GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES STANDARDIZATION IN LATVIA

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

STANDARDIZATION IN LATVIA

Activities since the 9th Meeting of the Baltic Division of

UNGEGN

12.10.2006. 10th meeting of the Baltic Division of UNGEGN

Reorganization - 1st of January, 2006

State Land

Service FORMER

State Land

Service

(SLS)

Latvian Geospatial

Information Agency

(LGIA)

Addresses, Cadastre,

Land Survey

Cartography, Geodesy,

GIS


State Mapping Projects COVER MAINLY

THE TERRITORY OF LATVIA

Topographic Map

scale 1:50 00077 sheets of 131 are published

toponymy is being compiled by Laboratory of Toponymy

Topographic Map

scale 1:10 000111 sheets of 2557 are published

toponymy is being checked by Laboratory of Toponymy


State Mapping Projects COVER MAINLY

THE TERRITORY OF LATVIA

Satellite Map

scale 1:50 000 -updated version62 sheets of 131 are published

Toponymy,originally compiled by the Laboratory of Toponymy (in 1994 to1998),

is slightly updated


Private Mapping COVERS THE TERRITORY OF

LATVIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES

SIA “Karšu izdevniecība Jāņa sēta“

(Map Publishing Company “Jāņa Sēta”)

School maps and atlases

Road maps

Regional and tourist maps

Other mapping projects


Geogaphical Names Data Bases

GNDB of Latvia111 000 names

for

96 000 featuresMS SQL Server, MS Access

VdbNet (Public Version

for the Intranet)

for cartographers,

editors


Geogaphical Names Data Base of Latvia

Updating and revision of the information

Expanding the information

Main source – data from the Topographic Map M1:50 000

Main sources – data from fieldwork and excerped from literature


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 “Jāņa Sēta”

State Real Estate Register (names of real estates)

State classifiers, such as Classifier of administrative and territorial units, classifiers for water management


Gazetteers of Geographical Names

Concise Gazetteer of the Republic of Latvia, scale 1:100 000 (2003)

The Bulletin of Changes (01.10.2005.)

Full updated version (01.09.2006.) – on the website of the LGIA

www.lgia.gov.lv


Dictionaries of Geographical Names

Local dictionaries

(1:25 000 to 1:10 000)

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.


Dictionaries of Geographical Names

“Zaubes pagasts.Vietas un vārdi”

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


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 Vēstnesis”


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 namesmaintenance of geographical names information,preservation of place names heritage (including valuable exonyms)


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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