A semantic search engine for Spatial Web Portals

Wenwen Li; Chaowei Yang

doi:10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4779236

A semantic search engine for Spatial Web Portals

Wenwen Li, Chaowei Yang

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Abstract

Spatial Web Portals have dramatically improved the sharing, exchanging and interoperating of Earth Science data, information and services. Currently, huge amount of geospatial data, metadata, and web services have been collected, cataloged, and made available through SWPs to serve a broad user community. However, most search engines in SWPs are based on keyword matching, which can not effectively 'understand' the meaning of users' queries, especially when a user has limited Earth science knowledge. So how to find needed data from a variety of geospatial resources becomes a big challenge. In this paper, we'll discuss a way of building semantic search engine to make the spatial-aware search more intelligent.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2008 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium - Proceedings
Pages	II1278-II1281
Edition	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4779236
State	Published - Dec 1 2008
Externally published	Yes
Event	2008 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium - Proceedings - Boston, MA, United States Duration: Jul 6 2008 → Jul 11 2008

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Name	International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
Number	1
Volume	2

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Other	2008 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium - Proceedings
Country/Territory	United States
City	Boston, MA
Period	7/6/08 → 7/11/08

Keywords

Ontology
Reasoning
Semantic

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Science Applications
General Earth and Planetary Sciences

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Li, W & Yang, C 2008, A semantic search engine for Spatial Web Portals. in 2008 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium - Proceedings. 1 edn, 4779236, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), no. 1, vol. 2, pp. II1278-II1281, 2008 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium - Proceedings, Boston, MA, United States, 7/6/08. https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4779236

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