Examine processes and recommend good practice - on how single and multi-jurisdictional Member States record, store, disseminate and manage their geographical names
| 1-ii-6
| WG GNDM (for 2 and 3), WG GNCH (for 1), WG RS | Report on good practices for each UNGEGN session to 2029
| Task Team(s) of WG members: Re 1)
Jasper Hogerwerf, Ingvil Nordland, Teemu Leskinen, Aju Pudra, Young-Hoon Kim, Convenor | Ingvil Nordland (for 1)
| For 1) - Crosscheck the tasks with WG GNCH, particularly focus group 2 “Legislation, policies & best practices relating to geographical names” and seek collaboration
- Define more concrete what’s meant by the terms record, store, disseminate and manage in this context (is it mainly office treatment of names as described in Chapter VII in the Manual or is the scope of the subtask broader?)
- Getting an overview of practices used by reading country reports and division reports
- Ask selected countries and/or divisions to elaborate their practices, for instance by inviting to virtual meetings/workshops in smaller groups to share experices
- Examine and evaluate selected practices more in detail and based on this come up with some recommendations (there is no “one size fit all" in terms of “good” practices, but there are practices that are better than others)
| For 1) - Report progress (as part of the WG report) each session
- Use findings to contribute to an update/revision of the Manual for the national standardization of geographical names
Update (as part of the WG report) at each session | 05- |
2023 report on the progress to be started2025
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2. for the reuse and validation of volunteered geographic Information, crowd sourced data and Linked Open Data (LOD) as part of national geographical names standardization work | Re 2) Susan Birtles, Jasper Hogerwerf, Ingvil Nordland, Peder Gammeltoft, Aji Pudra, Young-Hoon Kim, Convenor | Jasper Hogerwerf (for 2 and 3) | For 2)
- Make an inventory of VGI and LD use cases in member states' SDIs
- Report on this in UNGEGN meeting(s)
- Encourage member states to report on VGI and LD use cases and their experiences
- Identify good practices based on theory and success stories (use cases and experiences)
- Prepare recommendations on VGI and LD use
| For 2) - Report(s) to UNGEGN meeting on VGI and LD use cases
- Report(s) and/or resolution(s) with recommendations on VGI and LD use
Update (as part of the WG report) at each session | 05- |
2023 report on the progress to be started2025 | delayed |
3. for the use of standardized geographical names as fundamental data theme in national spatial data infrastructures (SDIs) within the monitoring of the SDG indicator framework in order to analyze and monitor the changes in a country | Re 3) Chair, Teemu Leskinen, Jasper Hogerwerf, Convenor | Jasper Hogerwerf (for 2 and 3) | For 3) Make an inventory of the position of geographical names as fundamental data theme in SDIs of member states Identify the role of geographical names within the SDG indicator framework Make recommendations on the reporting of the names standardization level of member states within the SDG indicator framework
| For 3) - Report on the position of geographical names within SDIs of member states
- Report with recommendations on the use of the SDG indicators to report on the level of geographical names standardization of member states
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05-2023 report on the progress | to be started | Amendments for consideration:
Update (as part of the WG report) at each session | 05-2025 | delayed |
Progress on 25.06.2024
No actions possible. But on 28.06.2024 the WG decided that the task is still relevant! The questionnaire for the "Collaborative project" UN-GGIM-UNGEGN should include references to action 1-iii-8!
a) This is a sub-task which is two-folded; need to bridge onomastics and technical issues.
First step is to define the terms, invite the "Task Team" to discuss them and continue from there.
b) and c)
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A virtual LOD workshop
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took place in 2023 as a starting point
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→ see subtask 1-iii-9
Progress on 22.09.2022
- Discuss within the next WG GNDM
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- make a survey to collect and compile information --- Ingvil, Jasper
- Explain and agree on how to proceed
Progress 26.04.2022
Status confirmed. Actions will be linked to subtask 1-iii-9
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