Supported Platforms
Microsoft Windows
Geoscope Map Viewer
Geographic feature finder for Middle Eastern Maps
Based on a tip, an intelligence analyst seeks a place that sounds like “sama” or “samwa.” Typing “sama” into Geoscope Map Viewer returns four possible matches and their locations on a map of Iraq. One of the four is in an area of interest. A few more clicks centers the map on the town and brings up additional area information.
Geoscope Map Viewer is a high-performance, interactive utility designed to support the work of geospatial intelligence in the Arabic-speaking regions of the Middle East.
In addition to features present in conventional map viewers, Geoscope Map Viewer’s patent-pending phonic search technology locates cities, towns and geographic features from names entered in Arabic script or in “approximate English.”
Geoscope Map Viewer comes with a sample collection of high-resolution maps in which geographic features are captioned in Arabic script. Its database (gazetteer) of major geographic features in Iraq renders names authoritatively in Arabic script.
Features
- Zoom in on locations by typing approximate phonetic spelling of place names.
- Click anywhere on the high-resolution Geoscope Map Viewer map — up to 100 megapixels — to get longitude and latitude coordinates of any point
- Go to any longitude and latitude to see identified geographic features.
- Loaded with extensive linguistic knowledge of Arabic- and Farsi (Persian)-naming conventions for geographic features.
- Display geographic data as vocalized Arabic script, unvocalized Arabic script, or Romanized in the Board of Geographic Names (BGN) or draft Intelligence Community (IC) transliteration standards.
- Import user-scanned maps into Geoscope Map Viewer. Orient Geoscope Map Viewer on any map simply by pointing and clicking on latitude/longitude intersection points.
- Encrypt a map to protect intellectual property rights
- System requirements: Windows XP/Vista/7
Applications
- Browse the map and click for the name of nearby features.
- Find locations with a given name within a given region.
- Verify location (in latitude/longitude) from place names or names from location.
- Compare multiple maps and gazetteers to confirm map data integrity.
Sample Screenshot
