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SSDBM
2007
IEEE
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13 years 11 months ago
Processing Spatial-Keyword (SK) Queries in Geographic Information Retrieval (GIR) Systems
Location-based information contained in publicly available GIS databases is invaluable for many applications such as disaster response, national infrastructure protection, crime a...
Ramaswamy Hariharan, Bijit Hore, Chen Li, Sharad M...
GIR
2006
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
On metonymy recognition for geographic IR
Metonymic location names refer to other, related entities and possess a meaning different from the literal, geographic sense. Metonymic names are to be treated differently to im...
Johannes Leveling, Sven Hartrumpf
GIR
2006
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Handling Locations in Search Engine Queries
This paper proposes simple techniques for handling place references in search engine queries, an important aspect of geographical information retrieval. We address not only the de...
Bruno Martins, Mário J. Silva, Sérgi...
ERCIMDL
2009
Springer
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13 years 11 months ago
Geographic Information Retrieval and Digital Libraries
In this demonstration we will examine the effectiveness of Geographic Information Retrieval (GIR) methods in digital library interfaces. We will show how various types of informat...
Ray R. Larson
TAL
2010
Springer
13 years 3 months ago
Concept Based Representations for Ranking in Geographic Information Retrieval
Abstract. Geographic Information Retrieval (GIR) is a specialized Information Retrieval (IR) branch that deals with information related to geographical locations. Traditional IR en...
Maya Carrillo, Esaú Villatoro-Tello, Aureli...