GOM - the Global Overlay Mapping System

Layer Notes - Country and Regional Names

Throughout the Global Overlay Mapping System, country names are generally shown in upper-case (i.e. all capital letters) and a 10pt font, whilst region names are shown in mixed-case, and an 8pt font. However, some confusion occurs where what is classed as a country name for Amateur Radio purposes (i.e. seperate DXCC status) may not be a country name in the 'real world'. Examples of this include Wales and Scotland. To cope with this confusion, the standard adopted here has been to give such 'countries' a separate color on the 'Country' overlay, but show their names in mixed-case, region-style on the 'Names' overlay. Some discrepancies may be noted to this rule - this is generally due to a lack of space.

Some Russian Oblasts (region names) have had the suffix 'skaya; ommitted due to lack of space. Other names may be truncated for the same reason.

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