Geo-parsing messages from microtext

Transactions in GIS

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 753-773

  Gelernter, Judith ^a   Mushegian, Nikolai ^a  

^a Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EMERGENCY RESPONDERS; GOLD STANDARDS; HAITI EARTHQUAKES; LOCATION IDENTIFICATION; NAMED ENTITY RECOGNITION; NEW ZEALAND; PROPER NOUNS; SOCIAL MEDIA; STANFORD;

LOCATION;

AUTOMATION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; SOFTWARE; TSUNAMI EVENT;

CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; CHRISTCHURCH [CANTERBURY]; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 82155178491     PISSN: 13611682     EISSN: 14679671     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9671.2011.01294.x     Document Type: Article

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