How geographic was GikiCLEF?: a GIR-critical review

Authors:
Diana Santos;Nuno Cardoso;Luís Miguel Cabral
Affiliations:
Linguateca, SINTEF ICT, Oslo, Norway;Univ. of Lisbon, LaSIGE;Linguateca, SINTEF ICT, Oslo, Norway
Venue:
Proceedings of the 6th Workshop on Geographic Information Retrieval
Year:
2010

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Abstract

In this paper we draw a balance of GikiCLEF as far as its appropriateness for the evaluation of GIR systems is concerned. We measure its degree of dealing with geographic matter, and offer GIRA, the final resource, for GIR evaluation purposes.