Geographic information retrieval: Progress and challenges in spatial search of text
Significant amounts of information available today contain references to places on earth.
Traditionally such information has been held as structured data and was the concern of …
Traditionally such information has been held as structured data and was the concern of …
Data and information quality
C Batini, M Scannapieco - Cham, Switzerland: Springer International …, 2016 - Springer
This book is the result of a study path that started in 2006, when the two authors of this book
published the book Data Quality: Concepts, Methodologies and Techniques. After 8 years …
published the book Data Quality: Concepts, Methodologies and Techniques. After 8 years …
On the semantic annotation of places in location-based social networks
In this paper, we develop a semantic annotation technique for location-based social
networks to automatically annotate all places with category tags which are a crucial …
networks to automatically annotate all places with category tags which are a crucial …
Constructing gazetteers from volunteered big geo-data based on Hadoop
Traditional gazetteers are built and maintained by authoritative map** agencies. In the
age of Big Data, it is possible to construct gazetteers in a data-driven approach by mining …
age of Big Data, it is possible to construct gazetteers in a data-driven approach by mining …
A data-synthesis-driven method for detecting and extracting vague cognitive regions
Cognitive regions and places are notoriously difficult to represent in geographic information
science and systems. The exact delineation of cognitive regions is challenging insofar as …
science and systems. The exact delineation of cognitive regions is challenging insofar as …
Semantic enablement for spatial data infrastructures
Building on abstract reference models, the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) has
established standards for storing, discovering, and processing geographical information …
established standards for storing, discovering, and processing geographical information …
Geo‐parsing messages from microtext
J Gelernter, N Mushegian - Transactions in GIS, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Widespread use of social media during crises has become commonplace, as shown by the
volume of messages during the Haiti earthquake of 2010 and Japan tsunami of 2011 …
volume of messages during the Haiti earthquake of 2010 and Japan tsunami of 2011 …
The annotation process in OpenStreetMap
In this article we describe the analysis of 25,000 objects from the OpenStreetMap (OSM)
databases of Ireland, United Kingdom, Germany, and Austria. The objects are selected as …
databases of Ireland, United Kingdom, Germany, and Austria. The objects are selected as …
A natural language processing and geospatial clustering framework for harvesting local place names from geotagged housing advertisements
Local place names are frequently used by residents living in a geographic region. Such
place names may not be recorded in existing gazetteers, due to their vernacular nature …
place names may not be recorded in existing gazetteers, due to their vernacular nature …
Locating place names from place descriptions
In this paper, we review the current literature on geographic information retrieval based on
place names. We focus on the positional uncertainties and the extent of vagueness …
place names. We focus on the positional uncertainties and the extent of vagueness …