MOPSI location-based search engine: concept, architecture and prototype

Authors:
Pasi Fränti;Juha Kuittinen;Andrei Tabarcea;Lomanzi Sakala
Affiliations:
University of Eastern, Finland;University of Eastern, Finland;Technical University of Iaşi, Iaşi;University of Eastern, Finland
Venue:
Proceedings of the 2010 ACM Symposium on Applied Computing
Year:
2010

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Abstract

Traditional location-based services use databases where all entries have been explicitly georeferenced beforehand. We propose an alternative approach based on web search and using ad-hoc georeferencing of web-pages. We denote it as location-based search engine and emphasize its seemingly small but significant distinction from traditional location-based services. We outline how to construct such search engine and prove its effectiveness using a prototype called MOPSI search.