Geographia Technica, No. 2/2007, pp. 33 - 41

GIS BASED GAZETTER OF HUNGARIAN TOPONYMS

A. Guszlev, L. Lukács

ABSTRACT - The Hungarian Toponymic Program (HTP, MTA-ELTE Research Group on cartography and Geoinformatics, Budapest, Hungary) is dealing with research on place name usage in Hungary, and compiling databases and guidelines for supporting the elaboration process of toponymic contents on maps. The main purpose of HTP is collecting Hungarian place names of the Carpathian region and establishing a spatial database and on-line gazetteer of them.

Keywords: hungarian, toponymic content, Carpathian region, gazetteer

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