9. The scope of Toponymic Guidelines - 7. Abbreviations & 8. Administrative division

7. Abbreviations

• Toponymic guidelines may also cover a recommendation concerning the abbreviations used in a country's geographical names.

• If existent, it would also be very useful to explain the rules governing the formation of these abbreviations.

• A listing of the abbreviations used in the Austria 1 : 50 000 official topographic map series was included in the Austrian paper.

Abbreviations in Austria:

Abbreviations in Cyprus:

8. Administrative division

• The standardized names of the higher order administrative units may well be included, in the form of a listing and/or a map.

• The Austrian guidelines include them (the 1st and 2nd order areas) in an annex, that also contains the official designations of units of administration and settlement occurring in the gazetteers of Austria.

 

9. Other contents

Sometimes even the gazetteer* is incorporated.

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