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Contents Teaching material available from the 1995 Advanced training course in toponymy held in Pretoria

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National Standardization exercise
Automation exercises:


Wellington 1994: Teaching material available from the New Zealand Geographical Names Workshop held in Wellington 1994

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Prepared by George Benwell of Otago University.

Naftali Kadmon - The legal-administrative status of geographical names
Naftali Kadmon - Languages and scripts of the world
Naftali Kadmon - The national standardization of geographical names
Naftali Kadmon - The definitions of location
Naftali Kadmon - The transformation of geographical names
Helen Kerfoot - Indigenous names in Canada
Helen Kerfoot - Planning a geographical names programme
Helen Kerfoot - The United Nations and the standardization of geopgraphical names
D.L.Harvey - An authorative geographical names map for the Asia, South East and Pacific, South West Region
P.J.Dickson - Database of New Zealand geographic names


United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names (UNGEGN) Training Course in Toponymy for Southern Africa

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Edited by P.S.Hattingh, N.Kadmon, P.E.Raper and I.Booysen. Department of Geography, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 1993. ISBN 0-86979-909-6. (to be ordered from Dept of Geography, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa. Fax (012) 420 3284).

Naftali Kadmon - An introduction to toponymy (pp 5-11)
Ferjan Ormeling - The importance of geographical names for cartographic and non- cartographic purposes (pp 11-29)
Naftali Kadmon - The definitions of location (pp 29-37)
Philip Hattingh - Coordinate Systems in South Africa (pp 37-40)
Helen Kerfoot - Dissemination of geographical names (pp 40-51)
Helen Kerfoot - Gazetteers and names lists (pp 51-57
Naftali Kadmon - Languages and scripts of the world (pp 57-63)
Ferjan Ormeling - Exonyms in cartography (pp 63-82)
Ferjan Ormeling - Standardization of geographical names (pp 82-95)
Ferjan Ormeling - Minority names (pp 95-105)
E.B. van Wyk - The standardization of place names in the African languages (pp 105- 116)
Peter E.Raper - The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names (UNGEGN) and implementation of UN resolutions on the standardization of geographical names (pp 116-137)
Helen Kerfoot - National names authorities (pp 137-150)
E.B. van Wyk - The national place names committee of South Africa (pp 150-162)
Naftali Kadmon - The legal-administrative status of geographical names (pp 162-168)
Ferjan Ormeling - Names collection in the field and the office (pp 168-176)
Ferjan Ormeling - Names placement in maps: developments and requirements (pp 176- 184)
Ingrid Booysen - Names placement in maps: a case study (pp 184-196)
Ken Lester - South African cartography and geographical names (pp 196-203)
Peter E.Raper - Toponymic guidelines for map and other editors -South Africa (pp 203-253)
Lucie Möller - Methods of toponymic research: documentation and literature (pp 253- 269)
B.A.Meiring - The syntax and semantics of geographical names (pp 269-289)
Naftali Kadmon - Research in toponymy - biblical and other Hebrew place names in Southern Africa (pp 289-304)
Philip Hattingh - Toponyms based on Biblical sources in Southern Africa (pp 304- 310)
Ferjan Ormeling - Introduction to geographical information systems (pp 310-319)
Ingrid Booysen - GIS data base operation: a case study (pp 319-353)
Helen Kerfoot - Toponymic data fields and record keeping (pp 353-362)
C.C.Smith - The allocation of geographical names in an urban area: the determination of naming boundaries based on the Roodepoort experience (pp 362-372)


Proceedings of the Workshop on Toponymy held in Cipanas, Indonesia

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16-28 October 1989. Dok.No 07/1990, ISSN no 0126-4982 edited by Drs T.R.Tichelaar, printed and published by Bakosurtanal, Cibinong, Indonesia 1990.

F.J.Ormeling - Terms used in geographical names standardization (pp 1-9)
F.J.Ormeling - UN achievements in name standardization (pp 10-22)
Edvin Földi - Global distribution of languages and scripts (pp 23-40)
Panuti Sudjiman - The diversity of languages in Indonesia (pp 41-53)
Ferjan Ormeling - The role of geographical names for cartographic and non-cartographic purposes (pp 54-62)
Edvin Földi - Geographical names standardization and its social and economic benefits (pp 63-65)
Ferjan Ormeling - Regional languages (pp 66-73)
I Made Sandi - Geographical names on Indonesian maps (pp 74-79)
Panuti Sudjiman - The etiology of place naming in Indonesia (pp 80-85)
Ferjan Ormeling - Exonyms (pp 86-98)
Yusron Halim - Needs for geographical names standardization in Indonesia (pp 99-107)
Edvin Földi - Some aspects of national names authorities (pp 108-111)
Brian Goodchild - National names authorities: the Australian example (pp 112-114)
H.A.G.Lewis - National names authorities, field collection and formation of a database (pp 115-123)
M.Frignon - Principles and procedures of geographical naming in Canada (pp 124-134)
H.A.G.Lewis - Field collection of names and standardization (pp 135-138)
Brian Goodchild - Field collection and office treatment of names (pp 139-145)
Brian Goodchild - Office treatment of geographical names in Western Australia (pp 152-164)
Brian Goodchild - Automatic processing of geographical names (pp 165-177)
Jakub Rais - A programme for a new national gazetteer of Indonesia (pp 178-185)
H.A.G.Lewis - Automatic processing of geographical names data (pp 186-190)
Paul Suharto - Geographical Information System and toponymic database (pp 191-195)
Hans Lapoliwa - Some remarks on Sundanese place-names (pp 196-200)

also available (not in edited proceedings):
H.A.G. Lewis - Glossaries and national gazetteers
H.A.G.Lewis - Gazetteer production: Input
T.Tichelaar - Glossary of terms occurring in Sundanese toponyms


Actes du Stage international de formation en toponymie

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realise par la commission de toponymie du Québec du 7 au 19 Août 1988. Etudes et recherches toponymiques, 13, Commission de toponymie du Québec 1989. ISBN 2-550-19395-4.

Le programme du stage (pp 25-34)
La liste des documents distribués (pp 46-51)
Le formulaire d'évaluation du stage (pp 51-60)
Henri Dorion - Le Groupe d'experts des Nations Unies pour les noms géographiques (pp 77-83)
Rémy Mairand - La normalisation des noms géographiques: la contribution du Québec (pp 92-100)
Jean-Yves Dougas - La nature de la toponymie (pp 108-140)
Jean-Yves Dougas - Problématique de la terminologie géographique et qualité de la langue. (pp 140-162)
Marc Richard - L'écriture des noms géographiques
Normand Cazelais - Contribution des commissaires au fonctionnement d'une Commission de toponymie: l'exemple du Québec (pp 175-178)
Jocelyne Revie and Helen Kerfoot - Aperçu de la méthode de conservation de l'information toponymique canadienne par le Secrétariat du Comité permanent canadien des noms géographiques (pp 182-193)
Alain Vallières - L'inventaire et le traitement (pp 201-209)
Alain Vallières - Le dossier autochtone (pp 219-233)
Jean Poirier - Le Dictionnaire des noms de lieux du Québec (pp 233-241)
Marc Richard - Les normes concernant le choix de noms à officialiser (pp 241-251)
Suani Di Naba Basunga - Normalisation des noms géographiques au Zaïre (pp 251- 254)
Wazaa Nejib - La toponymie à l'Office de la topographie et de la cartographie du Tunisie (pp 254-262)
Waziri Maman - Les problèmes de la toponymie au Niger (pp 262-266)
Moussedikou Nadjim - Historique en matière de collecte et de traitement des noms géographiques en République populaire du Bénin (pp 262-266)
Edmond Andranarivo - Activités toponymiques à Madagascar en vue de la normalisation (pp 276-296)
André Lapierre - La problématique linguistique en toponymie (pp 296-304)
Cécyle Trépanier - La toponymie historique: élément du patrimoine national et bien culturel à préserver. (pp 304-311)
Jean Poirier - La gestion de la toponymie historique (pp 311-323)
Claude Boudreau - L'analyse de la carte ancienne: quand la carte sert à autre chose qu'à localiser (pp 323-337
Jean-Claude Fortin - Les étapes postérieures à l'officialisation des toponymes (pp 337- 354)
Marc Richard - La création des noms géographiques (pp 354-364)
Thérèse Jolicoeur - La collecte et le traitement des noms maritimes et des accidents sous-marins (pp 364-371)
Louis-Edmond Hamelin - Aspects terminologiques de la toponymie (pp 371-383)
Jean Poirier - Les toponymes parallèles (pp 383-390)
Marcel Fourcaudot - L'odonymie (pp 390-445)
Henri Dorion - L'autorité toponymique nationale (pp 459-464)
Jean Dansereau - Pouvoir et devoir d'un organisme toponymique (pp 464-475)
Alain Vallières - Le cadre administratif d'une organisation toponymique centrale (pp 475-483)


Teaching material from the 1982 Pilot Training Course held in Cisarua, Indonesia

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I Made Sandi - Geographic names Indonesia
Ervin Földi - Writing systems
Rolf Böhme - Glossaries and national gazetteers
F.J.Ormeling - Some general remarks on names
F.J.Ormeling - Introduction into toponymy terminology
Rolf Böhme - United Nations activities on standardization of geographical names
Edvin Földi - Name authorities in Hungary
Alfred W.Taylor - The role of office procedures in standardisation of geographical names


Last update: August 29, 1996. Comments & questions: toponymy@geog.uu.nl