Standardise EEZ/12NM/24NM, Joint Regime, and Overlapping Claim names [MR-844]

[lawrencewhatley]

Item

Flanders Marine Institute (2023). Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase: Maritime Boundaries and Exclusive Economic Zones (200NM), version 12

Description

Standardise the names of EEZs/12NM/24NM, Joint Regimes, and Overlapping Claims:

• [sovereign1 adjective] Exclusive Economic Zone (territory1). E.g. French Exclusive Economic Zone (Guadeloupe). Same for 12NM and 24NM.
• Joint Regime area: sovereign1 (territory1) / sovereign2 (territory2). E.g. Joint regime area: Costa Rica / Ecuador (Galapagos)
• Overlapping claim: sovereign1 / sovereign2 / sovereign3. E.g. Overlapping claim: Malaysia / Singapore.
• Overlapping claim Name of overlapping claim: sovereign1 / sovereign2 / sovereign3. E.g. Overlapping claim Ile Tromelin: France / Madagascar / Republic of Mauritius

For joint regimes and overlapping claims, the countries should be in alphabetical order. This is often not followed.

Mistakes spotted: https://marineregions.org/gazetteer.php?p=details&id=64446 , https://marineregions.org/gazetteer.php?p=details&id=48961 , https://marineregions.org/gazetteer.php?p=details&id=48978 , https://marineregions.org/gazetteer.php?p=details&id=48966 , https://marineregions.org/gazetteer.php?p=details&id=8321 , https://marineregions.org/gazetteer.php?p=details&id=8365 , https://marineregions.org/gazetteer.php?p=details&id=48954 etc.