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GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES STANDARDIZATION IN LATVIA

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES STANDARDIZATION IN LATVIA. Activities since the 9 th Meeting of the Baltic Division of UNGEGN. Reorganization - 1 st of January, 2006. State Land Service. Latvian Geospatial Information Agency (LGIA). FORMER State Land Service (SLS). Cartography, Geodesy, GIS.

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GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES STANDARDIZATION IN LATVIA

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  1. GEOGRAPHICALNAMESSTANDARDIZATIONINLATVIA Activities since the 9th Meeting of the Baltic Division of UNGEGN

  2. Reorganization - 1st of January, 2006 State Land Service Latvian Geospatial Information Agency (LGIA) FORMER State Land Service (SLS) Cartography, Geodesy, GIS Addresses, Cadastre, Land Survey 10th meeting of the Baltic Division of UNGEGN

  3. State Mapping Projects COVER MAINLY THE TERRITORY OF LATVIA 10th meeting of the Baltic Division of UNGEGN

  4. State Mapping Projects COVER MAINLY THE TERRITORY OF LATVIA 10th meeting of the Baltic Division of UNGEGN

  5. SIA “Karšu izdevniecība Jāņa sēta“ (Map Publishing Company “Jāņa Sēta”) School maps and atlases Road maps Regional and tourist maps Other mapping projects Private Mapping COVERS THE TERRITORY OF LATVIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES 10th meeting of the Baltic Division of UNGEGN

  6. Geogaphical Names Data Bases for cartographers, editors GNDB of Latvia 111 000 names for 96 000 features MS SQL Server, MS Access VdbNet (Public Version for the Intranet) 10th meeting of the Baltic Division of UNGEGN

  7. Updating and revision of the information Expanding the information Main source – data from the Topographic Map M1:50 000 Main sources – data from fieldwork and excerped from literature Geogaphical Names Data Base of Latvia 10th meeting of the Baltic Division of UNGEGN

  8. Significant toponymic data repositories besides the GNDB • Card File of the Institute of Latvian Language(not computerized, more than 1 million entries) • State Register of Addresses (officially approved identifiers for use in addresation) • Latvian and foreign geographical names data base of Map Publishing Company “Jāņa Sēta” • State Real Estate Register (names of real estates) • State classifiers, such as Classifier of administrative and territorial units, classifiers for water management 10th meeting of the Baltic Division of UNGEGN

  9. Gazetteers of Geographical Names Concise Gazetteer of the Republic of Latvia, scale 1:100 000 (2003) • The Bulletin of Changes (01.10.2005.) • Full updated version (01.09.2006.) – on the website of the LGIAwww.lgia.gov.lv 10th meeting of the Baltic Division of UNGEGN

  10. Local dictionaries (1:25 000 to 1:10 000) Cover particular administrative or territorial unit Cartographic supplements Rich in information concerning the names and named features; as well as geography, history and culture of the territory. Dictionaries of Geographical Names 10th meeting of the Baltic Division of UNGEGN

  11. “Zaubes pagasts.Vietas un vārdi” in collaboration of SLS with the local government, 2005, 239 pages approximately 300 named features 700 illustrations (photo of each farmstead etc.) presentation of the book – significant event for the local people Dictionaries of Geographical Names 10th meeting of the Baltic Division of UNGEGN

  12. Country names, exonyms The List of Country Names in Latvian • updated in 2006 by the Sub-commision of Geographical Names of Latvian Language Commision, State Language centre • published in the official newspaper “Latvijas Vēstnesis” 10th meeting of the Baltic Division of UNGEGN

  13. Normative Documents Draft of the Place Names Law is prepared by the Sub-commision of Geographical Names of Latvian Language Commision, State Language centre The Law will regulate • the establishing and use of official geographical names • maintenance of geographical names information, • preservation of place names heritage (including valuable exonyms) 10th meeting of the Baltic Division of UNGEGN

  14. Normative Documents • Maintenance of Geographical Names Database by the LGIA is officially stated by the Government • Items concerning geographical names standardization are elaborated in strategic planning documentation of LGIA • Chapter regarding geographical names standardization is elaborated in Concept of Development of Cartography of Latvia 10th meeting of the Baltic Division of UNGEGN

  15. Questions??? 10th meeting of the Baltic Division of UNGEGN

  16. Thank you for your attention! 10th meeting of the Baltic Division of UNGEGN

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