GIR
2008
ACM
13 years 5 months ago
2008
ACM
We conduct large-scale search engine relevance experiments, using the 12% of queries that contain placenames, matching the placenames to places in the documents, and examining the...
GIR
2008
ACM
13 years 5 months ago
2008
ACM
With the aim to improve the quality of gazetteers for geographic information retrieval systems, we present a method to detect place names employed by people submitting information...
GIR
2008
ACM
13 years 5 months ago
2008
ACM
GIR
2008
ACM
13 years 5 months ago
2008
ACM
Toponym Disambiguation, i.e. the task of assigning to place name their correct reference in the world, is getting more attention from many researchers. Many methods have been prop...
GIR
2008
ACM
13 years 5 months ago
2008
ACM
There is a need for GIR systems to interpret the vague aspects of spatial language. Here we describe an initial approach towards evaluating crisp realisations of a field-based mo...