NDLI: Extraction of geospatial information on the Web for GIS applications

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Shi, G. Barker, K.
Copyright Year	2011
Description	Author affiliation: Department of Computer Science, The University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. NW, Alberta, Canada T1N 1N4 (Shi, G.; Barker, K.)
Abstract	Many Web pages contain textual descriptions about locations such as addresses, phone numbers, landmarks, and names. These location-related descriptions are valuable geospatial information for business applications. Therefore, the Web can be perceived as a large geospatial database that could provide up-to-date data for Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Currently this rich and frequently updated Web geospatial information is underutilized. Most related work has been focused on identifying and extracting location names from Web pages for the purpose of page indexing. Little research has been found on extracting and using various types of Web geospatial information for enterprise GIS applications. This paper tries to fill the gap by (1) proposing new algorithms for retrieving different types of geospatial information on Web pages and resolving location name ambiguity issues; (2) exploring how GIS can leverage extracted Web geospatial data for enterprise applications.
Starting Page	41
Ending Page	48
File Size	903635
Page Count	8
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781457716959
e-ISBN	9781457716973
DOI	10.1109/COGINF.2011.6016120
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2011-08-18
Publisher Place	Canada
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Geospatial analysis Data mining Web pages Cities and towns Accuracy Educational institutions Web Data Integration Information Retrieval and Extraction GIS GIE
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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