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Geographic names & the federal government
Orth, Donald J.
Published
1990
by Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress in Washington, D.C
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Written in
Edition Notes
| Other titles | Geographic names and the federal government |
| Statement | compiled by Donald J. Orth with the assistance of Elizabeth Unger Mangan. |
| Genre | Bibliography. |
| Contributions | Mangan, Elizabeth Unger., Library of Congress. Geography and Map Division., United States Board on Geographic Names. |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | Z1201 .O78 1990 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | ii, 59 p. ; |
| Number of Pages | 59 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL16789156M |
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Geographic names AACR2 23/LCRI 23 + SCM memos HH Last revision 8/15/01 (HTML formatting dsl 7/23/03) Jump to: Place name as subject: Latest form Indirect subdivision by place. As with personal and corporate names, you only need to consider this if there is no authority record for the heading. LCRI The United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) is a United States federal body whose purpose is to establish and maintain uniform usage of geographic names throughout the government of the United States.. The Board's purpose is to standardize -- not regulate -- US and foreign geographic names, including the names of geographical features underseas and in .
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Board on Geographic Names (BGN) is a Federal body created in and established in its present form by Public Law in to maintain uniform geographic name usage throughout the Federal Government.
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Oregon Geographic Names is a compilation of the origin and meaning of place names in the U.S. state of Oregon, published by the Oregon Historical book was originally published in It was compiled and edited by Lewis A.
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The United States Board on Geographic Names, the federal agency that maintains the official names of more than million streams, mountains, cities and civic buildings, lists names that use the word Negro or a variation, said Lou Yost, executive secretary of the : Caitlin Dempsey.
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Inadministrative responsibility for the board was transferred from the state government to Headquarters: Portland, Oregon, USA. In a field that raises more questions than answers, this book offers an in-depth examination of the implications of positive international law to assess the extent to which geographic names are currently protected and to what extent they can be exclusively claimed by governments in defence of territorial prerogatives.
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Geographic Names Division. Washington, D.C.: United States Board on Geographic Names, [] Description Book — iii, p.: map. ; 22 x 28 cm. The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is the Federal standard for geographic names. The U.S. Geological Survey developed the GNIS in support of the U.S.
Board on Geographic Names as the official repository of domestic geographic names for the Federal Government and the source for applying geographic names to Federal electronic and. Geographic names. This dataset contains data or information on geographic place names deemed official for Federal use by the U.S.
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The Board comprises representatives of Federal agencies concerned with geographic information, population, ecology, and management of public.
But the Federal Board of Geographic Names moved ahead with the change, despite opposition from the South Dakota Department of Tourism and the Department of.
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