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What's So Special about Spatial?
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The Geospatial Web
Geospatial information can act as a thread that can be used to integrate information from heterogeneous sources. It does so by exploiting common location information components that often exist across different domains. As such it has the potential to be a valuable resource in the implementation of the Semantic Web. This paper examines the challenges of adding a geospatial component to the Web, with particular reference to doing so in a way that also supports the current initiatives to
doi:10.1007/978-1-84628-827-2_4
dblp:series/aikp/HartD07
fatcat:yeouxvgrkrazzedgjyffhub32m