Toponymic guidelines for map and other editors for international use

The instructions (guidelines) were prepared by members of the Commission on Geographical Names of the Czech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre, based on previous editions. They contain guidelines and recommendations written in English for the use of geographical names in the Czech Republic in accordance with Resolutions No. 4 (4th UNGEGN Conference) and No. 14 (5th UNGEGN Conference), as well as Resolution No. 7 (6th UNGEGN Conference) and subsequent ones. The publication contains basic information about the Czech language, the Czech alphabet, the way of writing Czech geographical names, dialects and the standardisation of geographical names. It is also supplemented with a glossary of feature types and information on published state map works and the ČÚZK Geoportal, on the administrative division of the territory, and complemented with overview maps. The instructions are intended for foreign editors of maps, applications and other works dealing with Czech toponyms. ISBN 978-80-88197-38-6.