Automatic search of geospatial features for disaster and emergency management

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 409-418

  Zhang, Chuanrong ^a   Zhao, Tian ^b   Li, Weidong ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Milwaukee   (United States)

^c HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Data interoperability; Disaster management; Natural language; Ontology; Semantic web; WFS (Web Feature Service)

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; DATA PROCESSING; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; SPATIAL DATA; WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 77957369877     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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