Research and Application of Geographic Ontology Modeling Method Based on OWL

Abstract

We studied characteristics of geographic ontology which are different from the traditional ontology in detail. Based on detailed analysis of the basic theory, ontology construction method and the basic principles, we discussed the method of the basic attributes of geographic ontology in the expression of geographical objects with complex spatial relationship. We researched on the ontology modeling language based on OWL in the expression of geographic ontology, we introduced the part-whole theory, topology and location theory into OWL modeling primitives to solve geographic object expression between spatial relationships, and we create a geographic ontology based on the existing spatial data which are verified based on the improved OWL.