Definitions of natural-language spatial relations: Combining topology and directions

Geo-Spatial Information Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-64

  Shihong, Du ^a   Qiao, Wang ^b   Qiming, Qin ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Detailed direction relations; Direction relations; Geographic information system; Natural language spatial relations; Topological relations

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; QUERY LANGUAGES; TOPOLOGY;

DIRECTION RELATIONS; NATURAL LANGUAGES; RESEARCH FIELDS; SPATIAL DATA; SPATIAL DATABASE; SPATIAL OBJECTS; SPATIAL RELATIONS; TOPOLOGICAL RELATIONS;

VISUAL LANGUAGES;

DATABASE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LANGUAGE; SPATIAL DATA; TOPOLOGY;

EID: 33646744131     PISSN: 10095020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02826689     Document Type: Article

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