MULTILINGUAL BASE MAP INFORMATION FOR CROSS-BOUNDARING GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM
Internationalization is one of the major factors that is currently influencing the application of geographic information systems (GIS) throughout the world. The localization of a GIS provides practical working conditions for end users in one specific country or region. The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) is the largest province in area in China constituting 1/6 of China and borders Mongolia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. There are 13 minorities, such as Uyghur, Kazak, Kyrgyz, Uzbek, that live in the region with many ethnic languages that use their own writing script that originated and were modified from Arabic characters. Today, most public commercial GIS software support Unicode encoding, making it possible to build not only a multilingual attribute database within a GIS but also a multiligual placename database or a digital geographical names database.This paper presents the results of preliminary research in developing a Multilingual Base Map Information System (MBMIS) for the Digital Xinjiang (DXJ) Project. The multilnggual script labeling and annotation of maps for graphic display and printing have been tested with Uyghur, Chinese, Russian and English for describing regional information in the local language and sharing geographic information with the world. The research presented describes the desktop user interface, website client interface, attribute database, and the placename database. In addition, to support the correct pronunciation of a place name in the local language, voice recordings in Uyghur and Chinese linked to the database are included in the multimedia database for good oral communication. The system is still undergoing tests to make it more flexible and stable.
A.Kurban A.Ablekim X.Chen
Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences No.818 South Beijing Road, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830011.China
国际会议
乌鲁木齐
英文
704-710
2008-06-29(万方平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)