Th P j tTh P j tThe Project The Project EuroGeoNamesEuroGeoNamesEuroGeoNamesEuroGeoNames

Created byCreated by DutchDutch-- and Germanand German--speaking Divisionspeaking DivisionCreated by Created by DutchDutch and Germanand German speaking Division speaking Division (DGSD)(DGSD)

of of United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names (UNGEGN)Names (UNGEGN)Names (UNGEGN)Names (UNGEGN)

D t b i t tiD t b i t tiDatabase integrationDatabase integration

D t b lD t b lDatabase source scaleDatabase source scale

D t b d tiD t b d tiDatabase updatingDatabase updating

Responsible institutionResponsible institutionResponsible institutionResponsible institution

Number of name recordsNumber of name recordsNumber of name recordsNumber of name records

Links in internal data systemsLinks in internal data systemsLinks in internal data systemsLinks in internal data systems

WebWeb--service presentservice presentWebWeb--service presentservice present

List of exonymsList of exonymsList of exonymsList of exonyms

List of exonymsList of exonyms

“Road map” proposal“Road map” proposalRoad map proposalRoad map proposal

Status pr 14 10 2005Status pr 14 10 2005Status pr. 14.10.2005Status pr. 14.10.2005

” h id ifi d 13 i i i l”we have identified 13 organizations as potential partners which might best fulfill the prerequisites to provide their geographical names data for the project and connect it with the EGN Internet gazetteer service during the project phase. These organizations should be forming the EGN Reference Group and are representing the following countries: gAustria (AT), Czech Republic (CZ), Cyprus (CY), Finland (FI), France (FR), Germany (DE), Hungary (HU), Latvia (LV), Lithuania (LT) Netherlands (NL) Norway (NO) Slovenia (SI) Spain (ES)”(LT), Netherlands (NL), Norway (NO), Slovenia (SI), Spain (ES) .

”According to the conditions as demanded by the eContentPlus Program we have to select 5 to 8 organisations. That will be decided pon at the beginning of the project ”decided upon at the beginning of the project.

St t 22 S t b 2008St t 22 S t b 2008Status pr. 22 September 2008Status pr. 22 September 2008

After evaluation of all the selected counties, the consortium found that all the 13 countries should participate in the projectfound that all the 13 countries should participate in the project. Austria (AT), Czech Republic (CZ), Cyprus (CY), Finland (FI), France (FR), Germany (DE), Hungary (HU), Latvia (LV),France (FR), Germany (DE), Hungary (HU), Latvia (LV), Lithuania (LT), Netherlands (NL), Norway (NO), Slovenia (SI), Spain (ES)”.

Status pr 22 September 2008Status pr 22 September 2008Status pr. 22 September 2008Status pr. 22 September 2008

20052005

Present situation 2008

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Datamodell IDatamodell IDatamodell IDatamodell I

http://www.eurogeographics.org/eng/03_egn/documents/080701 D4.2d UML%20representationcuments/080701_D4.2d_UML%20representation_Conceptual%20schema+documentation.pdf

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EGNEntryIDEGN uniqueIDEGN_uniqueID is a character string which uniquely identifies the gazetteer entry. It

must be unique not only within its own gazetteer but across all the y ggazetteers. The EGN_uniqueID will be composed of the a string element (e.g. country code: DE, NL, etc) + dataSource + sequential identifier

Datamodell IIIDatamodell IIIDatamodell IIIDatamodell IIIEGNFeatureName

i h t t i hi h i th f th f tname is a character string which is the name of the feature eg Antwerpenlanguage is a character string holding the “ISO 639-2 Alpha 3” character language code of the name (without all the sami languagecharacter language code of the name (without all the sami language and kven language)startDate and endDate define the lifetime of the featurestatus is a character string holding information about the status of g gthe name.nationalUniqueID holds the national identifier of the featurepronunciationAudio is a pointer to an audio file which plays how the f t i kfeature name is spokenIPAs holds a representation of the feature name using the International Phonetic AlphabetGender is an entry in the EGNGenderCode listGender is an entry in the EGNGenderCode listPlurality is an entry in the EGNPlurality list

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EGNLocation countryCode is a character string holding the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2countryCode is a character string holding the ISO 3166 1 alpha 2 country identifierregion is the EGNEntryId of the 1st level administrative unit in which the feature is located (county)( y)municipality is the EGNEntryId of the city, town or village in which the feature can be found. postcode a character string holding the features post code ifpostcode a character string holding the features post code if availablestreetAddress the street address of the feature if available

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FeatureClassificationfeatureType is a pointer to an entry in the classification schemefeatureType is a pointer to an entry in the classification schemeclassificationScheme is the name of feature catalogue or dictionaryfeatureDescriptionLocal is a string holding a description of the feature in the local language (Administrative enheter Enkeltståendefeature in the local language (Administrative enheter, Enkeltstående vannelementer, fosser )featureDescriptionEnglish is a string holding a description of the feature in English (Administrative units, Hydrographic point features)feature in English (Administrative units, Hydrographic point features) featureTypeLocal is a string holding a pointer to the feature description in the local feature classification scheme (Kommune, Kyst, Foss)y )NoteThe classification scheme proposed is still under consideration

Datamodell VIDatamodell VIDatamodell VIDatamodell VIMetaData

toponymicAuthority is a character string holding the name of antoponymicAuthority is a character string holding the name of an official or authoritative agency that authorised the name of the feature eg Flemish Placename AuthoritydateEntered is the date that the feature was first introduced into the gazetteergazetteerlastUpdatedDate is the date of the latest amendmentdataSource is a character string describing where the gazetteer entry data originated fromentry data originated fromGeometry

GM_Object as defined by ISO 19107. A GM_Object contains the GM Point, GM Envelope and GM Boundary classes for holdingGM_Point, GM_Envelope and GM_Boundary classes for holding point coordinates ,bounding box coordinates and polygonal boundariesIt also allows for the holding of multiple geometrical representations of an objectof an object position GM_Pointmbr GM_Envelopeb d GM B dboundary GM_Boundary

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J h A dJohnny AndersenNorwegian Mapping and Cadastre Authority (SK)

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