This publication was prepared in compliance with Resolution No. 4 of the 4th Conference (Geneva, 1982), No. 14 of the 5th Conference (Montreal, 1987) and No. 7 of the 6th Conference (New York, 1992 of the United Nations on the standardization of geographical names).
It is designed to meet the needs of editors of cartographic works and of other publications using geographical names.

Prepared by: Mária Kováčová – Geodetic and Cartographic Institute Bratislava, Milan Majtán, Matej Považaj – Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Sciences.

Approved by: Imrich Horňanský, Chairman of the Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre Authority of the Slovak Republic, ref. No. P-379/1999, 4th February 1999.

Published by: the Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre Authority of the Slovak Republic.
 

    Resolution No. 4 of Fourth United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names recommends that countries should be encouraged to publish and keep up-to-date toponymic guidelines for map and other editors which may enable cartographers of other countries to treat correctly all problems of cartotographic toponymy of the countries that produced such guidelines, and which may be of help to all users in interpreting maps.
    The first guidelines for the Slovak Republic were elaborated and published as part of Czecho-Slovak toponymic guidelines in 1987. The first Slovak edition was accomplished in 1993, the second one in 1996.
    The third edition of toponymic guidelines takes into account legislative changes introduced after 1996. They were worked out according to the recommendation No. 4 of the Fourth Conference, No. 14 of the Fifth Conference and No. 7 of the Sixth Conference of the United Nations on the Standardization of Geographical Names and contains parallell Slovak and English versions.