Geospatial Semantics and Semantic Web

Dear Colleagues,

Geospatial semantics and ontologies offer significant potential for enhanced search and query of geographic information. The development of the Semantic Web, Linked Open Data, and associated ontology and semantic tools provide opportunities for advancing research in geospatial information and geomatics. Research and development of ontologies and semantics in association with many recent advancements in geographic information systems (GIS), mobile mapping, volunteered geographic information (VGI), remote sensing, and spatial analysis are expanding the frontiers of geographic information science (GIScience). Semantics and ontologies are being developed and used in many traditional GIS application areas. The semantics necessary for data integration often require development of complete ontologies at the task level that relate to upper-level domain ontologies.
In this Special Issue we want to include original, unpublished research affecting geospatial semantics and ontologies. Specific topics of interest include but are not limited to geospatial ontologies, ontology-driven gazetteers, geospatial semantics, ontologies and semantics for geospatial data, especially topography, including terrain, hydrography, land cover, geographic names, transportation, and orthographic images. Other investigation topics include:

• Spatial reasoning
• Cartography and Visualization for Geospatial Semantics
• Natural Language Interfaces
• Linked Open Geospatial Data
• Semantic Sensor Networks
• Geospatial Ontology Patterns
• Mobile Deployment of Semantic Technology
• Intelligent Information Exploration and Query Processing
• Ontology Matching and Semantic Interoperability
• Semantics of Scale
• Semantic Standards

Dr. Dalia Varanka
Dr. E. Lynn Usery
Guest Editors

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