Information/results of several surveys on free/accessible/open geographical names data should be compiled.

Secretariat might provide information from the Sec's side. UK has done some work on this and can share results.

Surveys on free/accessible/open geographical names data will be compiled.

Monitor the availability of free and easily-accessible authorized digital geographical names data as it is seen as a key driver in encouraging the use of nationally-standardized geographical names

1-iii-8

No references to other WGs

WG GNDM

Assess annually

Marija Brnot, Convenor

Victoria Fölsing/ Marija Brnot

Mariela Masino

  1. Compilation of the existing data sources
  2. Check whether the data is free and easily-accessible
  3. Review every year
  4. Encourage more member states to provide authorized geographical names data
    1. Draft a dissemination and communication plan
      1. Articles in the Bulletin
      2. Presentation at national, regional and international conferences/workshops


  • Report (at each session)
  • Update of the Website (as part of UNGEGN Website): Overview with all free and easily-accessible authorized digital geographical names data)
05-2027

in progress

Progress 17.01.2026 and confirmed on 13.02.2026

Content ready, but document for publication to be created.

Mariela to be introduced into this task. Meeting with Marija planned on 29.01.2026.



Progress 25.10.2024

2023-2025
1. Google and ESRI shared their experiences at the 2023 session.
2. A document is being prepared to be published on UNGEGN's website. (As of July 2024)


Progress on 25.06.2024

done, but, document to be published on UNGEGN's website. To be discussed with the UNGEGN Secretariat.

Concerning the survey by questionnaire planned for the “Collaborative project UN-GGIM-UNGEGN” some questions referring to the content compiled for sub-task 1-iii-8 might be added into the questionnaire. To be taken over by the coordination team for the project.


Progress on 22.09.2022

  • The goal of the task is to update the UNGEGN Subsite https://unstats.un.org/unsd/geoinfo/ungegn/geonames.html
  • Report on the task during the WG GNDM. Good opportunity to ask for more feedback for the wiki list --- --- Victoria, Marija
  • Prepare a report for the next UNGEGN Session about the subtask. Decide if a separate report is to be prepared or if a text is to be included in the WG Report --- Victoria, Marija

https://unstats.un.org/unsd/geoinfo/UNGEGN/geonames.html


Country

Does your Country provide authorized digital data on geographical names?

Is it free and/or easily-accessible?Link
(Links with ✓ are already checked)  
In which language is the data accessible?further informationSource of Information
1

Afghanistan







2

Albania

Yes

Yes

State Authority for Geospatial Information (ASIG): http://www.asig.gov.al   ✓ 

Geoportal: https://geoportal.asig.gov.al/en   ✓

Geoportal GN: ASIG Geoportal   ✓

WMS: https://geoportal.asig.gov.al/service/igju/wms?request=GetCapabilities  ✓

Albanian, English

MB, February 2026: GN data are free for public use on geoportal and WMS service.

MB search, MM search

3

Algeria







4

Andora

Yes

Yes

https://www.ideandorra.ad/geoportal/   ✓

Catalan, Spanish, French, English


CC list, MM search
5

Angola



 




6

Antigua and Barbuda



 




7ArgentinaYesYes

https://www.ign.gob.ar/NuestrasActividades/Geografia/Nomenclador/Buscador   ✓

https://dig.ign.gob.ar/nomenclador/index.php 

Instituto Geográfico Nacional: Instituto Geográfico Nacional | de la República Argentina  ✓

Spanish


National PoC

https://geoportal.ign.gob.ar/   ✓

Spanish


National PoC

8

Armenia

Yes

Yes

Cadastre Committee of the Republic of Armenia: http://www.cadastre.am/   ✓

Geographical Names – Cadastre am   ✓

https://geoportal.am/map_geoportal?layer=geonames ✓

Armenian, Russian, English


National PoC

9Australia

Yes


Yes


Place Names: https://placenames.fsdf.org.au/   ✓

English


Wiki – from country

2002 Gazetteer of 274,000 geographical names of Australia: http://www.ga.gov.au/map/names/   ✓

Australian Antarctic Gazetteer: http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/   ✓

SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica: http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/   ✓

English


UNGEGN website

10

Austria

 

Yes

Yes


Federal Office of Metrology and Surveying (BEV): http://www.bev.gv.at/   ✓

Geoportal: Datenkatalog BEV  ✓

Shops & Services  ✓

Search for standardized names

BEV – Austrian Map
https://maps.bev.gv.at/

German, English

MB, February 2026: GN data are free for public use on geoportal.

National PoC

free geodata portal of Austria: https://www.geoland.at/index.html ✓

German, English


11

Azerbaijan






https://gomap.az/   ✓

Geoportal: https://opendata.az/en ✓

Azerbaijani, Russian, English


CC list, MM search

12

Bahamas (The)



 




13

Bahrain



 




14

Bangladesh



 




15

Barbados



Lands and Surveys Department   ✓

Explore the Data – Barbados MSP Geospatial Data Platform    ✓

English


MB search

16

Belarus






The State Committee on Property of the Republic of Belarus: http://www.gki.gov.by/   ✓

information about the database of GN: https://gki.gov.by/en/activity_branches-geomaps-en/ ✓ 

http://maps.by/   ⮾

Belarusian

MB, February 2026: Belarus has a database of GN called State Catalogue of GN. More information in hardcopy or electronic format of data can be acquired from RUP Belgeodesy at 17 Masherova Avenue, Minsk.

The geoportal website is out of order.

MB search, MM search

http://nca.by   ✓

Belarusian


CC list

17

Belgium


Yes

Yes


National Geographic Institute (NGI): http://www.ngi.be/   ✓

Belgian geoportal: https://www.geo.be  ✓

Dutch, French, German, English

To date, the geographic names database contains only the names of administrative entities. These names are official names.

A more comprehensive database, including other categories of geographic names, is currently under development and is expected to be available by the end of 2026.

.

National PoC

18

Belize



https://portal.bnsdi.gov.bz/geo_portal   ⮾


MB, March 2026: Website is not accessible, also not the website of the Ministry of Natural Resources.

CC list

19

Benin







20

Bhutan

Yes

Yes

Bhutan NSDI - Geographic Names Unstandardized: https://nsdi.systems.gov.bt/data/Location?keyword=farm ✓ 



MM search

21

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)



GEOPORTAL - INE   ✓

Spanish

MM, August 2026: no geographical names

MB search

22

Bosnia and Herzegovina

No

No

Federal Administration for Geodetic and Real Property Affairs (FGU): http://www.fgu.com.ba/    ✓

Geoportal: Web preglednik IPP FBiH   ✓


Republic Authority for Geodetic and Property Affairs of Republic of Srpska: http://www.rgurs.org/en/    ✓

Geoportal Republike Srpske   ✓

Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian

MB, February 2026:


FGU data are not freely available – payment according to the tariff for the use of data and services.


Republic of Srpska: GN data are available on geoportal, but they are chargeable.

MB search

23

Botswana


No

https://www.gov.bw/land-management/maps-and-geospatial-data   ✓

English


CC list

24

Brazil

Brazil does not have a National Names Authority. The IBGE manages the names in its base maps according to the principles and recommendations provided by UNGEGN and disseminates this information to society through the Braziian Geographical Names Datbase.

Yes

https://bngb.ibge.gov.br/   ✓

Diretoria de Geociências - IBGE: Geociências   ✓

Portuguese


National PoC

25

Brunei Darussalam



Geoportal: https://geoportal.survey.gov.bn/start-gp   ✓

English


CC list

26Bulgaria

Yes



Yes



https://kais.cadastre.bg/en/geonames ✓ 

Bulgarian


MM research

Bulgaria Antarctic Gazetteer: https://apcbg.org/ 

https://apcbg.org/gazet.pdf (pdf in english)
https://apcbg.org/gazet-bg.pdf (pdf in bulgarian with descriptions)

English

Bulgarian


National PoC

Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre Agency: http://www.cadastre.bg   ✓

WFS Service: inspire.cadastre.bg/arcgis/services/Geo_Names/MapServer/WFSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WFS&version=1.1.0   ✓

WMS Service: inspire.cadastre.bg/arcgis/services/Geo_Names/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS   ✓

Geoportal: KAIS Portal   ✓

Bulgarian

MB, February 2026: GN data are free for public use on geoportal.

MB search

27

Burkina Faso



IGB - Institut Géographique du Burkina   ✓

French


CC list

28

Burundi



Service Hydrométéorologique du Burundi   ✓

Geographic Institute of Burundi (IGEBU): A propos de nous   ✓

French, English, Kirundi, Swahili


National PoC

29

Cabo Verde

No

No

 



MM search

30

Cambodia



Cambodia Geographical List / Gazetteer: https://data.opendevelopmentcambodia.net/en/dataset/cambodia-gazetteer ✓ 


Only a Gazetteer

MM search

31

Cameron

No

No

 



MM search

32

Canada

 

Yes

Yes


Canadian Geographical Names Database / Base de données toponymiques du Canada :

https://app.geo.ca/en-ca/map-browser/record/e27c6eba-3c5d-4051-9db2-082dc6411c2c ✓

https://app.geo.ca/fr-ca/map-browser/record/e27c6eba-3c5d-4051-9db2-082dc6411c2c ✓

English and French


National PoC

Indigenous Geographical Names / Les noms de lieux autochtones :

https://app.geo.ca/en-ca/map-browser/record/f426088b-dde4-4502-9600-6bfa37556f8e ✓

https://app.geo.ca/fr-ca/map-browser/record/f426088b-dde4-4502-9600-6bfa37556f8e ✓

English and French


National PoC

33

Central African Republic

No 

No 

 



MM search

34

Chad

No

No

 



MM search

35

Chile


GEOPORTAL Servicio Agricola y Ganadero   ✓

Spanish


CC list

IDG - INICIO   ✓

Spanish


MB search

National Viewer of Geographicals Names of Chile: https://gis.inv.igm.cl/portal/apps/experiencebuilder/experience/?id=2af8774e10ea42918d820ce041ac8aa2

Spanish


National PoC

36

China (the People's Republic of)


No

 



MM search

37

Colombia

Yes

Yes

https://www.igac.gov.co/   ✓

https://diccionario.igac.gov.co/

https://www.colombiaenmapas.gov.co/   ✓

Spanish, English


National PoC

38

Comoros

No 

No

 



MM search

39

Congo

No

No

 



MM search

40

Costa Rica



SNIT-VISOR   ✓

SNIT   ✓

Spanish


CC list, MM search

41

Côte D'Ivoire



 http://cntig.net/  ✓

French


CC list, MM search

42CroatiaYesYes

Dataset of geographical names
Access  through NSDI geoportal: Dataset of geographical names   ✓

View and search of geographical names database
Access through geographical names application: View and search of geographical names database   ✓

Croatian


National PoC

 Croatian Gazetteer Service: https://rgi.dgu.hr/   ✓

Croatian


National PoC

43

Cuba



https://minag.geocuba.cu/ ⮾

Comisión Nacional de Nombres Geográficos: https://www.ecured.cu/Comisi%C3%B3n_Nacional_de_Nombres_Geogr%C3%A1ficos ⮾ 


MB, March 2026: Website is not accessible, also not the website of the Instituto de Geografia Tropical.

MM, August 2026: websites not available

CC list, MM search

44Cyprus

Yes


Yes, free and easily accessible 


www.geonoma.gov.cy ✓ and  https://eservices.dls.moi.gov.cy/#/national/inspiregeoportalmapviewer ✓

Greek and English


Wiki – from country

Toponymic Gazetteer of Cyprus: http://www.geonoma.gov.cy/myfiles/ekdoseis/cygazetteer/index.html   ✓

 Sea Geographical Names of Cyprus: http://www.geonoma.gov.cy/myfiles/ekdoseis/thalassia-toponymia/index.html   ✓

INSPIRE - Geographical Names and Localities: https://data.gov.cy/en/resource/1507 

Greek and English


UNGEGN website, MM search

45Czechia

Yes, IS Geonames and IS Jména světa


Search geographic names is free, files from Geonames are easily accessible, open-source license.


 

Geonames: https://ags.cuzk.cz/geoprohlizec/   ✓ or https://geoportal.cuzk.cz   ✓

 and  https://geoportal.cuzk.cz/wms_inspire_gn/WMService.aspx   ✓

English: https://ags.cuzk.cz/geoprohlizec/?p=22522#en

Geonames: Czech (English)


National PoC

Jména světa   ✓

English : https://ags.cuzk.gov.cz/jmenasveta/#en

French: https://ags.cuzk.gov.cz/jmenasveta/#fr

Czech (English. French). endonyms in more than 120 languages / exonyms in Czech


National PoC

46

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

No

No 

 

 



47

Democratic Republic of the Congo

No

No 

 

 



48

Denmark

Yes

Yes

You can get all data here (click on “Danske Stednavne”): https://datafordeler.dk/dataoversigt/?emne=landkort%20og%20geografi   ✓

Autoriserede stednavne i Danmark (https://www.stednavneudvalget.ku.dk/autoriserede_stednavne/) – Københavns Universitet (ku.dk), click on the link Download listen in Excel-format (1 MB).  ✓

Danish

Since September 2025, SDFI does not maintain authorized Danish geographical names any longer, why the sites below are not in the future showing new geographical names or necessarily correct forms.


The Danish register contains only placenames in Denmark, not Greenland and Faroe Islands.

Reference: Greenland

National PoC of Norway

49

Djibouti



 


 


50

Dominica



 


 


51

Dominican Republic

No

All other Services are free and easily accessible

It is not operating yet

Spanish

We currently have a guide for the preparation of the geographical gazetteer and the design of the technological platform for its operation as an IDE service. We will apply it at the municipal level.

Wiki – from country

52

Ecuador

Yes

Yes

https://www.geoportaligm.gob.ec/portal/index.php/visualizador/   ✓

https://www.geoportaligm.gob.ec/portal/index.php/nombres_geograficos/ ✓ 

Spanish


CC list, MM search

53

Egypt

Yes

Yes

Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) Website has Map of Egypt with official governerates Names: www.capmas.gov.eg 

Administrative units directory 2023 – (CAPMAS): https://www.capmas.gov.eg:8080//Publication/Pdf/f6952a1c-fcb5-41a9-8246-07bf860d9fd5.pdf  

Egyptian General Survey Authority web site has Topographic Maps of Egypt in Pdf Format: https://www.esa.gov.eg/egypt_maps.aspx

Map of Egypt pdf file:  https://www.esa.gov.eg/files/maps/EGY_2m_Eng_final1-2-6-2024.pdf

https://archmap.cultnat.org/

https://archmap.cultnat.org/Map.aspx

https://archmap.cultnat.org/AllSites.aspx

Arabic, English

Arabic

Arabic, English

English

Arabic, English

Arabic, English

Arabic, English


 National PoC

54

El Salvador

With regard to your enquiry concerning El Salvador, there is currently no gazetteer available for the dissemination of its geographical names. This is a task still to be completed, and once it has been finalised in the future, we will contact you so that you may be included in the directory of member states on this matter.

Not yet

-

-

-

 National PoC

55

Equatorial Guinea

No 

No 




 MM search

56

Eritrea

No 

No 




 MM search 

57

Estonia



Yes


Yes


Geographical names database: http://www.eki.ee/knab/knab.htm   ✓

Estonian


UNGEGN website

Land and Spatial Development Board: https://www.maaamet.ee/en   ✓

Geoportal: http://geoportaal.maaamet.ee/eng/   ✓

Place names | Maa- ja Ruumiamet   ✓

Geoportal GN: AKS  ✓

Place names register: X-GIS(3) Portal   ✓

WMS / WFS: https://geoportaal.ee/eng/INSPIRE/INSPIRE-services/GN-Geographical-names-p752.html ✓

Estonian

MB, February 2026: GN data are free for public use on geoportal.

MB search, MM search 

58

Eswatini

No 

No 




MM search

59

Ethiopia

No 

No 




MM search

60

Fiji



 



MM search

61

Finland

 

Yes


Yes


File download service for Geographical names data (GML files):  https://asiointi.maanmittauslaitos.fi/karttapaikka/tiedostopalvelu?lang=en > “Geographical names” ✓

OGC API Features service for Geographical names data: https://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/en/maps-and-spatial-data/expert-users/kartta-ja-paikkatietojen-rajapintapalvelut/paikkatiedon  ✓

The data is accessible in English.

The geographical names are in Finnish, Swedish, North Saami, Inari Saami, and Skolt Saami


Wiki – from country

MapSite (service for browsing topographic maps with geographical names): https://asiointi.maanmittauslaitos.fi/karttapaikka/?lang=en ✓

Information cards for geographic names: https://tietokortit.maanmittauslaitos.fi/nimisto ✓

Services are accessible in Finnish, Swedish, and English.

UNGEGN website

62

France


Yes


Yes


http://cnig.gouv.fr/?page_id=10578   ✓

French


UNGEGN website

National Institute of Geographic and Forest Information: http://www.ign.fr   ✓

Geoportal: https://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/   ✓

French

MB, February 2026: GN data are (supposedly) freely available on the web. Searching is not easy because all is in French.

MB search

63

Gabon

No

 No




MM search 

64

Gambia (Republic of The)

No

No





65

Georgia

 

No

No


National Agency of Public Registry:

Home - National Spatial Data Infrastructure   ✓

Geoportal - National Spatial Data Infrastructure   ✓

Georgian

MB, February 2026: GN are included in the geoportal. Probably free.

MM, August 2026: No free dataset found

MB search

https://maps.gov.ge/map/portal   ✓

Georgian


CC list

66

Germany


Yes


Yes


https://gdz.bkg.bund.de/   ✓

GN250: https://gdz.bkg.bund.de/index.php/default/geographische-namen-1-250-000-gn250.html ✓

German

The same on UNGEGN website.

Wiki – from country

Geoportal.de   ✓

German, English


CC list

67

Ghana



 



MM search

68

Greece






Hellenic Military Geographical Service: HMGS | Home  ✓

Access the INSPIRE Geoportal - Gov.gr   ✓

Geoportal.eagme.gr   ✓


Greek, English

MB, February 2026: The gazetteer is freely available (pdf and xlsx format). There is no geographical names layer on the geoportal (Geo-Index).

MB search

link points to the available geographical names data is: https://data.gov.gr/dataset/ethniko-geografiko-lexiko-gys-stoicheia-toponymion ✓

Greek


National PoC

69

Grenada






MM search

70

Greenland

Yes

Free and Open Source

Place Names: https://nunataqqi.gl/  ✓

Greenlandic and Danish


MM search

71

Guatemala






http://www.ign.gob.gt/   ✓

Spanish


CC list

sinitGeoportal   ✓

Spanish


MB search

72

Guinea



 



MM search

73

Guinea Bissau



 



MM search 

74

Guyana

Yes

Free

 https://gazetteer.glsc.gov.gy/ 

English


National PoC

75

Haiti



 



MM search

76

Honduras



 



MM search

77

Hong Kong

Yes

Yes

Geoportal: https://www.map.gov.hk/gm/   ✓

Place name database: https://data.gov.hk/en-data/dataset/hk-landsd-openmap-landsd-geographic-name  ✓

Chinese, English


CC list, MM search 

78

Hungary




Yes




No not free




Geoshop: https://geoshop.hu/en   ✓

Gazetteer: https://geoshop.hu/en/products/fnt   ✓

Detailed Gazetteer of Hungary: https://www.ksh.hu/apps/hntr.main?p_lang=EN ✓

Data only in Hungarian, some in minority languages.  

A digital geographical name database is available in Hungary. The version that covers the whole country is equivalent to maps at a scale of about 1:50,000 in terms of the density and accuracy of the name data.  

Unfortunately, it is not free. Data requests can be made via a web interface, but so far, we have always been allowed to give our data freely in framework of an international cooperation.

The data of the Gazetteer of Hungary are considered as national basic data.  The distribution of these is regulated by ministerial decrees. Free access was proposed on several occasions.

Wiki – from country

Gazetteer of Hungary: http://www.nepszamlalas2001.hu/eng/   ⮾

 

Detailed Gazetteer of Hungary: http://www.ksh.hu/apps/hntr.main?p_lang=EN   ✓

Hungarian, English


UNGEGN website

Lechner Non-profit Ltd.: http://www.ftf.bfkh.gov.hu/   ✓

https://geoshop.hu/   ✓

Hungarian, English

 

MB search

http://www.nemzetiatlasz.hu/en/index.html   ✓

Hungarian, English

 

CC list

79

Iceland

Yes

Yes

Downloads: https://www.natt.is/is/midlun/opin-gogn/nidurhal-gagna ✓

Placename viewer: https://ornefnasja.gis.is/mapview/?application=ornefnasja ✓

SDI: https://kort.gis.is/mapview/?app=kort ✓

Metadata: https://gatt.gis.is/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/AED93950-4043-4D42-B8F8-C118611F33C9 ✓

Icelandic. Plus, the ERM names have column names in English, but ERM only includes a portion of the data.


National PoC

80

India

No

No

https://bharatmaps.gov.in/   ✓

English


CC list

81

Indonesia

Yes

Yes

http://sinar.big.go.id   ✓ 

https://tanahair.indonesia.go.id/portal-web   ✓

Indonesian


National PoC

82

Iran (Islamic Republic of)



Iranian National Geographical Names Database (GNDB): https://gndb.ncc.gov.ir ✓

https://swgeonames.ncc.gov.ir ✓

Iranian National Comittee on the Standardization of Geographical Names: https://geonames.ncc.gov.ir ✓

Farsi, English

MM, August 2026: "Bad Gateway" 

National PoC

83

Iraq



 



MM search 

84

Ireland

Yes

Yes

Placenames Database of Ireland / Bunachar Logainmneacha na hÉireann: http://logainm.ie/   ✓

English and Gaelic

MB; February 2026: It applies to individual queries.

UNGEGN website

85

Israel



https://www.govmap.gov.il/?lang=en   ✓

English


CC list

86

Italy

Yes

More precisely,
in Italy, there are
two levels of
treatment of
geographical
names: na9onal
and regional.
At the na9onal
level, the task is
carried out by
the Italian
Geographic
Military Ins9tute
(IGMI) while at
the regional level
the task is carried
out by the
regions and the
autonomous
provinces of
Trento and
Bolzano-Bozen.

Yes. The national toponymy
database created by IGMI is for free.


At the regional and provincial scale
toponyms are currently available
only for some Italian territories.

For the national level, IGMI has created the following web services:

- A Web Map Tile Service (WMTS) for displaying national land boundaries and geographical names using georeferenced tile maps. Below the links to access the WMTS service and metadata sheet:

This service is released under the CC BY 4.0 license.

- A Web Feature Service (WFS) for consulting and downloading data related to the geographical names and national land boundaries of Italy.

It is also possible to download data in the Geopackage format, for the territorial data and in the Atom format, for the Feed service, via the following links:

- For national land boundaries:

Geopackage: https://www.igmi.org/porta-magna/predef/administrativeboundary.gpkg

Metadata: https://www.igmi.org/porta-magna/meta/data_au.xml

- For geographical names:

Geopackage: https://www.igmi.org/porta-magna/predef/geonames.gpkg

Metadata: https://www.igmi.org/porta-magna/meta/data_gn.xml


Regional data:

 For the Autonomous Region of Valle d'Aosta - Vallée d'Aoste, the official toponymy is available at the following link: https://www.regione.vda.it/enti_locali/cartella_f.asp?pk_cartelle=442   ✓

 For the Liguria Region the entire toponymic dataset is available at the following link: https://srvcarto.regione.liguria.it/geoservices/apps/viewer/pages/apps/download/index.html?id=2238   ✓

 For the Autonomous Province of Trento, the Trentino Toponymy Dictionary is available at the following link:
https://www.cultura.trentino.it/portal/server.pt/community/dizionario_toponomastico_trentino   ✓

 For the Autonomous Province of Bolzano - Bozen, an unofficial set of toponymic data is available in shapefile and PDF formats at the following link:
https://www.provincia.bz.it/natura-ambiente/natura-territorio/cartografia/kartographisches-namengut-der-landesverwaltung.asp   ✓

 For the Tuscany Region, the regional gazetteer is available at the following link: http://www502.regione.toscana.it/geoscopio/cartoteca.html   ✓

The data is accessible in the following languages:

- Italian for the national level;

- Italian and French for the Autonomous Region of Valle d’Aosta - Vallée d’Aoste;

- Italian, English and German for the Autonomous Province of Trento;

- Italian and German for the Autonomous Province of Bolzano - Bozen;

- Italian for the Tuscany Region.


National PoC

87

Jamaica



 



MM search 

88

Japan






Digital Map web system: http://www.gsi.go.jp/ENGLISH/pape_e300284.html   ✓

English


National PoC

地理院地図 / GSI Maps | 国土地理院   ✓

Japan


National PoC

89

Jordan

No geogrpahical names found

Yes

The Open Government Data Portal is the national portal for open government data of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship is responsible for continuously managing and updating the portal. The portal publishes datasets from government entities in an open, usable, and reusable format, thereby fostering innovation and supporting a data-driven economy

البيانات الحكومية المفتوحة✓

Open Government Data ✓

Jordan, English

MM, August 2026: No geographical Names found

National PoC

90

Kazakhstan



 



MM search

91

Kenya



 



MM search

92

Kiribati



 



MM search 

93

Kosovo



Kosovo Geoportal   ✓

Albanian

MM, August 2026: Website only in Albanian

CC list

94

Kuwait



https://giss.baladia.gov.kw/kmeguide/   ⮾

https://www.baladia.gov.kw/sites/ar/Pages/StreetsNaming.aspx?csrt=4038141279914768414   ⮾



CC list

95

Kyrgyzstan

Yes

Yes

Catalog of Geographical Names of the Kyrgyz Republic:  https://tamga.kg/en  ✓



MM search 

96

Lao People’s Democratic Republic



 



MM search 

97

Latvia

Yes

Yes

Place Names Database of Latvia. Public Version:
https://www.lgia.gov.lv/en/vietvardu-datubaze   ✓

https://vietvardi.lgia.gov.lv/lv/search   ✓

Place Names of Latvia Open Data:
https://www.lgia.gov.lv/en/place-name-data-open-data   ✓

National Address Register:
https://www.kadastrs.lv/#   ✓

Latvian Geospatial Information Agency Map Browser:

https://kartes.lgia.gov.lv (description and user guides in Latvian: https://www.lgia.gov.lv/en/node/1052) ✓

Registry of place names in Latvia’s indigenous Livonian language https://livonian.tech/en/search-results/?style=location  ✓ Interface in Latvian/English/Estonian.

Map of Livonian place names available also at https://balticmaps.eu/lv/c%5F%5F%5F56.951558-24.113432-11/bl%5F%5F%5Flib/bez%5Finteresu%5Fpunktiem/q%5F%5F%5F ✓ Interface in Latvian/English/Livonian.

Latvian


National PoC

98

Lebanon



 



MM search 

99

Lesotho



 



MM search 

100

Liberia



 



MM search 

101

Libya



 



MM search 

102

Liechtenstein

Yes

Yes 

https://map.geo.admin.ch/   ✓

Geodatenportal der Liechtensteinischen Landesverwaltung   ✓

Geograpgische Namen der Landesvermessung (swisstopo): https://www.geocat.ch/geonetwork/srv/api/records/ab24e5cc-7f53-451a-820a-f113fa545943?language=all 

English, German, French, Italian, Romansh


CC list, MM search

103

Lithuania 

Yes

Yes

GV_DRLT is as downloadable data set, view service, search service that can be integrated into other IS, and interactive e-service https://www.geoportal.lt/vietovardziai   ✓

 

GV_DRLT is also reused for the implementation of geographical names data theme under the EU directive INSPIRE - https://www.geoportal.lt/geoportal/en/web/en/search#queryText=Annex%20I.%20Geographical%20names%20(INSPIRE   ✓

Lithuanian


Wiki – from country

104

Luxembourg

Yes

Yes

https://map.geoportail.lu/   ✓

INSPIRE - Annex I Theme Geographical Names - Named Places: https://data.public.lu/en/datasets/inspire-annex-i-theme-geographical-names-named-places/ ✓ 

French


CC list, MM search 

105

Madagascar



 NMA: Foiben-Taosarintanin'i Madagasikara: www.ftm.mg  ⮾

Office National pour l'Environnement: Carte géographique personnalisée  ✓

Observatoire et Intelligence Territoriale et Fonciere: Carto OT  ✓

French

MB, August 2026: Nothing very useful; NMA website is not accessible.

MB search

106

Malawi



 Surveying and mapping services to the public and private sector in Malawi: https://www.masdap.mw/  ⮾


MB, August 2026: The website has been blocked as dangerous.

MB search

107

Malaysia



http://mygeoname.mygeoportal.gov.my/index.jsp   ✓

Malaysian, English


CC list

108

Maldives



https://onemap.mv/   ✓

English


CC list

109

Mali



 Institut Géographique Du Mali


MB, August 2026: The institute doesn't have a website, nor have I found anything useful.

MB search

110

Malta



https://pamapserver.pa.org.mt/   ✓

English


CC list

111

Marshall Islands



 


MB, August 2026: I didn't find anything useful, not even NMA.

MB search

112

Mauritania



 


MB, August 2026: I didn't find anything useful, not even NMA.

MB search

113

Mauritius



 Mauritius ONSDI Catalog: ONSDI   ✓

English, French, German, Italian, Spanish

MB, August 2026: ONSDI is an open-source platform that facilitates the creation, sharing, and collaborative use of geospatial data. But not for GN.

MB search

114

Mexico


Yes, Mexico provides authorized digital data on geographical names through INEGI’s Registry of continental, insular and underwater relief features geographical names for statistical and geographical purposes, which is integrated with information from various official sources. 


Yes, it is free and it can be consulted at INEGI’s official web page. CSV files with geographical names data can be downloaded.  


INEGI database: https://www.inegi.org.mx/app/geo2/cng/ ✓

“Registro de Nombres Geográficos Continentales, Insulares y de las Formas del Relieve Submarino con fines estadísticos y geográficos“ https://www.inegi.org.mx/app/geo2/cng/ (this link is already displaying correctly on your website UNSD — United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names only the name needs to be updated)

“Archivo Histórico de Localidades“ https://www.inegi.org.mx/app/geo2/ahl/ (This link shows historical name changes of population centers)

Spanish

National PoC

115

Micronesia (Federated States of)



Digital Atlas of Micronesia   ✓

English

MB, August 2026: GN are included.

MB search

116

Monaco



Géoportail  ✓

French

MB, August 2026: Monaco is included in the French geoportal.

MB search

117

Mongolia



https://egazar.gov.mn/map?parcel_no=+%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8C+#!   ✓

Mongolian

 

CC list

118

Montenegro



Cadastre and state property administration: Uprava za nekretnine   ✓

Geoportal: http://www.geoportal.co.me/   ✓

Montenegrin and

Albanian

MB, February 2026: It looks like geographical names are not an independent layer on the geoportal. However, searching by settlements is enabled.

MB search

119

Morocco



https://www.ancfcc.gov.ma/ ✓


 

National PoC

120

Mozambique



Agência Nacional de Desenvolvimento Geo-Espacial: Rede Nacional SIG  ✓

National Cartography and Remote Sensing Centre (CENACARTA): Data Portal - Portal de Dados Geoespaciais   ✓

Spanish

 

 MB search

121

Myanmar



NMA: Welcome to survey | survey  ✓

Geoportal: https://onemap-geoportal.gov.mm  ⮾

Burmese, English

MB, August 2026: The One Map geoportal website is not accessible.

 MB search

122

Namibia



NMA: Directorate of Survey and Mapping - MAWLR - Portal Ariel   ✓

Geoportal: Namibia-NSA | Digital Namibia  ✓

English

 

 MB search

123

Naoero



MGCP Topographic Dataset | Nauru Environment Data Portal  ✓

English

MB, August 2026: Nauri is included in the international MGCP program. Among others, there are place names, but I could not get the data itself.

 MB search

124

Nepal



https://nationalgeoportal.gov.np/#/   ✓

English

 

CC list

125

Netherlands (Kingdom of the)

Authorized Yes, standardized No

Yes

Geographical names are integrated into essential governmental data sets called ‘key registers’, or ‘basisregistraties’ in Dutch. All key register data and other governmental geographic information can be found on the geodata portal PDOK: https://www.pdok.nl/  ✓ (only available in Dutch). The most important data sets are, with a link to their location:

 

*             Key Register Topography (Basisregistratie Topografie, BRT): https://www.pdok.nl/introductie/-/article/basisregistratie-topografie-brt-topnl <https://www.pdok.nl/introductie/-/article/basisregistratie-topografie-brt-topnl>  (vector data) ✓ and https://www.pdok.nl/introductie/-/article/dataset-basisregistratie-topografie-brt-topraster <https://www.pdok.nl/introductie/-/article/dataset-basisregistratie-topografie-brt-topraster> (raster data) ✓

 

*             Geographical names thematic data subset, from the Key Register Topography: https://www.pdok.nl/introductie/-/article/geografische-namen-inspire-geharmoniseerd- <https://www.pdok.nl/introductie/-/article/geografische-namen-inspire-geharmoniseerd->   ✓

 

*             Key Register Addresses and Buildings (Basisregistratie Adressen en Gebouwen, BAG): https://www.pdok.nl/introductie/-/article/basisregistratie-adressen-en-gebouwen-ba-1 <https://www.pdok.nl/introductie/-/article/basisregistratie-adressen-en-gebouwen-ba-1>   ✓

Dutch


Wiki – from country

126

New Zealand


Yes


Yes, all free and available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence.


NZ Gazetteer https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/   ✓

which can be downloaded to CSVs or can be reused/linked to as point/line/polygon layers from our department’s data service: the LINZ Data Service (LDS): https://data.linz.govt.nz/layer/51681-nz-place-names-nzgb/, https://data.linz.govt.nz/layer/52423-nz-place-names-lines-nzgb/, https://data.linz.govt.nz/layer/52424-nz-place-names-polygons-nzgb/   ✓


There are also names layers in LDS for topo maps and hydro charts – scale dependant

Our department’s survey and title system includes a place names layer drawn for the NZ Gazetteer allowing users to search parcels by place names.

Chart catalogue online search tool uses the NZ Gazetteer: https://www.linz.govt.nz/sea/charts/nz-chart-spatial-view   ✓


There are a few other names layers in LDS too, eg https://data.linz.govt.nz/layer/104830-fire-and-emergency-nz-localities/  ✓ though this is not authoritative, but this one is: https://data.linz.govt.nz/table/105353-nz-localities-nzgb-compliant-names/   ⮾

 

LDS is here: https://data.linz.govt.nz/   ✓

English


Wiki – from country

Geographic place-names database: http://www.linz.govt.nz/placenames/find-names/index.aspx   ⮾



UNGEGN website

127

Nicaragua



https://www.ineter.gob.ni/geodesiaycartografia.html   ✓

Spanish


CC list

128

Niger



 Niger State Geographic Information System Agency: NIGIS Agency  ✓

English

MB, August 2026: I can't get the data. It looks like you must apply and pay for it. It's not even completely clear what data is available.

MB search

129

Nigeria



 OFFICE OF THE SURVEYOR-GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION   ✓

English

MB, August 2026: 

On the NMA website is information that they have a Production of Gazette of Place Names.

MB search

130

North Macedonia



Agency for Real Estate Cadastre:

https://www.katastar.gov.mk/   ✓

Welcome to Katstar  ✓

Macedonian, Albanian, English

MB, February 2026: I did not find anything about GN/links to GN data on the agency’s website. Links to the web services are out of order.

All data is chargeable.

MB search

131

Norway


Yes. The
Norwegian
place name
registry (SSR)
provides
authorized
data. The
Norwegian
mapping
authority
(Kartverket) is
responsible
for SSR,
according to
the Place
Name Act of
1991.


Yes


INSPIRE:

As service, WFS: https://wfs.geonorge.no/skwms1/wfs.inspire-gn?service=WFS&request=GetCapabilities ✓


Norwegian full service:

As file download: https://kartkatalog.geonorge.no/metadata/stedsnavn-komplett-ssr/e1c50348-962d-4047-8325-bdc265c853ed  ✓

As service, WFS: https://wfs.geonorge.no/skwms1/wfs.stedsnavn50?service=WFS&version=2.0.0&request=GetCapabilities ✓

Norwegian simplified:

As file download: https://kartkatalog.geonorge.no/metadata/stedsnavn/30caed2f-454e-44be-b5cc-26bb5c0110ca ✓

As service, WFS: https://wfs.geonorge.no/skwms1/wfs.stedsnavn?request=GetCapabilities&service=WFS ✓

Other services:

Web Map Service (WMS):

INSPIRE: https://wms.geonorge.no/skwms1/wms.inspire_gn?service=WMS&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities ✓

General: https://wms.geonorge.no/skwms1/wms.stedsnavnenkel?version=1.3.0&service=wms&request=getcapabilities ✓

Rest-API: https://kartkatalog.geonorge.no/metadata/soeketjeneste-for-stedsnavn/d12de000-1a23-46b3-9192-3a1a98b2c994 ✓


Link to the place they are all listed: https://kartkatalog.geonorge.no/metadata?text=inspire%20stedsnavn ✓

The Inspire service is in English, the others are Norwegian


National PoC

Central Place Names Register: https://www.norgeskart.no/ ✓

Other free geographical names services: https://stadnamn.no ✓



National PoC

132

Oman



The National Survey and Geospatial Information Authority (NSGIA): Home | NSGIA - National Survey and Geospatial Information Authority  ✓

Geoportal: NSA Map Viewer   ✓

Arabic, English

MB, August 2026: Geoportal includes GN.

MB search

133

Pakistan



http://surveyofpakistan.gov.pk/   ⮾



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134

Palau



NMA: Bureau of Lands and Surveys – PalauGov.pw  ✓

Geoportal: Interactive Map | PALARIS Website  ✓

English


MB search

135

Panama



ignpanama.anati.gob.pa/index.php   ✓



MB search

136

Papua New Guinea



Department of Lands and Physical Planning: https://dlpp.gov.pg/Services/services/national-mapping-bureau/  ⮾

Geoportals:

PNG Forest and Land Use Monitoring Geo-Portal   ✓

Biodiversity and Climate Geoportal   ✓

English

MB, August 2026: The DLPP website is not accessible.

MB search

137

Paraguay



https://geoportal.paraguay.gov.py/catalogue/#/maps   ✓

Spanish, English


CC list

138

Peru



https://www.geoperu.gob.pe/   ✓

https://www.idep.gob.pe/geovisor/VisorDeMapas-3D/

https://app15.ign.gob.pe/nomenclator/

Spanish


National PoC

139

Philippines

Yes

Yes

Geoportal Philippines: https://geoportal.gov.ph/

Philippine Standard Geographic Code: https://psa.gov.ph/classification/psgc

English


National PoC

140

Poland






Yes






The data are available free of charge






National Register of Geographical Names:

The data is available in Polish, while the websites providing information on how to access the data are available in Polish and English

 


National PoC

Portal of the National Register of Geographical Names:

https://prng.geoportal.gov.pl

  • maintained by the Head Office of Geodesy and Cartography 
  • geoportal that allows browsing of Polish exonyms and names of geographical features from Poland on the map along with obtaining information on a given object

Polish


National Register of Boundaries:

The data is available in Polish, while the websites providing information on how to access the data are available in Polish and English



Official list of names of countries and non-self-governing territories:

https://www.gov.pl/web/ksng-en/country-names2

  • official list of Polish country names prepared by the Commission on Standardization of Geographical Names Outside the Republic of Poland in consultation with the Minister of Foreign Affairs

The data is available in Polish, while the websites providing information on how to access the data are available in Polish and English



Central Register of Nature Conservation Forms:

Polish


National Official Register of the Territorial Division of the Country:

Polish


141

Portugal



Portugal underwater relief and mainland
https://snig.dgterritorio.gov.pt/rndg/srv/por/catalog.search#/metadata/3ec40a92-b050-4c47-bede-a2976debb8c7

and  

also for underwater relief (service with the most up-to-date data)
https://snig.dgterritorio.gov.pt/rndg/srv/por/catalog.search#/metadata/0DCE6342-DF6F-486C-B5D9-74BEADF2D82B

Madeira Island
https://snig.dgterritorio.gov.pt/rndg/srv/por/catalog.search#/metadata/a92dfb17748a47a98ba8222c191f6096

Portugese


National PoC

142

Qatar






Landmark and street names in GIS: http://www.gisqatar.org.qa/ar   ✓

Arabic, English


UNGEGN website

http://geoportal.gisqatar.org.qa/qmape/index.html   ✓

English


CC list

143

Republic of Korea

 


 



The Gazetteer of Korea: http://www.ngii.go.kr/en/contents/contentsView.do?rbsIdx=79   ⮾

Korean


UNGEGN website

대한민국 국가지도집   ✓

Korean, English, Spanish, French


CC list

144

Republic of Moldova


Yes


Yes 


Agency for Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre of the Republic of Moldova (AGCC): https://agcc.gov.md/

National Register of Geographical Names: https://rdg.gov.md/

Metadata for spatial data with geographical name publish on the NSDI geoportal: https://geoportalinds.gov.md/

Thematic Geoportal for Spatial Data AGCC: https://geodata.gov.md 

State Register of Administrative-Territorial Units and Streets: GeoServer: Welcome  



Romanian

Romanian

Romanian

Romanian

English


National PoC

145

Romania






National Agency for Cadastre and Land Registration of Romania: http://www.ancpi.ro/   ✓

Geoportal: http://geoportal.gov.ro/arcgis/apps/sites/#/inspire/   ✓

Romanian

MB, February 2026: “The site you are attempting to access (geoportal) is not public. Please sign in using your ArcGIS organization credentials.”

MB search

https://geoportal.ancpi.ro/portal/home/   ✓

Romanian


CC list

146

Russian Federation

Yes

Yes

Public Law Company “Roskadastr” is responsible for creation  and maintenance of the State Catalogue of Geographical Names of the Russian Federation: https://kadastr.ru/services/gkgn/

Russian


National PoC

147

Rwanda



The National Land Authority: Land Use and Mapping  ✓

Geoportal: Rwanda Spatial Data Infrastructure  ✓

English, Kinyarwanda

MB, August 2026: I can't find anything specifically about GN.

MB search

148

Saint Kitts and Nevis



Lands and Surveys Unit – The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis   ✓

English

MB, August 2026: Without any further information about any spatial data and links to data and services.

MB search

149

Saint Lucia



NMA: Web Portal of the Government of Saint Lucia   ✓

English

MB, August 2026: The website only contains NMA contact information.

MB search

150

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines





MB, August 2026: The website Government lists ministries and their offices, but the NMA or anything similar is not among them.

MB search

151

Samoa



Spatial Information Agency - MNRE- Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment   ✓

English

MB, August 2026: They deal with GN – it's clear from the website, but I can't find the data online.

MB search

152

San Marino



Segreteria di Stato per il Territorio di San Marino  ✓

Geoportal: ArcGIS Enterprise  ✓

Italian

MB, August 2026: I can't find any data or information about GN.

MB search

153

Sao Tome and Principe



Official website of the Government of São Tomé   ✓

Directorate of Geographic and Cadastral Services (DSGC)

English, Portugues

MB, August 2026: I can't find any data or information about GN.

DSGC does not have a website.

MB search

154

Saudi Arabia

By Request

Under development

https://www.geoportal.sa/geoportal/ ✓

Arabic/ English


National PoC

155

Senegal



NMA: ANAT – Agence Nationale de l’Amé­nagement du Territoire – Avec son expertise, et son savoir-faire, l'ANAT assure le traitement, l'analyse, l'archivage et la diffusion des produits géographiques et cartographiques  ✓

Geoportals: Base Géo Sénégal, platforma za prenos geoprostorskih podatkov;  ✓

Cartothèque - Géo Sénégal  ✓

French


MB search

156

Serbia



Yes



Yes



https://a3.geosrbija.rs/   ⮾

Serbian


Wiki – from country

geosrbija.rs   ⮾



CC list

RGZ - Register of Geographical Names   ✓

RGZ - GeoSrbija   ✓

Serbian, English


MB search

157

Seychelles



NMA: LH | Home | Mapping Progress   ✓

Geoportals: LH | Resource Center | MLH Downloads ;   ✓

v2.0 WebGIS Portal | Interactive Spatial Data  ✓

English


MB search

158

Sierra Leone



 Directorate of Surveys and Lands - Ministry of Lands Housing and Country Planning  ✓

English

MB, August 2026: 

I can't find any data or information about GN.

MB search

159

Singapore



https://www.onemap.gov.sg/main/v2/   ✓

English


Wiki – from country

160

Slovakia


Yes


Yes


Users can download datasets in GPKG, Esri SHP, Esri GDB, and CSV formats at ZBGIS - na stiahnutie | GKÚ. The database represents the official national source of standardized geographical names. ✓

In addition to downloadable datasets, geographical names can be viewed through the MAPKA web mapping application:

The data are also available through web map services:

Furthermore, within the INSPIRE Geographical Names theme, Slovakia provides:

These services ensure free and easy access to authoritative and standardized geographical names data for both national and international users.

Slovak


National PoC

161

Slovenia

Yes

Yes

https://ipi.eprostor.gov.si/jgp/data   ✓

INSPIRE - E-prostor   ✓

Slovenian, English


Wiki – from country

162

Solomon Islands

 


Geographic Operations, Survey & Cadastral Information - Ministry of Lands, Housing and Survey   ✓

Mapping Section (NGIC) - Ministry of Lands, Housing and Survey   ✓

English

MB, August 2026: Data is payable, namely maps and orthophotos; I can't find anything about GN.

MB search

163

Somalia

 


GIS and maps for Somalia | Somalia-GIS.com   ✓

English

MB, August 2026: I can't find NMA website.

MB search

164

South Africa



Section 6(2) (b) of the South African Geographical Names Council Act, Act No 118 of 1998 requires that the South African Geographical Names council through its secretariat in the Department of Sport Arts and Culture develop and maintain a computerized or digital database of all geographical Names. The data stored in the database should be accessible to the general public freely at no extra cost and easily accessible. However, due to certain challenges, the previous database went dormant and the SAGNC is in the final stages of development launching a new system that will be up and running in due course.

The platform will be free and easily accessible on the internet as a website (SAGNS website). The website will also be linked to the Department of Sport Arts and Culture website and can be accessed through this point as well. The web portal directly from the Geographic names database.




The link to the website will be available in due course as soon as the project is completed

The website will be in English. However, Names will be in All eleven South African languages and other common languages

Work in Progress


MB, February 2026: The SAGNS website requires login, so verification is not possible.

Wiki – from country

Official South African Geographical Names System: http://www.dac.gov.za/sites/default/files/List%20of%20approved%20names%202016.pdf   ⮾



UNGEGN website

External Geoportals | University Of Pretoria   ✓


MB, March 2026: Links of many geoportals in South Africa.

MB search

165

South Sudan

 




MB, August 2026: I didn't find anything useful, not even NMA.

MB search

166

Spain


Yes


Yes


Spain, through the National Geographic Institute (IGN), provides this data with:

1. Basic Geographic Gazetteer of Spain (NGBE), in differents ways. All free.

Data can be downloaded via the download service (WFS) according to INSPIRE specifications. The data model adopted for this service is also set by INSPIRE (https://inspire.ec.europa.eu/id/document/tg/gn)  so it is fully interoperable.

Links to the capabilities of display services

 On the other hand, the IGN also makes available to all users the download of the Basic Geographic gazetteer of Spain as a file in Access database format or as a file in *.csv format (in this case with an own data model) https://centrodedescargas.cnig.es/CentroDescargas/nomenclator-geografico-municipios-entidades-poblacion

2.National Geographic Gazetteer of Spain (NGN). Harmonization of the NGBE and the gazetteer of the Autonomous Communities according to INSPIRE specifications

Spanish


National PoC

Registro de Entidades Locales: http://www.idee.es/IDEE-Gazetteer/Gazetteer.html?locale=es   ✓

Spanish and English


National PoC

167

Sri Lanka

 


https://geoportal.nsdi.gov.lk/   ✓

English

 

CC list

168

Sudan

 


http://www.geoportal.gov.sd/n_map_en.html   ⮾

 

 

CC list

169

Suriname

 


Geoportal: SLMS Geoportal   ✓

Dutch, English, Sranan, Tongo

 MB, August 2026: The Gonini Geoportal contains all sorts of information about the land cover of Suriname. In the layers the geographical information are divided into 11 layers. GN are not one of those layers.

 MB search

170

Sweden


Yes


 

Yes


The web service “Search place-names” (Sw. Sök ortnamn) gives access to officially approved place-names data. The service is available from this web page: https://ortnamn.lantmateriet.se/   ✓

Land Survey place-name database (API): https://www.lantmateriet.se/sv/geodata/vara-produkter/produktlista/ortnamn-nedladdning-vektor/

The database is in Swedish. The data also contains place-names in the minority languages (North Saami, Lule Saami, Pite Saami, Ume Saami, South Saami, Finnish and Meänkieli) with their officially approved orthography.

Lantmäteriet is the mapping authority of Sweden. Geodata and map services are accessible through e-services from the authority’s web page www.lantmateriet.se.

National PoC

Collection of place-names from historical sources, maps and through field-work, hosted by The Institute for Languages and Folklore: Ortnamnsregistret

Description of the collection Ortnamnsregistret: Vägledning Ortnamnsregistret | Institutet för språk och folkminnen

Swedish

 

National PoC

171

Switzerland









Swiss Names: https://shop.swisstopo.admin.ch/en/products/landscape/names3D   ⮾

French, German, Italian, Romansh

 

UNGEGN website

Swiss Names: swisstopo Online Shop   ✓

French, German, Italian, Romansh

 

MB search

https://map.geo.admin.ch/   ✓

English, German, French, Italian, Romansh

 

CC list

172

Syrian Arab Republic



 MADARAT - National Geospatial Gateway of Syria   ✓


MB, August 2026: Registration required.

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173

Tajikistan





MB, August 2026: I didn't find anything useful, not even NMA

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174

Thailand



NMA: www.rtsd.mi.th   ⮾


MB, August 2026: The NMA website is down, and there are several Thai geoportals, but none appear to be "governmental".

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175

Timor-Leste



NMA: Centro Nacional de Dados Geoespaciais (Centro Nacional de Dados Geoespaciais | Dili Timor-Leste | Facebook  ✓

Geoportal: IGTL — Data Center  (Institute of Geosciences of Timor-Leste)   ✓

English, Portugues, Tetum


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176

Togo



NMA: Togolese Department of the National Cartography and the Cadastre (DCNC)

Geoportal: Geodata | Home  ✓

English, French

MB, August 2026: 

NMA does not have a website. Geoportal includes all national spatial data, not just from NMA. I can't find GN among them.

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177

Tonga



NMA: MLNR | Programs - Land Geographical Information   ✓

English

MB, August 2026: I can't find any data or information about GN.

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178

Trinidad and Tobago



NMA: Surveys and Mapping - Ministry of Land and Legal Affairs   ✓

Geoportal: DevelopTT  ✓

English

MB, August 2026: I can't find any data or information about GN.

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179

Tunisia



NMA: OTC - Accueil   ✓

Geoportal: OTC - Géoportail cadastral   ✓

Arabic, French

MB, August 2026: I can't find any data or information about GN.

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180

Türkiye






General Directorate of Mapping: https://www.harita.gov.tr   ✓

Geoportal: https://geoportal.harita.gov.tr/   ✓

Turkish, English


MB search

https://www.gezgin.gov.tr/   ✓

Turkish


CC list

181

Turkmenistan



NMA: Turkmen Map Production Enterprise (Turkmengeodezija) ???


MB, August 2026: I can't find any data or information about GN.

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182

Tuvalu



Tuvalu Government: Lands and Survey Department | Facebook   ✓

English

MB, August 2026: I can't find any data or information about GN.

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183

Uganda



National Land Information System: UgNLIS   ✓

Surveys and Mapping Department, National Geodetic Portal: Ugandan Geodetic Portal   ✓

Geoportal: Home - Pearl Geo Portal   ✓

English


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184

Ukraine

Yes (pilot project)

Yes

nsdi.gov.ua (services are not provided).   ⮾

Ukrainian and Romanized form

Authorized digital data on geographical names were provided through the Geoportal of the pilot project (the National Spatial Data Infrastructure Geoportal in the mode of experimental operation).

In 2022, it was planned to create the National Geoportal and provide digital data on geographical names through the services of the National Geoportal.

From February 24, 2022, services are not provided.

Wiki – from country

185

United Arab Emirates






https://geostat.fcsa.gov.ae/gisportal/home/   ⮾


 

CC list

UAE NSDI - Official Map   ✓

English

 

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186

United Kingdom


GeoPlace - not free


Yes



Yes

Ordnance Survey (OS) geo-referenced street dataset ("National Street Gazetteer" (NSG)):
 DataVia | GeoPlace LLP ✓

 Ordnance Survey (OS)  Open names: OS Open Names | Data Products | OS ✓

Ordnance Survey Open Names API: OS Names API | Data Products | OS ✓


 Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland (OSNI):
http://www.osni.gov.uk   ✓

English

 

National PoC

187

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland



https://explore.osmaps.com/   ✓

English

 

National PoC

188

United Republic of Tanzania


Tanaznia currently only have a list of glossary that has been gazetted and its in hardcopy but they are working towards creating one that will comprise the available geographical names and update the new ones that have been formulated and added over the recent years.

 


 

 National PoC

189

United States of America



Geographic Names Information System (GNIS): https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names   ✓


National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) - GEOnet Names Server,
3.5 million features for outside USA and Antarctica: http://geonames.nga.mil/gns/html/   ⮾


The National Map: http://nationalmap.usgs.gov/   ✓

                               TNM Download v2   ✓


U.S. Antarctica Geographic Names Database: http://geonames.usgs.gov/   ✓


U.S. Department of State

Independent states of the world: http://www.state.gov/s/inr/rls/4250.htm   ✓

Dependencies and areas of special sovereignty: http://www.state.gov/s/inr/rls/10543.htm   ✓

English


UNGEGN website

190

Uruguay

Yes

Yes

https://igm.gub.uy/geoportal/   ✓

https://visualizador.ide.uy/ideuy/core/load_public_project/ideuy/ ✓

Spanish


National PoC

191

Uzbekistan



NMA: Cadastre Agency   ✓

Geoportal: open.ngis.uz   ✓

English, Russina, Uzbek

MB, August 2026: 

I can't find any data or information about GN.

The geoportal website is not working.

MB search

192

Vanuatu



NMA: LANDS (2)  ✓

English

MB, August 2026: I can't find any data or information about GN.

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193

Vatican City





MB, August 2026: I didn't find anything useful.

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194

Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of



IGVSB - Instituto Geográfico de Venezuela Simón Bolívar   ✓

Spanish


CC list

195

Viet Nam



Cục đo đạc, Bản đồ và Thông tin địa lý Việt Nam   ✓

Cổng thông tin không gian địa lý Việt Nam (mae.gov.vn)

Trung tâm Hạ tầng dữ liệu không gian địa lý (bandovn.vn)

Vietnamese, English

Vietnamese

Vietnamese


National PoC

196Yemen



MB, August 2026: I didn't find anything useful, not even NMA.MB search
197Zambia

NMA: within the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources  ✓

Geoportal: Zambia NSDI  ✓
EnglishMB, August 2026: 

NMA does not have a website.

INSPIRE compliant geoportal, includes GN.
MB search
198Zimbabwe

NMA: Zimbabwe eCadastre ;   ✓

ZINGSA — Zimbabwe National Geospatial and Space Agency   ✓

Geoportals: eCadastre Zim : eMaps ;   ✓

Datasets – Zimbabwe Geoportal   ✓
English
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