Geoff, the geospatial form and function vocabulary, is a comprehensive RDF-based spatial object classification scheme based on a separation of the
concepts of form and function. Geoff is based on our analysis of the extensive
(over 50 million spatial object instances) Digital Landscape Model (DLM) Core
model maintained by Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSi). We propose Geoff as there
are currently no open geospatial form and function classification systems that
cover the full range of geospatial objects (from buildings and roads to lakes and
other natural features) modelled as Linked Data or in any other formalism. Geoff
is a generalization of the DLM Core schema and adopts the GeoSPARQL ontology. Geoff was initially developed to make these classifications available for
OSi’s geospatial Linked Data as they facilitate the publications of more expressive models of spatial features. For example, to state that a church building (form)
is now used as apartments (function). Geoff is now presented to the wider community for reuse and extension to meet their own needs. Geoff supports geospatial queries based on form and function and interlinking of geo-information datasets using different form and function code lists. The Geoff ontology follows
Linked Data publishing best practice in terms of available metadata, documentation, and quality assurance.
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Funders:
Ordnance Survey Ireland and the ADAPT Centre for Digital Content Technology, funded under the SFI Research Centres Programme (Grant 13/RC/2106) and co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund
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25389
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18 Jan 2021 12:50 by
Vidatum Academic
. Last Modified 12 Mar 2021 12:39