Re: [ANN] LinkedGeoData

In message <4DB88C61.70609@informatik.uni-leipzig.de>, Claus Stadler 
<cstadler@informatik.uni-leipzig.de> writes
>Hi all,
>
>On behalf of the AKSW research group[1] I am happy to announce a new 
>release of LinkedGeoData!

In the RDF for the example node:

http://linkedgeodata.org/page/node264695865.rdf

street, city and country are expressed as strings.  Any chance of 
expressing these concepts (or at least city and country) as URIs?

Richard

>The aim of the LinkedGeoData[2] (LGD) project is to make the 
>OpenStreetMap[3] (OSM) datasets
>easily available as RDF[4]. As such the main target audience is the 
>Semantic Web[4]
>community, however it may turn out to be useful to a much larger 
>audience. Additionally
>we are providing interlinking with DBpedia[5] and GeoNames[6] and 
>integration of class labels from
>translatewiki[7] and icons from the Brian Quinion Icon Collection[8].
>The result is a rich, open, and integrated dataset which we hope to be 
>useful for
>research and application development.
>The datasets can be publicly accessed via downloads, Linked Data, and 
>SPARQL-endpoints.
>We have also launched an experimental "Live-SPARQL-endpoint" that is 
>synchronized with the
>minutely updates from OSM whereas the changes to our store are 
>republished as RDF.
>
>The improvements over the somewhat aged previous release in the middle 
>of 2009
>can be summarized as:
>.. Better data quality thanks to a more flexible mapping system.
>.. Spatial query support as supported by OpenLink's Virtuoso[9] 
>enterprise edition.
>.. Two Sparql-endpoints: one containing the data of the most recent LGD 
>release,
>.. and one experimental one synchronzied with OpenStreetMap.org!
>.. More interlinking
>.. Improvements on the LGD-Browser (however this is work in progress)
>
>I would like to thank the whole AKSW group and OpenLink for their 
>support in making
>this release possible, especially:
>.. My supervisors Sören Auer and Jens Lehmann
>.. Konrad Höffner who did the interlinking
>.. Patrick van Kleef from OpenLink for his personal support
>Furthermore this work is acknowledged by the European Union within the 
>LOD2[10] project.
>
>Best regards,
>Claus Stadler
>
>
>[1] http://aksw.org
>[2] http://linkedgeodata.org
>[3] http://openstreetmap.org
>[4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_Web
>[5] http://dbpedia.org
>[6] http://geonames.org
>[7] http://translatewiki.net/wiki/Translating:OpenStreetMap
>[8] http://www.sjjb.co.uk/mapicons/
>[9 ]http://virtuoso.openlinksw.com/
>[10] http://lod2.eu/
>
>
>Example Links:
>
>Sparql-Queries: See http://linkedgeodata.org/OnlineAccess/SparqlEndpoints
>Live-Sync-Status page (work in progress): 
>http://live.linkedgeodata.org/status
>Ontology: http://linkedgeodata.org/ontology/
>LGD-Browser: http://browser.linkedgeodata.org/
>Linked Data Example: http://linkedgeodata.org/triplify/node264695865
>Published Changesets: 
>http://downloads.linkedgeodata.org/releases/110406/changesets/
>    based on: http://planet.openstreetmap.org/minute-replicate/
>
>

-- 
Richard Light

Received on Tuesday, 3 May 2011 11:52:14 UTC