@techreport{ilprints681,
          number = {2005-18},
          author = {Mor Naaman and Yee Jiun Song and Andreas Paepcke and Hector Garcia-Molina},
           title = {Assigning Textual Names to Sets of Geographic Coordinates},
            type = {Technical Report},
       publisher = {Stanford InfoLab},
     institution = {Stanford InfoLab},
         journal = {Computers, Environment, and Urban Systems Journal},
            year = {2005},
        keywords = {geo-referenced data, named locations, information retrieval, gazetteers, photographs},
             url = {http://ilpubs.stanford.edu:8090/681/},
        abstract = {NameSet is a system that translates a set of geographic coordinates into a textual name based on the geographic regions where the coordinates occur. One possible application of NameSet is to concisely present the geographical scope of a set of geo-referenced observations to a human user. Another application is to generate text to depict a set of coordinates that appear on a web site -- text that could later be used for information retrieval applications. NameSet's computation is based on a simple algorithm, using off-the-shelf and web-based data sources. The system was proven effective in an application that automatically organizes and names sets of geo-referenced digital photographs. }
}