.html

National names authorities

• Czech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre
  http://www.cuzk.cz/

Toponymic Guidelines

• 2007, 9th Conference, CRP.47

National names authorities

• The Danish Realm
  

Searchable geographical names databases

• List of authorized Danish place-names
  http://www.stednavne.info

Toponymic Guidelines

• 2009, 25th UNGEGN, W.P.58

National names authorities

• Place Names Board of Estonia
  http://www.eki.ee/knn/index2.htm
• Place Names Act of Estonia
  http://www.eki.ee/knn/kns2.htm

Searchable geographical names databases

• Geographical names database
  http://www.eki.ee/knab/knab.htm

Toponymic Guidelines

• http://www.eki.ee/knn/ungegn/un7_gdl.htm

National names authorities

• Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
  http://www.kotus.fi/?l=en&s=1"

Searchable geographical names databases

• National Land Survey of Finland ... Topographic Map Browsing System (In Finnish, Swedish and English)
  http://www.karttapaikka.fi

Toponymic Guidelines

• http://www.kotus.fi/index.phtml?l=en&s=510

National names authorities

• Institut Géographique National … Toponymie
  http://www.ign.fr/affiche_rubrique.asp?rbr_id=926&lng_id-FR

Searchable geographical names databases

• Institut Géographique National … Communes
  http://www.ign.fr/affiche_rubrique.asp?rbr_id=889&lng_id=FR#41403

National names authorities

• Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (StAGN)
  http://www.stagn.de

Searchable geographical names databases

• Geographic names contained in the dataset GN-DE (Geographische Namen Deutschlands / Geographic Names of Germany) online (WFS GN-DE)
  http://www.geodatenzentrum.de/geodaten/gdz_rahmen.gdz_div?gdz_spr=deu&gdz_akt_zeile=3&gdz_anz_zeile=4&gdz_user_id=0&gdz_para1=1

Toponymic Guidelines

• http://www.stagn.de/empfehlung-schreibweise-gn
  

Searchable geographical names databases

• Gazetteer of Hungary
  http://fish.fomi.hu/termekekhonlap/angol/
• Detailed Gazetteer of Hungary
  http://portal.ksh.hu/pls/portal/CP.hnt2.gazetteer

National names authorities

• Place Name Committee
  http://www.arnastofnun.is/page/arnastofnun_nafn_ornefnanefnd

Toponymic Guidelines

• 2007, 9th Conference, CRP.26

National names authorities

• Iranian Committee for Standardization of Geographical Names
  http://geonames.ncc.org.ir

National names authorities

• The Placenames Commission / An Coimisinéir Teanga
  http://www.coimisineir.ie/index.php?page=placenames&tid=31&lang=english

Searchable geographical names databases

• Placenames Database of Ireland / Bunachar Logainmneacha na hÉireann
  http://logainm.ie/

Toponymic Guidelines

• 2004, 22nd UNGEGN, W.P. 112
  http://unstats.un.org/unsd/geoinfo/22-GEGN-Docs/WP-112.pdf

Searchable geographical names databases

• Topographic Map Browsing System, 1:25,000
  http://watchizu.gsi.go.jp
• Digital Map web system
  http://portal.cyberjapan.jp

Toponymic Guidelines

• 2007, 9th Conference, E/CONF.98/47 Add.1

National names authorities

• The State Commission of the Lithuanian Language
  http://www.vlkk.lt/

Searchable geographical names databases

• INEGI database
  http://www.inegi.gob.mx

National names authorities

• Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia (CGNA)
  http://www.icsm.gov.au/icsm/cgna/
• The New Zealand Geographic Board / Nga Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa
  http://www.linz.govt.nz/placenames/find-names/index.aspx

Searchable geographical names databases

• Geographic place-names database
  http://www.linz.govt.nz/placenames/find-names/index.aspx

National names authorities

• The Norwegian Mapping Authority
  http://www.statkart.no/

Searchable geographical names databases

• Central Place Names Register
  http://ngis2.statkart.no/norgesglasset/stedsnavn/default.html

Toponymic Guidelines

• http://www.statkart.no/IPS/?module=Articles;action=Article.publicShow;ID=439
• 2007, 9th Conference, E/CONF.98/124 Add.1

Searchable geographical names databases

• Names of countries, their capitals and inhabitants
  http://www.gugik.gov.pl/komisja/english/files/countries.pdf

Toponymic Guidelines

• http://www.gugik.gov.pl/komisja/english/tgp.php

Searchable geographical names databases

• Landmark and street names in GIS
  Arabic … http://www.gisqatar.org.qa/new2a/
  Roman … http://www.gisqatar.org.qa/new2/

National names authorities

• Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre Authority of the Slovak Republic
  http://www.skgeodesy.sk/sk/

Toponymic Guidelines

• http://www.skgeodesy.sk/sk/ugkk/geodezia-kartografia/standardizacia-geografickeho-nazvoslovia/
  

National names authorities

• Slovene Governmental Commission for the Standardisation of Geographical Names
  http://www.gu.gov.si/index.php

Toponymic Guidelines

• http://www.gu.gov.si/si/delovnapodrocja_gu/projekti_gu/registri/kszi/publications/

National names authorities

• South African Geographical Names Council (SAGNC)
  http://www.dac.gov.za/projects/heritage/geographical_names/Handbook on Geographical names.pdf

Searchable geographical names databases

• Official South African Geographical Names System
  http://sagns.dac.gov.za

Searchable geographical names databases

• Registro de Entidades Locales
  http://www.dgal.map.es

Toponymic Guidelines

• 2009, 23rd UNGEGN, W.P.78

Searchable geographical names databases

• National Atlas of Sweden - The Swedish Gazetteer
  http://www.sna.se/gazetteer.html
• Land Survey place-name database
  http://www.lantmateriet.se

Toponymic Guidelines

• 2007, 9th Conference, E/CONF.98/57 Add.1

Searchable geographical names databases

• Federal Office of Topography … "Swiss Names"
  http://www.swisstopo.ch/en/digital/namen.htm

National names authorities

• Permanent Committee on Geographic Names (PCGN)
  http://www.pcgn.org.uk

Searchable geographical names databases

• 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

Toponymic Guidelines

• 2009, 25th UNGEGN, W.P.7

National names authorities

• United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN)
  http://geonames.usgs.gov

Searchable geographical names databases

• 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