LinkedGeoData is an effort to add a spatial dimension to the Web of Data / Semantic Web. LinkedGeoData uses the information collected by the OpenStreetMap project and makes it available as an RDF knowledge base according to the Linked Data principles. It interlinks this data with other knowledge bases in the Linking Open Data initiative.
Semantic Web Journal launched
A short while ago the Semantic Web Journal was launched. Pascal Hitzler and Krzysztof Janowicz are editors-in-chief and AKSW’s Sören Auer serves on the editorial board. The journal published by IOS Press differs from other journals, in particular, since it follows an open and transparent peer-review process, which engages a wider community besides expert reviews. [...]
Dedicated Virtual LinkedGeoData Server
Due to the rising interest in our LinkedGeoData project and the growth of the underlying OpenStreetMap database, we expanded the AKSW server infrastructure. LinkedGeoData will gradually move to a new server running Debian within the next weeks. This server runs on a virtual machine inside a new cluster at the University of Leipzig. Resources (memory, [...]
LinkedGeoData Google Code Project Started
We decided to open source the code for the LinkedGeoData project and move it to Google Code:
http://code.google.com/p/linkedgeodata/
Initially, we will migrate the Triplify code, the LinkedGeoData browser, and the DBpedia mapping code into the repository. Naturally, it will take a while for the migrated code base to work as expected.
We will use the issue tracker as [...]
The Linked Geo Data Knowledge Base
In order to employ the Web as a medium for data and information integration, comprehensive datasets and vocabularies are required as they enable the disambiguation and alignment of other data and information. Many real-life information integration and aggregation tasks are impossible without comprehensive background knowledge related to spatial features of the ways, structures and landscapes surrounding us.
LinkedGeoData uses the comprehensive OpenStreetMap spatial data collection to create a large spatial knowledge base. It currently consists of information about approx. 350 million nodes and 30 million ways and the resulting RDF data comprises approximately 2 billion triples. The data is available according to the Linked Data principles and interlinked with DBpedia.
Wiki Contents
This Wiki provides information about the LinkedGeoData community project:
- Datasets gives an overview about the LinkedGeoData knowledge base and allows to download the whole dataset.
- Online Access describes how the data set can be accessed via Linked Data.
- Use Cases lists different LinkedGeoData use cases.
- Publications gives an overview about LinkedGeoData related publications.
- Community explains how the LinkedGeoData community collaborates and how people can contribute to the effort.
Information
Last Modification: 
2009-10-27 17:59:27 by Sebastian Hellmann