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An English-Chinese Machine Translation and Evaluation Method for Geographical Names
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2020 In recent years, with increasing international communication and cooperation, the consensus of toponymic information among different countries has become increasingly important.
Hongkai Ren +4 more
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The realization of Ningxia epicenter reference place name query software based on ArcGIS Engine
地震科学进展, 2021 As the basic parameters of an earthquake，the reference place name of epicenter is the key geographical indication to understand the location of an earthquake，and the detailed reference place name is the clear direction of carrying out the work of rescue ...
Sihan Yu +5 more
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Exonyms and other geographical names
Acta Geographica Slovenica, 2017 Geographical names are proper names of geographical features. They are characterized by different meanings, contexts, and history. Local names of geographical features (endonyms) may differ from the foreign names (exonyms) for the same feature.
Drago Perko, Peter Jordan, Blaž Komac
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Transliteration of Indonesian Geographical Names into Chinese
Humaniora, 2022 In this paper, a comparative analysis of the phonetics between Indonesian and Chinese in the geographical name conversion process is carried out to investigate the way of Chinese transliterating for Indonesian geographical names, in order to standardize ...
Qin Weifen, Wang Difei
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Characteristics of exonym use in selected European languages
Acta Geographica Slovenica, 2007 This article discusses linguistic and geographical aspects of the frequency of exonym use in selected European languages. In addition to true exonyms, exographs and exophones are presented. Frequency is discussed by individual languages and, within these,
Drago Kladnik
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Capital and Lowercase Letters in the Official Toponymy of Russia
Вопросы ономастики, 2020 The paper explores the use of capital and lowercase letters in the official toponymy of Russia based on the material of the State Catalogue of Geographical Names, legal documents, and topographic maps.
Igor A. Dambuev
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Processes of tourism space formation [PDF]
, 2011 The article is an attempt to name and define the processes which transform geographical space and result in the appearance or disappearance of tourism space as broadly understood. The processes include restructurization (modernization and revitalization)
Włodarczyk, Bogdan
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Evidence from multivariate morphometric study of the quercus pubescens complex in southeast Italy [PDF]
, 2016 The name Quercus pubescens s.l. encompasses a complex of deciduous oak taxa with mainly southeastEuropean distribution and a large ecological niche. As the easternmost region of Italy, Apulia is rather isolated from a geographical and physiographical ...
Di Marzio, Piera +6 more
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Névtani Értesítő, 2006 Beregvidék Names of geographical regions constitute a special group in the system of Hungarian place-names. They are originated in historical and social events, they are used to identify larger areas, and they are subject to continuous changes ...
Zsolt Sebestyén
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Spatial information retrieval and geographical ontologies: an overview of the SPIRIT project [PDF]
, 2002 A large proportion of the resources available on the world-wide web refer to information that may be regarded as geographically located. Thus most activities and enterprises take place in one or more places on the Earth's surface and there is a wealth
Jones, C. +6 more
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