4.8. Mapping rules: Arabian Peninsula countries

4.8.1. Rules for entering all name types

Use English as the source language when translating and transliterating toponyms into other non-local languages.

Use the local language (Arabic) as the source when translating into English and transliterating.

Transliterate the definite article “Al” from English into Russian as “Аль” (except for long-established Russian spellings like Рас-эль-Хайма).

In official names in Arabic, use Latin characters and Western digits.

You can add alternative spellings as synonyms:

4.8.2. Buildings

Draw entrances to one-apartment residential buildings located in residential areas.

4.8.3. Roads

4.8.4. Administrative divisions

4.8.4.1

Localities and similar items that cover the entire territory of the UAE and are the smallest administrative units that divide the entire country (both within and outside cities), including city districts, are mapped as items with the “Locality” type (level 4), with the Municipality option selected.

Level 3 administrative division units (District) are parent for level 4 items (Locality).

4.8.4.2

For level 7 administrative divisions (Blocks), the “Has no official status” attribute is assigned to:

• Villa complexes.
• Small blocks that have a name with a number and that are part of a larger block with the same name (does not apply to parts of districts and municipalities).

4.8.5. Locations

Official names of items in this category should preferably also include the type of organization along with its proper name.

When specifying the item type in the official name, enter the name for the caption without the type.

You should specify names in English.

4.8.6. Addresses

4.8.6.1

You can duplicate addresses on the map if one or more duplicate addresses meet both of the following conditions:

• They are the addresses of private houses (villas).
• They are linked to another parent item, but there's no way to determine the item name using available sources.

4.8.6.2

For villas that are part of a standard housing complex as well as those that have a number and a unique address, draw an address point and link it to the administrative division item of the block type that was previously created for the villa complex.

4.8.6.3

Map small residential buildings and apartments, including those that have their own name, as address points linked to the minimal administrative division unit they're located in.

4.8.6.4

If a street name contains a letter, don't include it in the building number.

For example, if the address plate says “Al Khalas-Frond B Street 7”, specify the street name as “Al Khalas-Frond B Street” and enter “7” as the building number.

4.8.6.5

You can create addresses in formats like 001, 002, and similar, provided they are confirmed at the physical location or in official sources.

4.8.7. Forbidden locations

For Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, the following items must not be captioned or mapped as “Locations”, “Territories”, or “Fences”: