Course objectives:

• Provide basic knowledge to deal with geographical names
• BSc level

Course structure:

• National framework: Follow names ‘production’ process:
• collection, processing, standardizing, visualization
• International framework: different languages, scripts, conversion
• Institutional aspects: United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names (UNGEGN)
• Products: gazetteers

To whom is this course intended for?

• Topographers that collect geographical names
• Staff of geographical names branches
• Cartographers that have to select names for their maps
• Map and atlas editors

Frequently asked questions

What is toponymy?

"Taxonomic study of place-names, based on etymological, historical, and geographical information. A place-name is a word or words used to indicate, denote, or identify a geographic locality such as a town, river, or mountain. Toponymy divides place-names into two broad categories: habitation names and feature names..."
(Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online)

What is a toponym?

Proper noun applied to a topographic feature. Comprehensive term for geographical names and extraterrestrial names.
(Source: Glossary of Toponymic Terminology)

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