University of Twente at GeoCLEF 2006: Geofiltered Document Retrieval

In this report we describe the approach of the University of Twente to the 2006 GeoCLEF task. It is based on retrieval by content and the subsequent filtering by geographical relevance utilizing a gazetteer. The results do not show an improvement in retrieval performance when taking geographical information into account. Categories and Subject Descriptors H.3 [Information Storage and Retrieval]: H.3.1 Content Analysis and Indexing; H.3.3 Information Search and Retrieval; H.3.4 Systems and Software; H.3.7 Digital Libraries; H.2.3 [Database Management]: Languages--Query Languages General Terms Measurement, Performance, Experimentation

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: CLEF
• Authors: Claudia Hauff, Dolf Trieschnigg, Henning Rode
• Keywords: CLEF 2006, Geographical Relevance, Information Management, Retrieval Performance, Subsequent Filtering