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Austria: Austrian Board on Geographical Names [Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Kartographische Ortsnamenkunde, AKO]
( http://ortsnamen.at/ )
Australia: Australia and New Zealand Working Group on Place Names (WGPN)
( https://www.icsm.gov.au/what-we-do/place-names/australia-and-new-zealand-working-group-place-names )
Australia: Placenames Australia
( http://anps.org.au )
Brazil: Comitê de Nomes Geográficos (CNGEO)
( http://www.ngb.ibge.gov.br )
Canada: Geographical Names Board of Canada
( http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/earth-sciences/geography/place-names/about-geographical-names-board-canada/11084 )
Canada: Commission de toponymie du Canada
( http://www.rncan.gc.ca/sciences-terre/geographie/noms-lieux/sujet-commission-toponymie-canada/11085 )
Croatia: The Commission for Standardization of Geographical Names
( https://rgi.dgu.hr/ )
Cyprus: Permanent Committee for the Standardization of Geographical Names of Cyprus
( http://www.geonoma.gov.cy )
Czechia: Czech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre
( http://www.cuzk.cz/ )
Denmark: The Danish Place-Names Committe (Stednavneudvalget)
( http://www.stednavneudvalget.ku.dk/ )
Denmark: Nunat Aqqinik Aalajangiisartut/Greenland Place Names Committee
( https://oqaasileriffik.gl/place-names/ )
Denmark: The Faroese Place Names Committee - Staðarnavnanevndin - Fróðskaparsetur Føroya - Postboks 272 - FO-110 Tórshavn
( http://malrad.fo/page.php?Id=101&l=fo )
Finland: Institute for the Languages of Finland
( http://www.kotus.fi )
France: Commission nationale de toponymie du Conseil national de l'information géographique (CNT/CNIG) - Toponymie
( http://cnig.gouv.fr/?page_id=671 )
Germany: Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (StAGN)
( http://www.stagn.de )
Hungary: Hungarian Committee on Geographical Names
( https://kormany.hu/miniszterelnokseg/foldrajzinev-bizottsag )
Iceland: Place Name Committee
( http://www.arnastofnun.is/is/ornefnanefnd )
Indonesia: Geospatial Information Agency (BIG)
( https://www.big.go.id/ )
Iran: Iranian Committee for Standardization of Geographical Names
( http://gndb.ncc.org.ir/Default.aspx?ly=en )
Ireland: The Placenames Commission / An Coimisinéir Teanga
( http://www.coimisineir.ie/index.php?page=placenames&tid=31&lang=english )
Latvia: State Language Centre
( http://www.vvc.gov.lv/ )
Latvia: Latvian Geospatial Information Agency
( http://www.lgia.gov.lv )
Lithuania: The State Commission of the Lithuanian Language
( http://www.vlkk.lt/ )
Mexico: INEGI
( http://www.inegi.org.mx )
New Zealand: The New Zealand Geographic Board / Nga Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa
( http://www.linz.govt.nz/placenames/find-names/index.aspx )
Norway: The Norwegian Mapping Authority
( http://www.kartverket.no )
Poland: Commission on Standardization of Geographical Names Outside the Republic of Poland (KSNG)
( http://ksng.gugik.gov.pl/english/index.php )
Republic of Korea: National Geographic Information Institute
( https://www.ngii.go.kr/eng/main.do )
Serbia: The Commission for the Standardization of Geographical Names
( www.ksgi.gov.rs )
Slovakia: Geographical names authorities and the pertinent acts
( http://www.skgeodesy.sk/sk/ugkk/geodezia-kartografia/standardizacia-geografickeho-nazvoslovia/ )
Slovenia: Slovene Governmental Commission for the Standardisation of Geographical Names
( https://www.gov.si/en/registries/working-bodies/commission-for-the-standardization-of-geographical-names/ )
South Africa: South African Geographical Names Council (SAGNC)
( http://www.dac.gov.za/sites/default/files/Handbook on Geographical names.pdf )
Sweden: Lantmäteriet, The Swedish mapping, cadastral and land registration authority - The Place Names Advisory Board
( http://www.lantmateriet.se )
Sweden: Lantmäteriet, The Swedish mapping, cadastral and land registration authority - The Institute for Language and folklore
( http://www.sprakochfolkminnen.se )
United Kingdom: Permanent Committee on Geographic Names (PCGN)
( http://www.gov.uk/pcgn )
United States of America: United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN)
( http://geonames.usgs.gov )

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