6. task 4: Disseminating the data (continued)

Official maps, gazetteers, etc.

• Prime way of distributing new names data

• Gazetteers and the UN

• What is in a gazetteer? What attribute information is needed apart from ID, name, feature code and co-ordinates?

• Paper copy or digital gazetteers?

 

Distributing digital data

• Digital files (standard/customized packages)

• Issues to take account of: cost of files, licencing, copyright

• Through a web site (but continuous updating is necessary)

• UN resolution

 

Other publications

• Information about the board and about its procedures

• Tools for guidance of board (rules and regulations), researchers, etc.

• Publications on the history and origins of names

• Newsletters

 

A geographical names web site

• Once established, it allows to reach a wider audience

• It is easy to update

• It could include a names data base, so that many people would have access

• Content suggestions:

• about the board composition; publications available (for sale or on the web)

• bulletin board; e-mail contact

• documents on names; links

• gazeteer

• forms for suggesting names

• FAQ