Geospatial Semantic Web
The most value asset in a GIS system is data. Without data, a GIS system is like a computer system with the best peripherals but only with an empty hard drive — it’s useless. If data is so important, it is necessary for us to understand the role of data in the future GIS systems — i.e., the Geospatial Semantic Web.
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Posted in Theory & Philosophy | February 7th, 2006 by harrychen |
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In order for computing machines to exploit the semantics of geospatial information, information must be explicitly represented. There are two ways to represent geospatial information: symbolic representation and geometric representation.
In this blog, I discuss knowledge representation and different aspects of knowledge representation in the context of geospatial semantic web.
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Posted in Semantic Web, Theory & Philosophy | January 22nd, 2006 by harrychen |
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