1. Environmental data extraction from heatmaps using the AirMerge system.
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Epitropou, Victor, Bassoukos, Tassos, Karatzas, Kostas, Karppinen, Ari, Wanner, Leo, Vrochidis, Stefanos, Kompatsiaris, Ioannis, and Kukkonen, Jaakko
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INFORMATION retrieval research ,INFORMATION storage & retrieval systems ,METEOROLOGICAL research ,INTERNETWORKING - Abstract
The AirMerge platform was designed and constructed to increase the availability and improve the interoperability of heatmap-based environmental data on the Internet. This platform allows data from multiple heterogeneous chemical weather data sources to be continuously collected and archived in a unified repository; all the data in this repository have a common data format and access scheme. In this paper, we address the technical structure and applicability of the AirMerge platform. The platform facilitates personalized information services, and can be used as an environmental information node for other web-based information systems. The results demonstrate the feasibility of this approach and its potential for being applied also in other areas, in which image-based environmental information retrieval will be needed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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