Subtask 1-iii-8

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

No references to other WGs

WG GNDM

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)

in progress

Albania

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

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

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Andora

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

Catalan, Spanish, French, English

Yes

Yes

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

Azerbaijan

Real Estate Cadastre and Address Registry Service under the State Committee on Property Issues, the Republic of Azerbaijan (EMDK): https://emlak.gov.az/%20   ✓

geoportal.gov.az   ⮾

Azerbaijani

MB, February 2026:

There is no useful information on the EMDK website, e-services portal is down.

MB search

https://gomap.az/   ✓

Azerbaijani, Russian, English

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B

Barbados

Lands and Surveys Department   ✓

Explore the Data – Barbados MSP Geospatial Data Platform    ✓

English

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Belarus

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

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

http://nca.by   ✓

Belarusian

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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.

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Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

GEOPORTAL - INE   ✓

Spanish

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

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.

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Botswana

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

English

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Brunei Darussalam

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

English

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Burkina Faso

IGB - Institut Géographique du Burkina   ✓

French

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Burundi

Service Hydrométéorologique du Burundi   ✓

French, English, Kinyarwanda, Swahili

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C

Costa Rica

SNIT-VISOR   ✓

SNIT   ✓

Spanish

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Côte D'Ivoire

 http://cntig.net/  ✓

French

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Cuba

https://minag.geocuba.cu/   ⮾

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

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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   ✓

Greek and English

UNGEGN website

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

E

Ecuador

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

Spanish

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Egypt

https://geoportal.capmas.gov.eg/   ⮾

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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   ✓

Estonian

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

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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 ✓

UNGEGN website

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.

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Georgia

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.

MB search

https://maps.gov.ge/map/portal   ✓

Georgian

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Germany

Yes

Yes

https://gdz.bkg.bund.de/   ✓

German

The same on UNGEGN website.

Wiki – from country

Geoportal.de   ✓

German, English

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Greenland

Yes

Free and Open Source

https://asiaq.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=c5c7d9d52a264980a24911d7d33914b5   ✓

Greenlandic and Danish

Wiki – from country

Guatemala

http://www.ign.gob.gt/   ✓

Spanish

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sinitGeoportal   ✓

Spanish

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H

Hong Kong

https://www.map.gov.hk/gm/   ✓

Chinese, English

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Hungary

Yes

No not free

https://geoshop.hu/en   ✓

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

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

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

Hungarian, English

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I

India

https://bharatmaps.gov.in/   ✓

English

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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

Israel

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

English

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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, it is necessary to send a purchase request to the IGMI at the following link: https://www.igmi.org/it/descrizione-prodotti/cartografia-digitale/database-toponomastica   ✓

 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   ✓

 A toponymic dataset was created for the Autonomous Province of Bolzano - Bozen, available in shapefile and PDF formats. You can download it 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   ✓

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 9le maps. Below the links to access the WMTS service and metadata sheet: 

• WMTS Service: hJps://www.igmi.org/porta-magna/wmts/1.0.0/getcapabili9es.xml 
• Metadata: hJps://www.igmi.org/porta-magna/meta/service_wmts.xml

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/administra9veboundary.gpkg 
Metadata: hJps://www.igmi.org/porta-magna/meta/data_au.xml
- For geographical names:
Geopackage: hJps://www.igmi.org/porta-magna/predef/geonames.gpkg
Metadata: hJps://www.igmi.org/porta-magna/meta/data_gn.xml

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.

The sale of the toponymy database by the IGMI is currently established by administrative provisions.

Wiki – from country

J

Jordan

دائرة الاراضي و المساحة   ✓

Jordan

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K

Kosovo

Kosovo Geoportal   ✓

Albanian

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Kuwait

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

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

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L

Liechtenstein

https://map.geo.admin.ch/   ✓

Geodatenportal der Liechtensteinischen Landesverwaltung   ✓

English, German, French, Italian, Romansh

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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

Luxembourg

https://map.geoportail.lu/   ✓

French

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M

Malaysia

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

Malaysian, English

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Maldives

https://onemap.mv/   ✓

English

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Mali

Malta

https://pamapserver.pa.org.mt/   ✓

English

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Mongolia

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

Mongolian

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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.

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N

Nepal

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

English

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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

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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

Nicaragua

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

Spanish

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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.

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O

P

Pakistan

http://surveyofpakistan.gov.pk/   ⮾

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Panama

ignpanama.anati.gob.pa/index.php   ✓

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Paraguay

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

Spanish, English

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Q

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

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R

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

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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.”

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

Romanian

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S

Serbia

Yes

Yes

https://a3.geosrbija.rs/   ⮾

Serbian

Wiki – from country

geosrbija.rs   ⮾

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RGZ - Register of Geographical Names   ✓

RGZ - GeoSrbija   ✓

Serbian, English

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Singapore

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

English

Wiki – from country

Slovenia

Yes

Yes

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

INSPIRE - E-prostor   ✓

Slovenian, English

Wiki – from country

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.+

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Sri Lanka

https://geoportal.nsdi.gov.lk/   ✓

English

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Sudan

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

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Suriname

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

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T

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

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U

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

United Arab Emirates

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

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UAE NSDI - Official Map   ✓

English

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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

V

Vatican City

Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of

IGVSB - Instituto Geográfico de Venezuela Simón Bolívar   ✓

Spanish

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Y