Location and the web (LocWeb 2008)

ABSTRACT

The World Wide Web has become the world's largest networked information resource, but references to geographical locations remain unstructured and typically implicit in nature. This lack of explicit spatial knowledge within the Web makes it difficult to service user needs for location-specific information. At present, spatial knowledge is hidden in many small information fragments such as addresses on Web pages, annotated photos with GPS co-ordinates, geographic mapping applications, and geotags in user-generated content. Several emerging formats that primarily or secondarily include location metadata, like GeoRSS, KML, and microformats, aim to improve this state of affairs. However, the question remains how to extract, index, mine, find, view, mashup, and exploit Web content using its location semantics. This work-shop brings together researchers from academia and industry labs to discuss and present the latest results and trends in all facets of the relationships between location concepts and Web information.

REFERENCES

• 1: Geographic Information Retrieval Workshop. http://www.geo.unizh.ch/~rsp/gir07/
• 2: International Workshop on Location- and Context-Awareness. http://loca2007.context-aware.org/
• 3: O'Reilly Where 2.0 Conference. http://conferences.oreillynet.com/where2007/
• 4: International Symposium on Digital Earth. http://www.isde5.org/
• 5: Geoweb -- Everything is Connected. http://www.geoweb.org/
• 6: The Geospatial Web. http://www.geospatialweb.com/

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.3 INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL
      H.3.1 Content Analysis and Indexing
          Subjects: Abstracting methods

Additional Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.3 INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL
      H.3.3 Information Search and Retrieval
      H.3.5 On-line Information Services
  H.5 INFORMATION INTERFACES AND PRESENTATION (I.7)
      H.5.4 Hypertext/Hypermedia

General Terms:
Algorithms, Design, Experimentation, Human Factors, Management, Measurement, Standardization, Theory

Keywords:
geographic data, geolocation, geospatial, location, location-based services