In 2009 he was awarded the Gold Carl Mannerfelt Medal, the highest award in cartography, by the International Cartographic Association for his scientific achievements. On May 10, 2013, he received an Honorary degree from Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest.Prof. Somogyi delivers Pázmány Lecture and receives honorary doctorate. On May 7, 2015, he received an honorary degree from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.Evangelos Livieratos. Laudatio addressed by Professor Evangelos Livieratos in the public Ceremony of Awarding to Professor Ferjan Ormeling from Utrecht the title of Doctor Honoris Causa of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Engineering, School of Rural and Surveying Engineering. Thessaloniki, 7 May 2015. From August 8–16, 2017, he was the President-elect of the 11th United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names in New York City. On June 24, 2022, in Berlin, he received the gold Mercator medal for special services to cartography from the chairman of the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Kartographie.Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kartographie e.V. 2022 Ferjan Ormeling. (German).
