> On behalf of the AKSW research group[1] I am happy to announce a new release
> of LinkedGeoData!

> The aim of the LinkedGeoData[2] (LGD) project is to make the
> OpenStreetMap[3] (OSM) datasets
> easily available as RDF[4]. As such the main target audience is the Semantic
> Web[4]
> community, however it may turn out to be useful to a much larger audience.
> Additionally
> we are providing interlinking with DBpedia[5] and GeoNames[6] and
> integration of class labels from
> translatewiki[7] and icons from the Brian Quinion Icon Collection[8].
> The result is a rich, open, and integrated dataset which we hope to be
> useful for
> research and application development.
> The datasets can be publicly accessed via downloads, Linked Data, and
> SPARQL-endpoints.
> We have also launched an experimental "Live-SPARQL-endpoint" that is
> synchronized with the
> minutely updates from OSM whereas the changes to our store are republished
> as RDF.

> The improvements over the somewhat aged previous release in the middle of
> 2009
> can be summarized as:
> . Better data quality thanks to a more flexible mapping system.
> . Spatial query support as supported by OpenLink's Virtuoso[9] enterprise
> edition.
> . Two Sparql-endpoints: one containing the data of the most recent LGD
> release,
> . and one experimental one synchronzied with OpenStreetMap.org!
> . More interlinking
> . Improvements on the LGD-Browser (however this is work in progress)

> I would like to thank the whole AKSW group and OpenLink for their support in
> making
> this release possible, especially:
> . My supervisors Sören Auer and Jens Lehmann
> . Konrad Höffner who did the interlinking
> . Patrick van Kleef from OpenLink for his personal support
> Furthermore this work is acknowledged by the European Union within the
> LOD2[10] project.

> Best regards,
> Claus Stadler

> [1] http://aksw.org
> [2] http://linkedgeodata.org
> [3] http://openstreetmap.org
> [4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_Web
> [5] http://dbpedia.org
> [6] http://geonames.org
> [7] http://translatewiki.net/wiki/Translating:OpenStreetMap
> [8] http://www.sjjb.co.uk/mapicons/
> [9 ]http://virtuoso.openlinksw.com/
> [10] http://lod2.eu/

> Example Links:

> Sparql-Queries: See http://linkedgeodata.org/OnlineAccess/SparqlEndpoints
> Live-Sync-Status page (work in progress):
> http://live.linkedgeodata.org/status
> Ontology: http://linkedgeodata.org/ontology/
> LGD-Browser: http://browser.linkedgeodata.org/
> Linked Data Example: http://linkedgeodata.org/triplify/node264695865
> Published Changesets:
> http://downloads.linkedgeodata.org/releases/110406/changesets/
>    based on: http://planet.openstreetmap.org/minute-replicate/