Checking the names on the Basic Map – The right name in the right place
The
names on the Basic Map are checked at the Research Institute for the
Languages of Finland. The objective is to make sure that the right names
are used in the right places in the right forms and that they are
written correctly.
In the checking endeavour, the most important sources are the place name collections of the Names Archive of the Research Institute, which have been compiled by interviewing local people. The changes made are stored in the Topographic Database of the National Land Survey of Finland, which serves as a basis for various map printouts and printed Basic Maps.
Checking the names. Photo: Toni Suutari