Yes, it is very wise to name geographical points, because it helps people to identify and recognize them better in everyday life. Imagine trying to talk about other people if no one had any names; life would be utter chaos! You would be restricted to talking about people in your immediate vicinity; for instance, one could say "That man I am pointing at is an excellent writer." It would be just as difficult to live in a world where no geographic feature had a name. No one would ever be able to explain a location to anyone else, nor would they be able to understand directions.
The only plausible alternative to giving geographic points "names" would be to assign them numbers, but even numbers are a sort of name since that is what we would say when we referred to them.
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