Actually we decided to remove that capitalization so it will output the same format entered.
You can patch your install modifying this line of geodirectory-functions/general_functions.php
Search this:
echo '<img alt="' . esc_attr($cat->name) . ' icon" style="height:20px;vertical-align:middle;" src="' . $term_icon_url . '"/> <span class="cat-link">'; echo geodir_ucwords($cat->name) . '</span> <span class="geodir_term_class geodir_link_span geodir_category_class_' . $post_type . '_' . $cat->term_id . '">(' . $total_post . ')</span> ';
and replace it with:
echo '<img alt="' . esc_attr($cat->name) . ' icon" style="height:20px;vertical-align:middle;" src="' . $term_icon_url . '"/> <span class="cat-link">'; echo $cat->name . '</span> <span class="geodir_term_class geodir_link_span geodir_category_class_' . $post_type . '_' . $cat->term_id . '">(' . $total_post . ')</span> ';
Should be line 2454.
Next release will have this included, so you won’t have to worry about updates.
Thanks