Evaluating Topological Queries in Linked Data Using DBpedia and GeoNames in Switzerland and Scotland

Transactions in GIS

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 114-133

  Grütter, Rolf ^a   Purves, Ross S ^b   Wotruba, Lukas ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; TOPOLOGY;

ACCEPTABLE PERFORMANCE; ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES; DBPEDIA; LINKED DATUM; QUALITY METRICES; RECALL AND PRECISION; SCOTLAND; SWITZERLAND; WIKIPEDIA;

LINKED DATA;

DATA QUALITY; TOPOLOGY; WORLD WIDE WEB;

SCOTLAND; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84971449705     PISSN: 13611682     EISSN: 14679671     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tgis.12196     Document Type: Article

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