All these planned changes regarding place names have less success when they are not simultaneously applied on both maps, signposts and place name signs. And if names are changed, these signs and maps should reflect the change by showing during a transition period, both versions of the name, so that the public can get used to the new name and see what object it refers to. This may be an expensive way to go about the name changes, but in the end it may pay off by making the local inhabitants more receptive to the proposed changes.

Names on place names signs and on the map should be rendered in the same way

The model in the figure below shows the same for both maps, name signs and signposts.

Model of the concerted conversion of majority names to minority names
Click here, for enlargement

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Toponymical Planning
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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
(h/i)
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5.IV-
Technical assistence