A constraint satisfaction approach to geospatial reasoning

Martin Michalowski, Craig A. Knoblock

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Abstract

The large number of data sources on the Internet can be used to augment and verify the accuracy of geospatial sources, such as gazetteers and annotated satellite imagery. Data sources such as satellite imagery, maps, gazetteers and vector data have been traditionally used in geographic information systems (GIS), but nontraditional gcospatial data, such as online phone books and property records are more difficult to relate to imagery. In this paper, we present a novel approach to combining extracted information from imagery, road vector data, and online data sources. We represent the problem of identifying buildings in satellite images as a constraint satisfaction problem (CSP) and use constraint programming to solve it. We apply this technique to real-world data sources in El Segundo, CA and our experimental evaluation shows how this approach can accurately identify buildings when provided with both traditional and nontraditional data sources.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 20th National Conference on Artificial Intelligence and the 17th Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence Conference, AAAI-05/IAAI-05
Pages423-429
Number of pages7
Volume1
StatePublished - Dec 1 2005
Event20th National Conference on Artificial Intelligence and the 17th Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence Conference, AAAI-05/IAAI-05 - Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Duration: Jul 9 2005Jul 13 2005

Other

Other20th National Conference on Artificial Intelligence and the 17th Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence Conference, AAAI-05/IAAI-05
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityPittsburgh, PA
Period7/9/057/13/05

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