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Database of geographic names of the Czech Republic (Geonames)

Geonames is the database of geographic names of the Czech Republic. It is a system for administration of named features. A standard geographic name is maintained as a part of attribute information to approx. 165 types of named features. Geometric representation of some Geonames objects corresponds to the locations of features of ZABAGED®, to which the name applies. Another group of features, above all all field and forest lots and local parts of settlements have a simplified geometry corresponding to the location of its map lettering in the state map series. The Features are represented by a vector (punctual) component with attributes containing wider information about names.



Data identification

Citation
Source name: Database of geographic names of the Czech Republic (Geonames)
Alternative name: Geonames
Reference datum
Reference date: 2024-03-05
Event: revision
Data identifier
Unique identifier: https://cuzk.cz/CZ-00025712-CUZK_GEONAMES
Unique identifier: 63710
Contact to the organisation responsible for the data
Person name: Švehlová, Irena, p.fil.
Name of the organisation: Czech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre
Responsible organisation information
Contact phone
Phone: +420 284 041 613
Fax: +420 284 041 416
Address
Delivery place: Pod sídlištěm 1800/9
City: Praha 8
ZIP code: 182 11
Country: Czech Republic
Online source
Contact hours: Mo-Fr 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM CET
Supplementary information: Sekretariát Názvoslovné komise ČÚZK
Role: custodian
Other information:
Abstract: Geonames is the database of geographic names of the Czech Republic. It is a system for administration of named features. A standard geographic name is maintained as a part of attribute information to approx. 165 types of named features. Geometric representation of some Geonames objects corresponds to the locations of features of ZABAGED®, to which the name applies. Another group of features, above all all field and forest lots and local parts of settlements have a simplified geometry corresponding to the location of its map lettering in the state map series. The Features are represented by a vector (punctual) component with attributes containing wider information about names.
Purpose: The Geonames data are exploited as an information source for Czech geographic names and their topology in Geogprahic Information Systems (GIS) especially in the public administration. Standardized names are binding for state map series publishers and recommended to use to other cartographic products publishers in the Czech Republic.
Responsible organisation
Person name: Švehlová, Irena, p.fil.
Name of the organisation: Czech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre
Responsible organisation information
Contact phone
Phone: +420 284 041 613
Fax: +420 284 041 416
Address
Delivery place: Pod sídlištěm 1800/9
City: Praha 8
ZIP code: 182 11
Country: Czech Republic
Online source
Contact hours: Mo-Fr 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM CET
Supplementary information: Sekretariát Názvoslovné komise ČÚZK
Role: custodian
Maintenance info
Maintenance and update frequency: monthly
Date of planned source revision: 2024-04-04
Maintenance note: The whole dataset is updated in a three-year cycle. Updated versions are published in a month interval.
Keywords
Officially registered thesaurus
Reference datum
Reference date: 2008-06-01
Event: publication
Organisation responsible for the thesaurus:
Name of the organisation: Joint Research Centre
Role: pointOfContact
Keywords
Keyword: endonym
Keyword: choronym
Keyword: map lettering
Keyword: exonym
Officially registered thesaurus
Reference datum
Reference date: 2009-01-01
Event: publication
Organisation responsible for the thesaurus:
Name of the organisation: Czech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre
Role: pointOfContact
Keywords
Keyword: standardisaton of geographic names
Keyword: database of geographic names
Keyword: name
Officially registered thesaurus
Reference datumOrganisation responsible for the thesaurus:
Role:
Source restriction
Access and use terms: No charges
Data registered in the National Open Data Catalogue: Yes
Type of spatial representation: vector
Spatial resolution
Correspondent scale
Scale factor: 10000
Source language: cze
Character set: utf8
Thematic category: location
Data extension
Extent information: 100 % of the Czech Republic territory, i.e. 78,866 km2.
Geographic limitations
Minimal bounding box
Westernmost coordinate: 12.09
Easternmost coordinate: 18.86
Southernmost coordinate: 48.55
Northernmost coordinate: 51.06
Time extent 2012 - unknown
Altitude extension
Minimal value: 115.0
Maximal value: 1602.0

Reference system (horizontal, vertical or temporal)

Coordinate reference system identifier
Reference system citation
Source name: S-JTSK / Krovak East North
Alternative name: S-JTSK / Krovak EN
Reference date
Reference date: 2011-05-09
Event: revision
Other information: EPSG code 5514 S-JTSK / Krovak East North is an equivalent to the existing ESRI code 102067. The projection keeps the mathematic so called "east-north" orientation of coordinate axis where the X axis has positive values eastwards and Y axis northwards. This projection is suitable for exploitation in GIS applications. The projection is related to the Greenwich Prime Meridian (contrary to the EPSG 5221 S-JTSK (Ferro) / Krovak East North where the Prime Meridian is Ferro).
Coordinate reference system identifier
Reference system citation
Source name: ETRS89 / UTM zone 33N (N-E)
Alternative name: ETRS89-TM33N
Reference date
Reference date: 2012-11-26
Event: revision
Other information: The coordinate system ETRS89 / TM33 determined for INSPIRE to display INSPIRE datasets of large scales.

Data contents

Feature catalogue description
Catalogue language: cze
Data set components: false
Citation from the feature catalogue
Source name: Geonames data model
Reference date
Reference date: 2013-01-20
Event: revision
Organisation responsible for the feature catalogue
Name of the organisation: Land Survey Office
Responsible organisation information
Contact phone
Phone: +420 284 041 613
Fax: +420 284 041 416
Address
Delivery place: Pod sídlištěm 1800/9
City: Praha 8
ZIP code: 182 11
Country: Czech Republic
Contact hours: Mo-Fr 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM CET
Supplementary information:
Role: originator

Distribution

Distribution formate
Name: FGDB
Version:
Name: GPKG
Version:
Distributor
Contact information:
Name of the organisation: Land Survey Office
Responsible organisation information
Contact phone
Phone: +420 284 041 605
Phone: +420 284 041 111
Fax: +420 284 041 416
Address
Delivery place: Pod sídlištěm 1800/9
City: Praha 8
ZIP code: 182 11
Country: Czech Republic
Online source
Contact hours: Mo-Fr 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM CET
Supplementary information:
Role: distributor

Data quality

Level of scope
Quality description level: series
Report - INSPIRE compliance
Test identifier: CZ-00025712-CUZK_GEONAMES-DQ_DomainConsistency-1
Conformity
Specification
Alternative name: DIRECTIVE 2007/2/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 14 March 2007 establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE)
Reference date
Reference date: 2007-04-26
Event: publication
Test description: Data set series conformity testing with INSPIRE implementing rules for spatial data sets and services interoperability.
Degree of conformity: false
Report – completness – omission
Measure name: Evaluation of completeness of Czech Republic territory coverage by the data set series
Measure identification: CZ-00025712-CUZK_GEONAMES-DQ_CompletenessOmission-1
Measure description: Evaluation of completeness of Czech Republic territory coverage by theGeonames data set series
Date and time of the measure: 2012-11-07T12:00:00
Test result – quantitative
Value domain: %
Value: 100
Data origin
Data origin information: Creation of Geonames started in 1997 with populating of standardised names from the documentation of the Commision for Geographic Names at ČÚZK. The process was finalized for the whole territory of the Czech Republic in 2005. The 1st update was completed for the entire territory of the Czech Republic in 2009, in 2010-2014 the 2nd and in 2015-2017 the 3rd update. Starting in 2019, the 4th update of Geonames was started, ending in 2021. In 2022, the 5th update was started.