ICA course on Toponymy

S12: UN Role

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1950s - need for clear unambiguous names in UN cartography and communication 1960s - first UN technical meetings on geographical names standardization; first UN conference on the standardization of geographical names (1967) 2000s - names at core of communication and geospatial information... maps, census, search & rescue, postal services, etc.
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UN Role
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Contents
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Intro
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1.Background
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2.Role of UNGEGN
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3.Major
goals - dreams
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4.How the systems functions
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5.Conferences
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6.Sessions
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7.Divisions
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8.Working groups
(a/b/c/d/e
f/g/h/i/j)
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9.Toponymic Guidelines
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10.UNGEGN website
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11.UNGEGN Geonames database

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