Subtask 1-ii-6

Examine processes and recommend good practice

1. on how single and multi-jurisdictional Member States record, store, disseminate and manage their geographical names

WG GNDM (for 2 and 3),
WG GNCH (for 1),

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)

1. Crosscheck the tasks with WG GNCH, particularly focus group 2 “Legislation, policies & best practices relating to geographical names” and seek collaboration
2. 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?)
3. Getting an overview of practices used by reading country reports and division reports
4. Ask selected countries and/or divisions to elaborate their practices, for instance by inviting to virtual meetings/workshops in smaller groups to share experices
5. 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)

1. Report progress (as part of the WG report) each session
2. Use findings to contribute to an update/revision of the Manual for the national standardization of geographical names
   

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)

1. Make an inventory of VGI and LD use cases in member states' SDIs
2. Report on this in UNGEGN meeting(s)
3. Encourage member states to report on VGI and LD use cases and their experiences
4. Identify good practices based on theory and success stories (use cases and experiences)
5. Prepare recommendations on VGI and LD use
   

For 2)

1. Report(s) to UNGEGN meeting on VGI and LD use cases
2. Report(s) and/or resolution(s) with recommendations on VGI and LD use

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)

1. Make an inventory of the position of geographical names as fundamental data theme in SDIs of member states

2. Identify the role of geographical names within the SDG indicator framework

3. Make recommendations on the reporting of the names standardization level of member states within the SDG indicator framework

For 3)

1. Report on the position of geographical names within SDIs of member states
2. Report with recommendations on the use of the SDG indicators to report on the level of geographical names standardization of member states