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Contribution to Book
Geospatial and Temporal Semantic Analytics
Handbook of Research on Geoinformatics
  • Matthew Perry, Wright State University - Main Campus
  • Amit P. Sheth, Wright State University - Main Campus
  • Ismailcem Budak Arpinar
  • Farshad Hakimpour
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
1-1-2009
Abstract

The amount of digital data available to researchers and knowledge workers has grown tremendously in recent years. This is especially true in the geography domain. As the amount of data grows, problems of data relevance and information overload become more severe. The use of semantics has been proposed to combat these problems (Berners-Lee et al., 2001; Egenhofer, 2002). Semantics refer to the meaning of data rather than its syntax or structure. Systems which can understand and process data at a semantic level can achieve a higher level of automation, integration, and interoperability. Applications generally use semantic technology for three basic purposes: (1) semantic integration, (2) semantic search and contextual browsing, and (3) semantic analytics and knowledge discovery (Sheth & Ramakrishnan, 2003).

DOI
10.4018/978-1-59140-995-3.ch021
Citation Information
Matthew Perry, Amit P. Sheth, Ismailcem Budak Arpinar and Farshad Hakimpour. "Geospatial and Temporal Semantic Analytics" Handbook of Research on Geoinformatics (2009) p. 161 - 170 ISSN: 9781591409953
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/amit_sheth/434/