NLmaps: A Natural Language Interface to Query OpenStreetMap

Carolin Lawrence, Stefan Riezler


Abstract
We present a Natural Language Interface (nlmaps.cl.uni-heidelberg.de) to query OpenStreetMap. Natural language questions about geographical facts are parsed into database queries that can be executed against the OpenStreetMap (OSM) database. After parsing the question, the system provides a text based answer as well as an interactive map with all points of interest and their relevant information marked. Additionally, we provide several options for users to give feedback after a question has been parsed.
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C16-2002
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Proceedings of COLING 2016, the 26th International Conference on Computational Linguistics: System Demonstrations
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December
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2016
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Osaka, Japan
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Hideo Watanabe
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COLING
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The COLING 2016 Organizing Committee
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6–10
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https://aclanthology.org/C16-2002
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Carolin Lawrence and Stefan Riezler. 2016. NLmaps: A Natural Language Interface to Query OpenStreetMap. In Proceedings of COLING 2016, the 26th International Conference on Computational Linguistics: System Demonstrations, pages 6–10, Osaka, Japan. The COLING 2016 Organizing Committee.
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NLmaps: A Natural Language Interface to Query OpenStreetMap (Lawrence & Riezler, COLING 2016)
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