- From: Marc <marc@geonames.org>
- Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 16:38:11 +0200
- To: "Ruoff, Karl" <Karl.Ruoff@ngc.com>
- CC: Bernard vatant <bernard.vatant@mondeca.com>, Semantic Web <semantic-web@w3.org>
I do consult, but not via Mondeca. Bernard is from Mondeca, I am not. Marc Ruoff, Karl wrote: >Thanks Marc... Are you strictly a volunteer on this project or do you >also consult via Mondeca? >V/r, >Karl Ruoff >Architecture & Information Services / Geospatial Intelligence >Northrop Grumman IT-TASC >314-259-7836 >karl.ruoff@ngc.com > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Marc [mailto:marc@geonames.org] >Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 11:15 AM >To: Ruoff, Karl >Cc: Bernard vatant; Semantic Web >Subject: Re: Geonames enters the Semantic Web > >Hi Karl > >You can download the geonames database from here : >http://www.geonames.org/export/ >Web service client source code is available here : >http://www.geonames.org/source-code/ > >For geonames specific questions not related with the Semantic Web you >can contact me directly at marc@geonames.org There is also a forum : >http://forum.geonames.org and a mailing list : >http://groups.google.com/group/geonames > >Regards > >Marc > >Ruoff, Karl wrote: > > > >>Excellent! Can we obtain this software for use within our own >> >> >enterprise? > > >>V/r, >>Karl Ruoff >>Enterprise Engineering >>Architecture & Information Services / Geospatial Intelligence Northrop >>Grumman IT-TASC >>314-259-7836 >>karl.ruoff@ngc.com >> >> >> >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: semantic-web-request@w3.org [mailto:semantic-web-request@w3.org] >>On Behalf Of Bernard vatant >>Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 5:16 PM >>To: Semantic Web >>Cc: Marc >>Subject: Geonames enters the Semantic Web >> >> >>Hello all >> >>I'm very pleased to announce that, through a quick and efficient >> >> >collaboration with Marc (in cc), the 6 million and growing geographical >features in the data base of Geonames [1] are now described by a OWL >ontology [2], and the RDF description of each instance, including names, >type, of course geolocation elements, is now available through Geonames >Webservice, adding to an already impressive pack of services [3]. > > >>The ontology is very simple, and leverage elements of the wgs84_pos >> >> >vocabulary [4]. The feature types are described using a simple SKOS >vocabulary, which has been embedded in the OWL ontology. > > >>If you add that, thanks to Google Maps API, the geonames features can >> >> >be created and edited through a wiki-like interface [5], this as Web 2.0 >as can be. > > >>Comments welcome, either here or in the Geonames forum [6] >> >>Bernard >> >> >>[1] http://www.geonames.org >>[2] http://www.geonames.org/ontology/ >>[3] http://www.geonames.org/export/ >>[4] http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/#vocabulary >>[5] http://www.geonames.org/recent-changes/ >>[6] http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/156.page >> >> >> >> >> > > >
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