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Geographic information retrieval in a mobile environment: evaluating the needs of mobile individuals [PDF]

, 2007
This paper describes research that aims to define the information needs of mobile individuals, to implement a mobile information system that can satisfy those needs, and finally to evaluate the performance of that system with end-users. First a review of
A. Edwardes, A. Helal, A. Spink, Andrew MacFarlane, B. Lenntorp, Berg Insight AB, C.B. Jones, C.B. Jones, C.W. Cleverdon, Camineo, D. Chincholle, D.M. Mountain, David Mountain, E. Amitay, F. Cairncross, F.C. Gey, Google, H.I. Myrthaug, J. Jose, J. Kjeldskov, J. Ostrem, J.F. Raper, K. Krug, K. Krug, L. Hill, L. Passani, M. Kulju, M. Nissim, M. Sanderson, M. Worboys, Open Geospatial Consortium, P. Clough, P. Fisher, P.A. Longley, R. Purves, S. Bates, T. Sagara, T. Saracevic, T. Saracevic, upmystreet.com, Vodafone, WebPark, Yell Group   +42 more
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A Survey of Volunteered Open Geo-Knowledge Bases in the Semantic Web

, 2013
Over the past decade, rapid advances in web technologies, coupled with innovative models of spatial data collection and consumption, have generated a robust growth in geo-referenced information, resulting in spatial information overload.
A. Ballatore, A. Buccella, A. Burton-Jones, A. Gangemi, A. Gore, A. Gómez-Pérez, A. Polleres, A. Schwering, A. Turner, B. Smith, C. Bizer, C. Jones, C. Keßler, C. Keßler, C. Manning, C.B. Jones, D. Buscaldi, D. Coleman, D. Nadeau, D. Strasunskas, D. Sui, F. Baader, F. Fonseca, F. Giunchiglia, F. Giunchiglia, F. Harvey, F.. Gey, F.J. Lopez-Pellicer, G. Bordogna, G. Fu, G. Tré De, G. Weikum, J. Giles, J. Goodwin, J. Howe, J. Leveling, K. Janowicz, K. Janowicz, L. Vaccari, L.L. Hill, M. Egenhofer, M. Goodchild, M. Goodchild, M. Grassi, M. Haklay, M. Haklay, M. Haklay, M. Kitsuregawa, M. Lutz, N. Choi, N. Guarino, N. Guarino, P. Burrough, P. Magnus, P. Roget, P. Singh, P.D. Smart, R. Fouad, R. Rada, S. Auer, S. Auer, S. Freitas, S. Hahmann, S. Overell, S. Schade, S. Staab, S. Vaid, S. Winter, T. Berners-Lee, T. Mandl, T. Mandl   +70 more
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A tool to analyse spatial distribution of science research activities based on toponym resolution in text [PDF]

2011 19th International Conference on Geoinformatics, 2011
Spatial distribution of research activities in geo-sciences is related not only to the distribution of authors but also to the distribution of research area. In the present work we developed a tool to analyze spatial distribution of science research activities based on toponym resolution in text of scientific papers.
Jianxia Ma, Hanqing Ma, Shaoxiong Liu, Yingguang Zhao, Na Li   +4 more
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Named Entity Extraction and Disambiguation: The Reinforcement Effect. [PDF]

, 2011
Named entity extraction and disambiguation have received much attention in recent years. Typical fields addressing these topics are information retrieval, natural language processing, and semantic web.
Habib, Mena B., Keulen, Maurice van
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A Plant‐Diversity Dark Spot at the Intersection of Three Biodiversity Hotspots: Environmental Drivers of Brassicaceae Richness in Türkiye

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 3, March 2026.
Türkiye lies at the intersection of three global biodiversity hotspots yet is recognised as a global plant‐diversity "dark spot." Using > 15,000 georeferenced herbarium records and spatial regression models, we examined the environmental drivers of Brassicaceae species and endemic richness across the country. Species richness increased with topographic
İlayda Dumlupınar, Barış Özüdoğru, Hakan Gür   +2 more
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After the Hittites: The Kingdoms of Karkamish and Palistin in Northern Syria [PDF]

, 2013
The disappearance and weakening of the Late Bronze Age territorial empires in the Eastern Mediterranean shortly after 1200 BC is traditionally held to be followed by a so-called Dark Age of around 300 years, characterized by a lack of written sources ...
Weeden, Mark
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Romance Loans in Middle Dutch and Middle English: Retained or Lost? A Matter of Metre1

Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 124, Issue 1, Page 1-28, March 2026.
Abstract Romance words have been borrowed into all medieval West‐Germanic languages. Modern cognates show that the metrical patterns of loans can differ although the Germanic words remain constant: loan words Dutch kolónie, English cólony, German Koloníe compared with Germanic words Dutch wéduwe, English wídow, German Wítwe.
Johanneke Sytsema, Aditi Lahiri
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Feelings Without Emotion: Rethinking Male Friendship and the Value of Personal Reticence

American Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 1, Page 171-182, March 2026.
ABSTRACT In various Euro‐American contexts, commentators have highlighted how emotional reticence inhibits men's ability to understand themselves and connect with others. More generally, public discourses of affective expressivity often present curtailed emotion as a form of “repression.” Through an ethnographic account of male railway enthusiasts ...
Thomas Yarrow
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Name It and Its Yours: Toponym Disputes Between Native and Settler Colonials in North America

Land
Humans tend to mark their presence and thus their lands by naming charismatic places such as mountains, canyons, rivers, and lakes. Toponyms is the term for marking places with names.
Richard Stoffle, Kathleen Van Vlack, Simon Larsson, Yoko Kugo, Steve Baumann, Alex Wolfson   +5 more
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IDENTITY OF PLACE, PLACES OF IDENTITIES, CHANGE OF PLACE NAMES IN POST-APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA [PDF]

, 2007
International audienceVarious types of transformations of toponyms coexist today in South Africa at every scale: street, suburb, village, town, city, municipality, district, province and country. Place names contribute to forge the identity of particular
Guyot, Sylvain, Seethal, Cecil
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