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The Impact of Classification Approaches on the Detection of Hierarchies in Place Descriptions

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The chapter investigates the identification of hierarchical structures in place descriptions. Different approaches to classify spatial granularity will be compared and applied to a corpus of human place descriptions. Results show how hierarchical structures as well as deviations depend on the respective classifications. They further indicate certain difficulties in developing a suitable classification of spatial references. Findings contribute to the understanding of human spatial language, and thus the development of flexible mechanisms for their interpretation and integration in location-based systems.

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Acknowledgments

This work was funded by the Australian Research Council under its Linkage Scheme (LP100200199).

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  1. Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Daniela Richter

  2. Department of Infrastructure Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

    Kai-Florian Richter & Stephan Winter

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  1. Spatial Applications Division, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven), Heverlee, Vlaams Brabant, Belgium

    Danny Vandenbroucke

  2. COGIT, Institut Geographique National France (IGN-France), Saint-Mandé Cedex, Paris, France

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  3. Public Management Institute, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven), Leuven, Vlaams Brabant, Belgium

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Richter, D., Richter, KF., Winter, S. (2013). The Impact of Classification Approaches on the Detection of Hierarchies in Place Descriptions. In: Vandenbroucke, D., Bucher, B., Crompvoets, J. (eds) Geographic Information Science at the Heart of Europe. Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00615-4_11

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