GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES STANDARDIZATION IN LATVIA

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GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES STANDARDIZATION IN LATVIA

• Activities since the 9th Meeting of the Baltic
  Division of UNGEGN

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Reorganization - 1st of January, 2006
State Land Service
Latvian Geospatial Information Agency (LGIA)
FORMER State Land Service (SLS)
Cartography, Geodesy, GIS
Addresses, Cadastre, Land Survey
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State Mapping Projects COVER MAINLY THE TERRITORY
OF LATVIA
Topographic Map scale 150 000 77 sheets of 131 are published toponymy is being compiled by Laboratory of Toponymy
Topographic Map scale 110 000 111 sheets of 2557 are published toponymy is being checked by Laboratory of Toponymy
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State Mapping Projects COVER MAINLY THE TERRITORY
OF LATVIA
Satellite Map scale 150 000 -updated version 62 sheets of 131 are published Toponymy,originally compiled by the Laboratory of Toponymy (in 1994 to1998), is slightly updated
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Private Mapping COVERS THE TERRITORY OF LATVIA
AND OTHER COUNTRIES

• SIA Karšu izdevnieciba Jana seta
• (Map Publishing Company Jana Seta)

• School maps and atlases
• Road maps
• Regional and tourist maps
• Other mapping projects

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Geogaphical Names Data Bases
for cartographers, editors
GNDB of Latvia 111 000 names for 96 000
features MS SQL Server, MS Access
VdbNet (Public Version for the Intranet)
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Geogaphical Names Data Base of Latvia

• Updating and revision of the information
• Expanding the information

• Main source data from the Topographic Map M150
  000
• Main sources data from fieldwork and excerped
  from literature

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Significant toponymic data repositories besides
the GNDB

• Card File of the Institute of Latvian Language
  (not computerized, more than 1 million entries)
• State Register of Addresses (officially approved
  identifiers for use in addresation)
• Latvian and foreign geographical names data base
  of Map Publishing Company Jana Seta
• State Real Estate Register (names of real
  estates)
• State classifiers, such as Classifier of
  administrative and territorial units, classifiers
  for water management

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Gazetteers of Geographical Names

• Concise Gazetteer of the Republic of Latvia,
  scale 1100 000 (2003)
• The Bulletin of Changes (01.10.2005.)
• Full updated version (01.09.2006.) on the
  website of the LGIA www.lgia.gov.lv

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Dictionaries of Geographical Names

• Local dictionaries
• (125 000 to 110 000)
• Cover particular administrative or territorial
  unit
• Cartographic supplements

• Rich in information concerning the names and
  named features
• as well as geography, history and culture of
  the territory.

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Dictionaries of Geographical Names

• Zaubes pagasts.Vietas un vardi
• in collaboration of SLS with the local
  government, 2005, 239 pages
• approximately 300 named features
• 700 illustrations (photo of each farmstead etc.)
• presentation of the book significant event for
  the local people

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Country names, exonyms

• The List of Country Names in Latvian
• updated in 2006 by the Sub-commision of
  Geographical Names of Latvian Language Commision,
  State Language centre
• published in the official newspaper Latvijas
  Vestnesis

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Normative Documents

• Draft of the Place Names Law is prepared by the
  Sub-commision of Geographical Names of Latvian
  Language Commision, State Language centre
• The Law will regulate
• the establishing and use of official geographical
  names
• maintenance of geographical names information,
• preservation of place names heritage (including
  valuable exonyms)

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Normative Documents

• Maintenance of Geographical Names Database by the
  LGIA is officially stated by the Government
• Items concerning geographical names
  standardization are elaborated in strategic
  planning documentation of LGIA
• Chapter regarding geographical names
  standardization is elaborated in Concept of
  Development of Cartography of Latvia

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