A névegységesítés eredményei a magyar tengerfenék-domborzati nevek körében
Date: 2014
Subject: helynév-standardizáció
térképészet
tengerfenék
nemzetközi
magyar
térképészet
tengerfenék
nemzetközi
magyar
Abstract:
MÁTYÁS MÁRTON, Hungarian results of the standardization of
undersea feature names
The author of the present paper, a cartographer, has studied all sorts of questions in relation to
geographical names for the correct representation of seas. Determining and handling the
Hungarian names for maritime features raise questions that are identical with those relating to land
objects: spelling, standardization, determining “official” names, managing name changes, compiling
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gazetteers, etc. The author’s ongoing research in maritime geographical names is based on his
experience with compiling the Gazetteer of Hungary II between 1976 and 1981 as well as his
subsequent studies on managing geographical names (1979–1985). The present paper gives an
overview of the author’s research results of the past thirty years. The results of the standardization
of undersea feature names can easily be checked by analyzing the names appearing in cartographic
products (in published maps, atlases, and on globes), in professional books on geography and in
higher-level popular geographical publications. It is certain that various cartographic publications,
mainly geographical world atlases displaying also the sea-covered areas, use the linguisticcartographic
results produced at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) and formerly at the office of
the national Cartographia Enterprise. However, the picture is less positive when we observe the
use of standardized names by geographers. As for textual publications, the results of the research
concerned can be demonstrated only in those entries of the Magyar Nagylexikon (1993–2004) in
which physical geographical descriptions and related maps are both given. In these cases, the
positive influence of the work of researchers, educators and former students at the Department of
Cartography and Geoinformatics of ELTE University is evident.