Geographic Ontologies, Gazetteers and Multilingualism

Different languages imply different visions of space, so that terminologies are different in geographic ontologies. In addition to their geometric shapes, geographic features have names, sometimes different in diverse languages. In addition, the role of gazetteers, as dictionaries of place names (t...

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Main Author: Robert Laurini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-01-01
Series:Future Internet
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/7/1/1