MAPS Toponymy Processing System (MAPSTopo©)

Synopsis

MAPSTopo© is the family name of our toponymy processing package;

It does transcription between wide range of languages including Arabic. The reverse process is also possible i.e. retrieval of any transripted place name to its native script.

Toponymy SoftwareDatabasesAnthroponymy Software
Romanization Arabic Place Names Personal Names Transcriber
Transcription World Place Names Personal Names Romanizer
Arabicization Geographic Terms Personal Names Arabicizer
Retrieval Famous Places Personal Names Retriever
World Gazetteer Arabic Names Indexer

Geographic Names Romanizer
Shown below is a typical screenshot of the system working on sample data, the system is not capable of doing the reverse i.e. generating the native script of the geographic names, another special system (Retrieval) is developed for this purpose. View software specifications. Please refer to Romanizer for details.

MAPS Name Romanizer
A screenshot of the (Romanizer) interface, you can view the more information and sample output.

Geographic Names Arabicizing System
A direct Arabicization of grographical name is straightforward if the input is written in native script, the name's inherent phonemic characteristics are kept through various stages of Arabicization process. This system is based on thorough listing of language phonetic rules that are used to Arabicize place names from 20 different languages, place names can be input in their original script or as romanized version where improvement to Arabicization process is done through pattern matching and other accuracy measurments used for transliteration. View software specifications. Please refer Geographic Names Arabicizer for details.

MAPS Name Arabicizer
A screenshot of the (Romanizer) interface, you can view the more information and sample output.

Geographic Names Retriever
A reversible name transcription system is not easy to accomplish, the name's inherent orthographic characteristics are totally lost when exported to another language. This is a major challenge for information retrieval systems utilized in CLIR applications. View software specifications. Please refer Retriever for details.

MAPS Name Retriever
A screenshot of the (Retriever) interface, you can view the more information and sample output.

Geographic Names Transcriber
This module is currently being developed. Please refer Geographic Names Transcriber for details.

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Category: Software | Reference: MAPSTOPOL | Family: MAPSTOPO | Last updated: 19/1/2021