Resolution of ambiguities in query interpretation for geographical pictorial query languages

Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Technology Interfaces, ITI

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 347-352

  Ferri, Fernando ^a   Rafanelli, Maurizio ^b  

^a Istituto Di Ricerche Sulla Popolazione E Le Politiche Sociali Rome   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; GIS; Query language

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; CODES (SYMBOLS); CONSTRAINT THEORY; DATA REDUCTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION;

AMBIGUITY; GEOGRAPHICAL PICTORIAL QUERY LANGUAGES (GEOPQL); PICTORIAL REPRESENTATION; VISUAL LANGUAGES;

QUERY LANGUAGES;

EID: 14944372536     PISSN: 13301012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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