Abstract
In this work we demonstrate a particular use of ontologies for visualising maps in a browser window. The GIS data are represented in the OWL data format that corresponds to an ontology of transporation networks we extracted from the GDF data format. These data are transformed into Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG). The transformation is specified symbolically as instances of a transformation ontology. This approach is extremely exible and easily extendible to include all kinds of information in the generated maps. The basic implementation technique is to use classes and instances of ontologies in an intelligent way.

URL:
http://rewerse.net/publications/rewerse-publications.html#REWERSE-RP-2006-144

BibTeX:

@inproceedings{REWERSE-RP-2006-144,
	author = {Frank Ipfelkofer and Bernhard Lorenz and Hans J\"urgen Ohlbach},
	title = {Ontology Driven Visualisation of Maps with SVG - An Example for Semantic Programming},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of SEMANTICS 2006, Vienna, Austria (28th--30th November 2006)},
	year = {2006},
	url = {http://rewerse.net/publications/rewerse-publications.html#REWERSE-RP-2006-144}
}