Geotyping Live Γεωκωδικοποίηση Ελεύθερου Κειμένου

Abstract

In recent years there has been a significant development in terms of geocoding4 and geoparsing5. Almost all online web mapping services like Google Maps, Yahoo Maps and Open Street Maps provide geocoding services, with varying degrees of accuracy. Progress has also been made to geoparsing techniques, since there are tools such as Yahoo Placemaker6, trying to perform geoparsing and geocoding simultaneously.IMIS has a considerable experience on this field. The institute has carried out important research in the identification of geographic terms in Greek and English text, while there is considerable know how on geocoding services.The scope of this thesis is to develop an AJAX web application that will use the existing possibilities for recognition of geographical terms in Greek and English text in conjunction with online geocoding services, in order to identify geographical terms in free text and enable simultaneous display on the map. The application will be embedded in a text management system.