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Automatic acquisition of vernacular places

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This paper delineates our approach to augment geospatial datasets by named regions which are not typically handled by surveyors. Such regions are very important in vernacular speech and play a significant role in context-aware systems. Three different region types can be distinguished: (i) functional regions which are named after their purpose (e.g., financial district, business quarter), (ii) regions which have vernacular names (e.g. Bohnenviertel) and (iii) regions which are named after spatial attributes (Stuttgart-Süd). To acquire such regions we use a web-based approach. Our first implementation is used as a proof of concept and provides promising results. We describe several improvements which will be implemented in the future. Finally a possible scenario for a rigorous evaluation is introduced.

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DOI:10.1145/1497308

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Gabriele Kotsis
Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
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La Trobe University, Australia
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Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria

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