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Monitor the availability of free and easily-accessible authorized digital geographical names data as it is seen as a key driver in encouraging the use of nationally-standardized geographical names | 1-iii-8 | No references to other WGs WG GNDM | Assess annually | Marija Brnot, Victoria Reeh, Convenor | Victoria Reeh/ Marija Brnot |
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| 05-2023 | to be started |
Information/results of several surveys on free/accessible/open geographical names data should be compiled.
Secretariat might provide information from the Sec's side. UK has done some work on this and can share results.
Surveys on free/accessible/open geographical names data will be compiled.
https://unstats.un.org/unsd/geoinfo/UNGEGN/geonames.html
Country | Does your Country provide authorized digital data on geographical names? | Is it free and/or easily-accessible? | Link | In which language is the data accessible? | further information |
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Albania
Argentina | Yes | Yes | https://www.ign.gob.ar/NuestrasActividades/Geografia/Nomenclador/Buscador | Spanish | |
Australia | Yes | Yes | https://placenames.fsdf.org.au/ | English | |
Czechia | Yes, IS Geonames and IS Jména světa | Search geographical names is free, files from Geonames are easily acessible. | Geonames: https://ags.cuzk.cz/geoprohlizec/ orhttps://geoportal.cuzk.cz and | Geonames: Czech (English). Jména světa: endonyms in more than 120 languages / exonyms in Czech | |
Denmark | Yes | Yes | You can see all danish placenames here (click on “Danske Stednavne” in the left menu): https://sdfekort.dk/spatialmap You can get all data here (click on “Danske Stednavne”): https://datafordeler.dk/dataoversigt/?emne=landkort%20og%20geografi | danish | The Danish register contains only placenames in Denmark, not Greenland and Faroe Islands. |
Iceland | Yes | Yes | Download: https://www.lmi.is/is/landupplysingar/gagnagrunnar/nidurhal Map viewer: https://ornefnasja.lmi.is/mapview/?application=ornefnasja <https://ornefnasja.lmi.is/mapview/?application=ornefnasja> Geoportal: https://kort.lmi.is/?lang=is Metadata: https://gatt.lmi.is/geonetwork/srv/ice/catalog.search#/metadata/AED93950-4043-4D42-B8F8-C118611F33C9 <https://gatt.lmi.is/geonetwork/srv/ice/catalog.search#/metadata/AED93950-4043-4D42-B8F8-C118611F33C9> | Icelandic. Plus, the ERM names have column names in English, but ERM only includes a portion of the data. | |
Mexico | Yes, Mexico provides authorized digital data on geographical names through INEGI’s Registry of continental, insular and underwater relief features geographical names for statistical and geographical purposes, which is integrated with information from various official sources. | Yes, it is free and it can be consulted at INEGI’s offcial web page. CSV files with geographical names data can be downloaded. | https://www.inegi.org.mx/app/geo2/cng/ | Spanish | |
Norway | Yes, we provide authorized data, there is a placename act that impose Kartverket to have the register and what should be in it | Yes | INSPIRE:
Norwegian full service:
Norwegian simplified:
| The Inspire service is in English, the others are Norwegian | |
Poland | Yes | The data are available free of charge | A description of the data along with an indication of how to download and view it is at the link: National Register of Geographical Names - Geoportal Krajowy <https://www.geoportal.gov.pl/dane/panstwowy-rejestr-nazw-geograficznych> | Polish | |
Serbia | Yes | Yes | Serbian |