Fieldwork objectives (UNGEGN 2006* / pdf)

• Identify local landmarks refered to by people in their day-to-day conversation
  
  
• Record well-established names in the area
  
  
• Check whether names previously used in maps are still in use

Requirements

• Names collected should still be up to date
  
  
• Names collected should be the official names in their correct orthography
  
  
• The objects the names refer to should be known (both their nature and their extent)

* Manual for the national standardization of geographical names. UN - Ecosoc, New York, 2006   ST/ESA/STAT/SERM/88 Sales No. E.06.XVII.7 ISBN 92-1-161490-2