UNGEGN Working Groups and Divisions met in Brussels, Belgium from 10 to 13 October 2018 to share knowledge, experiences and thoughts on the role and importance of expert knowledge in the standardization of geographical names. The audience targeted were experts in geographical names as well as others interested in the symposium theme "Role and importance of expert knowledge in the standardization of geographical names". The meeting was jointly organized by the Dutch- and German-speaking Division and the Norden Division of UNGEGN and hosted by the National Geographic Institute of Belgium.
Documentation for the meeting
Joint Meeting Norden & Dutch- and German-speaking Division, 10 October
Symposium session 1, 11 October
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- Why names are changing (Nico Bakker)
- Commercialization of places and place names: A search for UNGEGN's role (Sungjae Choo)
- Toponymic expert knowledge and the school atlas: The example of the Bosatlas (Tjeerd Tichelaar)
- Methodology of collecting geographical names in Greenland (Lisathe Møller Kruse)
- Problems in the standardization of natural feature names and the utilization of expert knowledge in the production of maps (Zane Cekula)
Symposium session 2, 11 October
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- Preserving inherited toponyms - conception of the laity vs. the experts (Ulla Onkamo)
- Divergence and Convergence within Standardizing Danish Place-Names
- Standardization of geographical names in the Netherlands (Ferjan Ormeling)
Symposium session 3, 11 October
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- The importance of expert knowledge in geographical names for the determination and processing of bilingual place names in Brussels (Jeanne Henrion)
- The role of place names in revitalizing Kven language (Katriina Pedersen)
- Exonyms and endonyms in historical contact regions - standardization without levelling: The case of Eastern Belgium (Leo Wintgens)
Symposium session 4, 12 October
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- Support of geographical names data files and gazetteers to UN-GGIM activities and 2030 Agenda (Pier-Giorgio Zaccheddu & Catherine Cheetham)
- Developments of GeoLocator and Regional Gazetteer in ELS/OpenELS