DataFlex is an effective tool for performing intelligent searches for geographic names data. It utilizes a fuzzy search as well as linguistic principles and allows the user to select flexible search criteria.
Capabilities/Features
The program searches for:
- Exact search matches
- Similar feature names based on misspellings or phonetic similarities
- Similar feature names based on regional dialects
- Historic place name variants
- Features with similar name Romanization
- Similar names with generics in reversed or reading order
- Similar names with inconsistent Unicode
Search Criteria
- Proximity: The program will search for similar feature names within a customizable distance (in decimal degrees).
- Flexible Search Area: The program can search the database in its entirety or focus on adjustable areas of interest.
- Accuracy level: The program can search for varying levels of feature name similarity with 100% indicating exact matches and smaller percentages having lower levels of spelling similarities. This takes into account phonetic similarities, misspellings and reversed generics.
- Designation Code or Class: The search criteria can be separated by designation code (such as “STM” for streams), by a broader feature designation class (such as hydro features), or left open.
- Language Specific Phonetic Rules: The program accounts for similar phonemes in its fuzzy search depending on the language in use.
- Regional Dialect Variants: The program’s phonetic search criteria can also be set to incorporate phonetic and generic differences to account for regional dialects.
DataFlex © 2007 Geographic Services, Inc. Patent pending.
RomanScribe is an automatic transliteration program. It can work with individual words, populate entire databases or be used to verify the accuracy of transliterated words. The program can be adapted for almost any non-Romanized language including Farsi, Arabic, Russian and Korean.
Capabilities
- Transliterate single words
- Populate Romanization for databases
- Verify Romanized Names