Hello Pär, > One thing that seems to be missing is an understanding of the > concept of "korsningen bredgränd dragabrunnsgatan". Although > there are several "Bredgränd" in Sweden, there are only one that > crosses another street called "Dragabrunnsgatan", namely in > Uppsala. Yes, that is actually missing. I will have to see how to implement that best. Searching for “Uppsala Bredgränd” will work as expected and will find the correct location.
Thanks for the feedback! Bye, Thomas > On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 9:05 AM, Thomas Fischer > <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hello, > > > > my name is Thomas Fischer and I am a researcher and teacher at > > the University in Skövde (Högskolan i Skövde). > > > > In the past months, I have worked on a project that makes use of > > OpenStreetMap data to geolocate/georeference text phases as > > found in news paper articles or police reports. For example, if > > a news report is about a traffic accident on E20 near Vårgårda, > > the software's task is to identify the place were E20 passes > > closest to the city of Vårgårda. Similarly, if the report talks > > about Skolgatan, the software shall identify the right instance > > of a road of this name if the report names the municipality in > > the same input text. The software is designed specifically for > > Sweden (hierarchy of road names and administrative structures) > > and the Swedish language (stop words, for blacklisting certain > > terms, converting plural forms into singular, ...). > > > > A demonstrator of the resulting software is available at > > > > http://fish.research.nsa.his.se:9876/ > > > > The demonstrator's source code is available at GitHub: > > https://github.com/thomasfischer-his/pbflookup > > > > In my experience, the software is working already quite well. > > There are two main limitations: > > - Missing, inconsistent, or erroneous information in the > > underlying> > > map data from OpenStreetMap (unfortunately) > > > > - Lack of a deeper textual analysis: Words are extracted as is > > from> > > the input text, so the word 'vara' (to be) and the city of > > Vara > > are indistinguishable. > > > > The software is written in C++, but care has been taken for code > > quality by using static code checkers and tools like Coverity > > Scan or Valgrind. > > The project to develop this softwas was co-financed by > > Internetstiftelsen > > > > I am contacting this mailing list for two reasons. First, I > > would > > like to get some feedback such as error reports or ideas for > > extensions. > > Second, I would like to pursue this project further, so I am > > looking for cooperation partners that can (financially) support > > the project. Examples for cooperation partners can be app > > developers that want to make use of the JSON/XML interface, > > news agencies or newspapers that want to add the service of > > matching their articles to a map location, or governmental, > > regional, or municipal agencies that want to geolocate their > > own or citizens' reports (think of 112 calls or citizens > > reporting broken street lights). > > > > So, if you have an existing contact at an organization that may > > be interested, please forward this mail. If you personally > > interested in a cooperation, you can contact me directly, of > > course. > > > > Greetings from Skövde, Sweden, > > Thomas Fischer > > https://www.his.se/fish > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Talk-se mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-se -- Thomas Fischer Senior Lecturer, Doctor of Engineering School of Informatics University of Skövde, Sweden https://www.his.se/fish
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