Toponymic guidelines for map and other editors for international use
The instructions (guidelines) were prepared based on previous editions by members of the Commission on Geographical Names of the Czech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre. 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 object types and information on published state maps and the ČÚZK Geoportal, on the administrative division, and supplemented with clear maps. They are intended for foreign editors of maps, applications and other works dealing with Czech toponyms.
The publication with a list of geographical names of European territories - endonyms and exonyms, is suitable for everyone who comes into contact with geographical names - geographers, cartographers, historians, linguists, journalists, radio and television editors and announcers etc.
Czech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre
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