Automated mapping for geospatial ontologies integration

Abstract

This paper proposes a novel method to overcome the geospatial ontologies heterogeneity by developing an algorithm for their fully automated mapping. The proposed algorithm, called Geospatial Ontology Mapping Algorithm (GOMA), defines three types of mapping: semantic, topological and spatial. The proposed algorithm is applied to the road domain of Sfax city and revealed correspondences between concepts that would serve to building a resulting integrated ontology.