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Geospatial Semantics and the Semantic Web

Foundations, Algorithms, and Applications

  • Discusses geospatial ontology development, related standards, geospatial ontology alignment and integration, and algorithmic techniques for geospatial semantics
  • Covers the development and maintenance of standard ontologies
  • Case studies and examples will be provided throughout this book as well as possibilities for future research
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Semantic Web and Beyond (ADSW, volume 12)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. Representing and Utilizing Changing Historical Places as an Ontology Time Series

    • Eero Hyvönen, Jouni Tuominen, Tomi Kauppinen, Jari Väätäinen
    Pages 1-25
  3. Semantic Referencing of Geosensor Data and Volunteered Geographic Information

    • Simon Scheider, Carsten Keßler, Jens Ortmann, Anusuriya Devaraju, Johannes Trame, Tomi Kauppinen et al.
    Pages 27-59
  4. SPARQL-ST: Extending SPARQL to Support Spatiotemporal Queries

    • Matthew Perry, Prateek Jain, Amit P. Sheth
    Pages 61-86
  5. Ontology-Based Geospatial Approaches for Semantic Awareness in Earth Observation Systems

    • Kristin Stock, Gobe Hobona, Carlos Granell, Mike Jackson
    Pages 97-118
  6. Location-Based Access Control Using Semantic Web Technologies

    • Rigel Gjomemo, Isabel F. Cruz
    Pages 119-144
  7. Topographic Mapping Data Semantics Through Data Conversion and Enhancement

    • Dalia Varanka, Jonathan Carter, E. Lynn Usery, Thomas Shoberg
    Pages 145-162
  8. Back Matter

    Pages 163-165

About this book

The availability of geographic and geospatial information and services, especially on the open Web has become abundant in the last several years with the proliferation of online maps, geo-coding services, geospatial Web services and geospatially enabled applications. The need for geospatial reasoning has significantly increased in many everyday applications including personal digital assistants, Web search applications, local aware mobile services, specialized systems for emergency response, medical triaging, intelligence analysis and more.

Geospatial Semantics and the Semantic Web: Foundations, Algorithms, and Applications, an edited volume contributed by world class leaders in this field, provides recent research in the theme of geospatial semantics. This edited volume presents new information systems applications that have potential for high impact and commercialization. Also, special effort was made by the contributors to focus on geospatial ontology development, related standards, geospatial ontology alignment and integration, and algorithmic techniques for geospatial semantics. Case studies and examples will be provided throughout this book as well as possibilities for future research.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of California - Irvine, Irvine, USA

    Naveen Ashish

  • Dept. Computer Science &, Engineering, Wright State University, Dayton, USA

    Amit P. Sheth

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eBook USD 39.99
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Softcover Book USD 59.99
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