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Ontology-Driven Description of Spatial Data for Their Semantic Processing

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GeoSpatial Semantics (GeoS 2005)

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We use ontologies in this paper to search for alternative representations of geographic objects thus providing a description of these objects in cartographic vector maps. We define ontologies based on two types of concepts (“terminal” and “non-terminal”) and two kinds of relations (“has” and “is-a”). These are the basic elements used to describe a map. We also present a case study in which an ontology for topographic maps is created. Our approach is oriented towards solving heterogeneity and interoperability issues in GIS.

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Torres, M., Quintero, R., Moreno, M., Fonseca, F. (2005). Ontology-Driven Description of Spatial Data for Their Semantic Processing. In: Rodríguez, M.A., Cruz, I., Levashkin, S., Egenhofer, M.J. (eds) GeoSpatial Semantics. GeoS 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3799. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11586180_18

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