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Previous version2003-37
Submitted on 5th of September 2003
Author Naaman, Mor; Paepcke, Andreas; Garcia-Molina, Hector
Title From Where to What: Metadata Sharing for Digital Photographs with Geographic Coordinates
Date of publication November 2003
Published in 10th International Conference on Cooperative Information Systems (COOPIS)
Citation Naaman, Mor; Paepcke, Andreas; Garcia-Molina, Hector. From Where to What: Metadata Sharing for Digital Photographs with Geographic Coordinates, 10th International Conference on Cooperative Information Systems (COOPIS)
Number of pages 22
Language English
Project Digital Libraries
Type Conference or Journal Paper
Subject group Digital Libraries
Abstract We describe LOCALE, a system that allows cooperating information systems to share labels for photographs. Participating photographs are enhanced with a geographic location stamp -- the latitude and longitude where the photograph was taken. For a photograph with no label, LOCALE can use the shared information to assign a label based on other photographs that were taken in the same area. LOCALE thus allows (i) text search over unlabeled sets of photos, and (ii) automated label suggestions for unlabeled photos. We have implemented a LOCALE prototype where users cooperate in submitting labels and locations, enhancing search quality for all users in the system. We ran an experiment to test the system in centralized and distributed settings. The results show that the system performs search tasks with surprising accuracy, even when searching for specific landmarks.
Keywords image collections, photo managament, location-referenced photographs
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