Most Norwegian location names on Yr are sourced from the "Sentralt stedsnavnregister" (SSR), which is managed by the Norwegian Mapping Authority (Statens kartverk) and is the official register of location names in Norway. Yr also uses location names from the geographic database GeoNames (mainly foreign). From the state-owned company Entur, which deliver services across all public transport in Norway, we receive names of public transport stops. Additionally, we get location names from sources like the Norwegian Polar Institute, which provides names for polar regions, and The Norwegian Meteorological Institute, which supplies names from meteorological stations.
How often are location names updated on Yr?
Location names from SSR, Entur, the Meteorological Institute, and the Polar Institute are updated daily.
Location names from GeoNames are updated once a month. The update usually occurs during the first week of the month.
How many location names are there on Yr?
Yr has a total of about 13 million location names globally, distributed across approximately 1 million locations from the Norwegian Mapping Authority (SSR) and around 12 million locations from GeoNames, as the largest contributors.
Who should you contact if you find an error?
If you see a Norwegian location name on Yr that you believe is incorrect, you can look up the name on norgeskart.no, see where it is located, and check if it is an approved name.
The municipality makes decisions regarding the spelling of official addresses and names of towns, villages, municipal streets, roads, squares, neighborhoods, housing estates, facilities, and similar.
The county council decides on the spelling of names for county facilities and similar. The Norwegian Mapping Authority decides on the spelling of other location names unless otherwise specified by laws or regulations.
Many locations in Norway have multiple names or multiple approved spellings; in Oslo, for example, both "Majorstua" and "Majorstuen" are approved spellings, but "Majorstuen" is prioritized and is therefore used on Yr.
If you have feedback about Norwegian location names from SSR, you can read more on the Norwegian Mapping Authority's website about location names. If you have feedback about a name determined by a municipality or county council, you should contact the relevant municipality directly.
If you discover an error with public transport stop names, you can contact your local public transport company, which is often run by the county council, or reach out to Entur.
If it’s a foreign location name, you can submit corrections directly to www.geonames.org. How you can contribute is described here: https://www.geonames.org/manual.html.