Title :
Resolution of ambiguities in query interpretation for geographical pictorial query languages
Author :
Ferri, Femando ; Rafanelli, Maurizio
Author_Institution :
IRPPS, CNR, Rome
Abstract :
The main problem of visual query languages for geographical data concerns ambiguity of the query. In fact a query can have different visual representation and a visual representation of a query can have different interpretations. Increasing the number of the objects of the query increases the ambiguity. This ambiguity derives from the fact that a query can lead to multiple interpretations both for the system, and for the user. He, by his actions may not represent his intentions so that the system can be brought to a wrong interpretation. So, he cannot express his exact query and different queries can be formulated to obtain the user goals. The present work proposes an approach that allows the user to represent only desired constraints and to avoid the representation of undesired constraints in the visual representation of the query
Keywords :
geographic information systems; image retrieval; query languages; visual databases; visual languages; GIS; geographical pictorial query language; query interpretation ambiguity; query visual representation; visual query language; Algebra; Computational Intelligence Society; Database languages; Displays; Face detection; Geographic Information Systems; Image resolution; Information technology; Shape; Taxonomy;
Conference_Titel :
Information Technology Interfaces, 2004. 26th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cavtat
Print_ISBN :
953-96769-9-1