Principles, Policies, and Procedures for Domestic Geographic Names

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United States federal document guideline document standard for geographic names

Principles, Policies, and Procedures for Domestic Geographic Names is the official guideline document that sets the standards and rules for naming geographic features within the United States.

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PPPs for Domestic Geographic Names	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal document ⓘ guideline document ⓘ standard for geographic names ⓘ
appliesTo	domestic geographic names in the United States ⓘ official naming of geographic features ⓘ standardization of geographic names ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
defines	criteria for name acceptability ⓘ criteria for name orthography and spelling ⓘ criteria for name usage and local acceptance ⓘ policies for changing existing geographic names ⓘ principles for approving new geographic names ⓘ procedures for processing geographic name proposals ⓘ rules for commemorative geographic names ⓘ rules for derogatory and offensive geographic names ⓘ rules for duplicate geographic names ⓘ rules for generic terms in geographic names ⓘ rules for names containing diacritics ⓘ rules for names in multiple languages ⓘ rules for names of man-made features ⓘ rules for names of natural features ⓘ rules for variant names ⓘ
governs	naming of cultural geographic features ⓘ naming of natural geographic features ⓘ naming of populated places ⓘ naming of undersea and maritime features within U.S. jurisdiction ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	PPPs ⓘ
hasTitle	Principles, Policies, and Procedures for Domestic Geographic Names self-link ⓘ
issuedBy	United States Board on Geographic Names ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
publisher	United States Geological Survey ⓘ surface form: U.S. Geological Survey United States Board on Geographic Names ⓘ
relatedTo	Domestic Names Committee ⓘ surface form: Domestic Names Committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names Geographic Names Information System ⓘ
scope	geographic features in U.S. states ⓘ geographic features in U.S. territories ⓘ geographic features in the District of Columbia ⓘ geographic features within the territorial limits of the United States ⓘ
shortName	Principles, Policies, and Procedures for Domestic Geographic Names self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: PPPs for Domestic Geographic Names
subject	federal geographic naming policy ⓘ geographic names standardization ⓘ toponymy ⓘ
usedBy	GIS professionals ⓘ cartographers ⓘ federal agencies of the United States ⓘ local governments in the United States ⓘ map publishers ⓘ state geographic names authorities ⓘ

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