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Daily Archive for June 5th, 2015

Report on Human Sensor and Geographic Information Systems for Disaster Risk Management (HSenSIG) training school

Posted in Events, Research, Uncategorized, VGI Group on Jun 5th, 2015

On the dates of 11 to 15th of May, the European Commission (COST Action TD1202: Mapping and the Citizen Sensor) organized a training school on Human Sensor and Geographic Information Systems for Disaster Risk Management (HSenSIG) hosted by the Institute for Systems Engineering and Computers at University of Coimbra, Portugal.
Our colleague, Prof. João Porto Albuquerque was invited as [...]

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Pairwise Line Labeling of Geographic Boundaries

Posted in Publications, Research on Jun 5th, 2015

We present an algorithm that labels linear features with two matched toponyms describing the left and the right side of a line, respectively. Such a pairwise line labeling is a common technique used in manually produced maps (see Figure 1). The lines differentiate administrative divisions or other geographic subdivisions. The proposed method can be used [...]

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