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.
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Source name: Toponymic guidelines for map and other editors for international use
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Reference datum
Reference date: 2025-02-06
Event: revision
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Unique identifier: https://cuzk.cz/CZ-00025712-CUZK_TOPONYMIC_GUIDELINES_T
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Person name: Švehlová Irena, p.fil.a hist.
Name of the organisation: Czech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre
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Phone: +420 284 041 613
Fax: +420 284 041 416
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Delivery place: Pod sídlištěm 1800/9
City: Praha 8
ZIP code: 182 11
Country: Czech Republic
E-mail: irena.svehlova@cuzk.gov.cz
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Contact hours: Mo-Fr 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM CET
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Abstract: 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.
Purpose: 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.
Responsible organisation
Person name: Švehlová Irena, p.fil.a hist.
Name of the organisation: Czech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre
Responsible organisation information
Contact phone
Phone: +420 284 041 613
Fax: +420 284 041 416
Address
Delivery place: Pod sídlištěm 1800/9
City: Praha 8
ZIP code: 182 11
Country: Czech Republic
E-mail: irena.svehlova@cuzk.gov.cz
Online sourceContact hours: Mo-Fr 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM CET
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Role: custodian
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Keyword: Geographical names
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Reference date: 2008-06-01
Event: publication
Organisation responsible for the thesaurus: Name of the organisation: Joint Research Centre
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Keyword: guidelines
Keyword: toponym
Officially registered thesaurus
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Reference date: 2009-01-01
Event: publication
Organisation responsible for the thesaurus: Name of the organisation: Czech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre
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Reference date: 2013-07-18
Event: revision
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Contact information:
Name of the organisation: Czech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre
Responsible organisation information
Contact phone
Phone: +420 284 041 613
Phone: +420 284 041 111
Fax:
Address
Delivery place: Pod sídlištěm 1800/9
City: Praha 8
ZIP code: 182 11
Country: Czech Republic
E-mail: irena.svehlova@cuzk.gov.cz
Online source
Contact hours: Mo-Fr 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM CET
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Report - INSPIRE complianceTest identifier: CZ-00025712-CUZK_TOPONYMIC_GUIDELINES_T-DQ_DomainConsistency-1
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Alternative name: DIRECTIVE 2007/2/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 14 March 2007 establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE)
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Reference date: 2007-04-26
Event: publication
Test description: Data set series conformity testing with INSPIRE implementing rules for spatial data sets and services interoperability.
Degree of conformity: false
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