| Title | Extending a Natural Language Interface with Geospatial Queries |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2007 |
| Authors | Chintaphally, V. R. [1], K. Neumeier [2], J. McFarlane [3], J. Cothren [4], and C. W. Thompson [5] |
| Journal | Internet Computing, IEEE |
| Volume | 11 |
| Pagination | 82 - 85 |
| Date Published | 2007/// |
| ISBN Number | 1089-7801 |
| Keywords | architectural perspectives [6], computational linguistics [7], database schemas [8], geographic information systems [9], geospatial queries [10], grammar extensions [11], grammars [12], inexperienced users [13], menu-based natural language interface [14], natural language [15], natural language interfaces [16], query processing [17], relational database management systems [18], spatial indexes [19], spatial operators [20], SQL [21], SQL relational database query language [22], visual databases [23] |
| Abstract | In this installation of architectural perspectives, we describe an extension of a menu-based natural language interface (MBNLI) to support geospatial queries. Our extension makes it easier for application analysts and even inexperienced users to phrase complex queries without knowing the relational database query language SQL, database schemas (table structures), spatial operators, or spatial indexes. |