50 Years of UNGEGNs Dutch- and German-speaking Division
Peter Jordan, Ferjan Ormeling et al.
The report illustrates the activities and milestones of UNGEGNs Dutch- and German-speaking Division (DGSD) over the past 50 Years. From the very beginning DGSD engaged itself strongly in five major toponymic fields: (1) Promoting single script conversion systems, (2) Promoting toponymic education, (3) Exonyms, (4) Toponymic Guidelines and (5) Automated data processing, toponymic data files and gazetteers. Besides these fields of activity, the initiators and driving forces over the past 50 years have been appreciated in chapter two. The third chapter lists the DGSD participation in UNCSGN and UNGEGN sessions. The last chapter summarizes the organisation of DGSD events, amongst others, the GeoNames symposia and the publication of proceedings.
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