Regional Training Program in Toponymy, including Marine Toponymy, Manila Philippines, 19-24 March 2018
1. Objectives
The objective of the Regional Training Program in Toponymy is to support capacity building for members of the UNGEGN Asia South East Division responsible for the standardization of geographical names. The course is aimed at increasing the knowledge and understanding of the principles and concepts of geographical naming and the standardization of a country’s toponyms with special emphasis on marine toponymy; transfer methods and best practices in geographical names data collection; toponymic database building, the design and development of gazetteers, geographical names servers, practices in cartographic applications and procedures in creating and managing a geographical names bureau.
The course is coordinated by the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistics Division, UNGEGN working group on Training Courses in Toponymy, in collaboration with the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority of the Philippines (NAMRIA).
2. Draft Training Programme
3. Course Outline
4. Resource Guide
5. Course Evaluation: Please complete online questionnaire
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6. Course Participants List
7. Opening Ceremony
Mr. Peter N. Tiangco, Chairman, Asia South-East Division Ms. Cecille Blake, UNGEGN Secretariat/UNSD Ms. Helen Kerfoot, Honorary Chair, UNGEGN
8. Course Materials
Course Reference ListDay 1
Day 2Terminology and the webcourse Naming Principles Standardization of geographical names National agencies and functioning of a names board The role of place names in the preservation of Philippine cultural heritage Status of national standardization of geographical names in the Philippines Administration of geographical names in Sri Lanka Status of national geographical names standardization in Viet Nam
Day 3United Nations, UNGEGN, and support for national geographical names standardization programmes The new UNGEGN Philippine languages and dialects Place names and history Fieldwork Preparing for fieldwork: what should we collect and what forms should we use GNSS receiver demonstration Field Exercise : 21 March 2018, Wednesday
Day 4Field Exercise Geographical name field sheet Drone pictures - Picture #1, Picture #2, Picture #3, Picture #4, Picture #5, Picture #6, Picture #7, Picture #8, Picture #9
Day 5Fieldwork II Processing names from fieldwork Database creation (theory) Building the database - hands on experience Group presentation
Day 6Update of the UNGEGN database of the Philippines Labelled maps - verification, entering names into a GIS and google maps/earth Sistem Akuisisi data Toponim Indonesia (SAKTI) Name servers Canada : some thoughts on naming undersea features Marine names development in Southeast Asia
Special aspects of marine naming Special aspects of underwater topography naming Naming objects beyond a single sovereignty Philippine nautical charting program Names positioning Dissemination of geographical names Names dissemination Indonesia Standardization names Current status of the standardization of geographical names in Cambodia Standardization of geographical names in Laos ASE Division names database Toponymy and cultural heritage UNGEGN toponymy course module 19, toponymical planning
9. Closing Ceremony
Mr. Peter N. Tiangco, Administrador NAMRIA
10. Pictures and Video
Field work - collage of pictures Flicker pictures - UNGEGN Training Manila