Core geographical concepts

Riikka Henriksson, Tomi Kauppinen, Eero Hyvönen
2008 Proceedings of the first international workshop on Location and the web - LOCWEB '08  
In this paper we examine 1) the scope of geo-ontologies used especially for the purposes of information retrieval on the Web, 2) the core geographical concepts and their mutual relations, and 3) the properties the concepts have. Furthermore, we present the Finnish geo-ontology (Suomalainen paikkaontologia, SUO) and discuss the theories and principles that have governed the development process, as well as the limitations and requirements the use of geographical dictionaries as an instance data
more » ... urce have imposed to the content and the structure of SUO.
doi:10.1145/1367798.1367807 dblp:conf/www/HenrikssonKH08 fatcat:pfbiaplzrbc5pec5ouptfu4hkm