Geographic Information and Information Geographies
12:00pm - 1:00pm /
Monday 18th April 2016
/ Venue: Lecture Theatre 2 South Teaching Hub
Type: Seminar /
Category: Department
- 0151 795 0184
- Sheryl Ramos
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With Stefano Sabbata, University of Leicester
Information has always had geography. It is from somewhere; about somewhere; it evolves and is transformed somewhere. The first part of the talk will be concerned with the place where geography meets information retrieval and mobile information services. What criteria do we have to take into account when searching for geographic information? How to assess the geographic relevance of information? The second part of the talk will focus on a critical quantitative analysis of the different geographies of information, and why it matters. Where does internet content come from, which places are more or less represented? How complete are open source gazetteers?
Information has always had geography. It is from somewhere; about somewhere; it evolves and is transformed somewhere. The first part of the talk will be concerned with the place where geography meets information retrieval and mobile information services. What criteria do we have to take into account when searching for geographic information? How to assess the geographic relevance of information? The second part of the talk will focus on a critical quantitative analysis of the different geographies of information, and why it matters. Where does internet content come from, which places are more or less represented? How complete are open source gazetteers?