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Geographical information retrieval with ontologies of place [PDF]
, 2001 Geographical context is required of many information retrieval tasks in which the target of the search may be documents, images or records which are referenced to geographical space only by means of place names.
A. Tversky +18 more
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DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF DYNAMIC UPDATE SYSTEM FOR GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES AND ADDRESSES [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2018 In order to solve the problem of the long update cycle of geographical names and addresses, this paper puts forward a dynamic update technique of mobile & PC integration.
Y. Liu, W. Sun, C. Li, X. Liu, C. Fang
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Forenames and Surnames in Spain in 2004 [PDF]
, 2008 This paper quantifies the corpus of forenames and surnames in Spain in 2004 using the telephone directory. It describes their frequency patterns, major measurable characteristics, and gives some geographical distributions, international comparisons, and ...
Mateos, P, Tucker, DK
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Landscape Analysis of Geographical Names in Hubei Province, China
Entropy, 2014 Hubei Province is the hub of communications in central China, which directly determines its strategic position in the country’s development. Additionally, Hubei Province is well-known for its diverse landforms, including mountains, hills, mounds and ...
Xixi Chen +5 more
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“Stars are Not for Sale” or the Legal Basis for Official Names of Natural and Anthropogenic Objects [PDF]
Advanced Space Law, 2018 The nomenclature of names of geographical and astronomical objects is clearly defined at the international and state level. The titles take into account the historical aspect that has been discovered from the research of literature and archival documents
Liliya Kazantseva
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Polish Cartographical Review, 2015 The aim of this paper is the analysis of the names used on cartographic publications in Poland and the Czech Republic for transboundary geographical objects lying on the common boundary.
Zych Maciej
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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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Forenames Derived from Geographical Names [PDF]
, 2014 The author focuses on names, which are derived from geographical names: names of countries, towns, villages, mountains, rivers. The analyzed names are based on the names listed in The Dictionary of Names Contemporary Used in Poland, published by ...
Breza, Edward
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Nusrat Abad Espi Darband Sistan [PDF]
پژوهشهای تاریخی ایران و اسلام, 2021 Research in geographical names or "toponymy" research and the study of the reasons for naming places reveal different angles of a period of historical monuments for historians as well as geographers. Geographical names can be considered as living history
Maryam Ebrahimi
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Ubiquitous Place Names Standardization and Study in Indonesia [PDF]
, 2015 Place names play a vital role in human society. Names exist in all languages and place names are an indispensible part of International communication. This has been acknowledged by the establishment of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical ...
Lauder, A. F. (Allan) +1 more
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