When new policies are chosen, for instance the use of endonyms instead of exonyms in school atlases, this calls for measures that help the users in dealing with endonyms from other languages. These measures may consist of the application of the International Phonetic Alphabet (see figure below), or for incorporation of aids to pronunciation...

International Phonetic Alphabet
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... in the form of transcriptions (see figure below).

Helps to pronunciation of place names: Index in the Goode's atlas

After World War II, in the German Democratic Republic (DDR) hardly any exonyms were used for place names in Eastern Europe, as this was considered to be proof of a revanchionist attitude. After German reunification, this attitude changed and German exonyms for placenames in Eastern Europe are again allowed.

Other changes in attitudes might bring with them changes in spelling because of adaptation or rejection of conversion systems between different writing systems that are politically sensitive.

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Intro
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1.What is
toponymical planning?
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2.I-Name changed
due?
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3.II-
Ordering
geographical
space
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4.III-Changing orthography
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5.IV-
Technical assistence