Neogeography: The Treasure of User Volunteered Text

Mena Badieh Habib

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Abstract

Neogeography is the combination of user generated data and experiences with mapping technologies. This poster presents a research project to extract valuable structured information with a geographic component from unstructured user generated text in wikis, forums, or SMSs. The project intends to help workers communities in developing countries to share their knowledge, providing a simple and cheap way to contribute and get benefit using the available communication technology.
Original languageUndefined
Title of host publicationProceedings of The Russian Young Scientists Conference in Information Retrieval (YSC)
Place of PublicationSaint Petersburg, Russia
PublisherSt. Petersburg University Press
Pages-
Number of pages1
ISBN (Print)not assigned
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2011
EventRussian Young Scientists Conference in Information Retrieval, YSC 2011 - Saint Petersburg, Russia
Duration: 15 Aug 201119 Aug 2011

Publication series

Name
PublisherSt. Petersburg University Press

Conference

ConferenceRussian Young Scientists Conference in Information Retrieval, YSC 2011
Period15/08/1119/08/11
Other15-19 August 2011

Keywords

  • METIS-284979
  • EWI-21205
  • IR-79481

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