Ständiger Ausschuss für geographische Namen

Ständiger Ausschuss für geographische NamenStAGN

Training Course in Toponymy Enschede, Frankfurt am Main, Berlin

12 August – 06 September 2002

3-3 Presentation of Gazetteers and Names Data Bases

Bernd E. Beinstein, Secretary StAGN




Gazetteer of

the Netherlands




Gazetteer of

the Netherlands

- Feature codes




Gazetteer of

the Netherlands

- Entries




Gazetteer

Federal Republic of Germany




Gazetteer


- Feature codes




Gazetteer


- Page




Gazetteer


- Entry

Ständiger Ausschuss für geographische Namen



StAGN

Geographical Names Data Bases

1:250 000/1:1 000 000

GN250

GN1000

Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie (BKG)




StAGN

611 urban commune 2 054

612 rural commune 12 399

613 part of city or town 29 281

641 geographic region 312

642 mountain range, hilly country 212

644 island / archipelago 57

931 mountain, hill 694

8046 sandbank, tidal flat 30

8100 river, stream 828

8200 canal 75

8610 lake (natural) 232

8620 reservoir, dam 100

8641 sea, part of sea 66

total 46 340 entries

Number of entries GN250




StAGN

Contents of the data bases GN250/1000

GN250_G-ID ID (consecutive number)

DATUM Date of data capture or the last change

STAAT Two letter code (ISO 3166)

KEY Statistical code

NAME Name of the feature

GENUS Grammatical gender of the geographical feature (m, f, n, pl)

SYNO Synonym of the object name

GENUSSYNO Grammatical gender of the SYNO (m, f, n, pl, s = Sorbian name)

AMT Name of a group of amalgamated communes




StAGN

Contents of the data bases GN250/1000

HOEHE Height above sea level in m

GROESSE Length of rivers in km, size of lakes, islands, etc. in km²

EWZ Number of inhabitants of towns and independent communes

GEWKGK Hydrographical code

OSKA 1 - 10 Feature codes (10 at maximum)

GEOLA, GEOBR Geographical co-ordinates (DDMMSS)

GKRE, GKHO Gauß-Krüger co-ordinates (m)

UTMEA, UTMNO UTM co-ordinates (m)

TK25, 50, 100, 200 Sheet number of topographic map series at 1:25 000, ...

JOG250, UK500, Indication whether the name is contained in the map-series

D1000




StAGN

Containing a geographical adjunct (19x)

e.g. Neustadt an der Orla

Neustadt a.d. Aisch

Neustadt i. Sa.

Neustadt (Hessen)

Neustadt / Westerwald

Neustadt / Vogtl.

Neustadt-Glewe

Homonym: Neustadt

Without any adjunct

Neustadt (8x)




StAGN

Allonym / Synonym:

Starnberger See Würmsee

Elbsandsteingebirge Sächsische Schweiz

Oderhaff Stettiner Haff

Melibocus Malchen

Cottbus Chośebuz




StAGN

Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart Stuttgart

Wissenschaftsstadt Darmstadt Darmstadt

Universitätsstadt Mannheim Mannheim

Stadt Heilbad HeiligenstadtHeiligenstadt

Stadt Gneisenaustadt Schildau Schildau

Stadt Kurort Bad Gottleuba Bad Gottleuba

Official nameGeographical name




StAGN

Sources:

- Official communal gazetteers

- Official statistical reports of the Länder

- Official statistical codes and data of the population of

the communes and the adminstrative districts

- Topographic data of the survey administrations of the

Länder

(Parts of cities and towns, geographic regions, hydrography, ...)




Ständiger Ausschuß für geographische Namen (StAGN)

GEOGRAPHISCHES NAMENBUCH

DEUTSCHLAND

Kurzausgabe Version 3.0 (01.1999)

Bearbeitet nach den Empfehlungen und Resolutionen der Konferenzen der Vereinten Nationen zur Standardisierung geographischer Namen

unter Verwendung der Datenbank Geographische Namen Bundesrepublik Deutschland 1:250 000 des Bundesamtes für Kartographie und Geodäsie (BKG)

(vormals: Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie / IFAG)

CONCISE GAZETTEER

GERMANY Version 3.0 (01.1999)

Prepared in accordance with the recommendations and resolutions of the

United Nations Conferences on the Standardization of Geographical Names by exploiting the digital geographical names database Federal Republic of Germany at 1:250 000 scale

of the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie (BKG) (formerly: Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie / IFAG)

StAGN-Geschäftsstelle im / StAGN Secretariat at Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie

Frankfurt am Main 1999

Concise Gazetteer Germany




Geographical Names Data Base of Austria




Example of a topographic data file with integrated names data base

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