Semantic Annotations for Customizing Geographical Maps Based on WordNet

Geographical maps are an ideal technique to present and visualizethe real world information which is retrieved from various resources such as satellite and sensors. These data are effectively used in complex applications like Google and OpenStreet Map. Every location or place in a map is represented by latitude and longitude coordinates. Thislocation based search methodology can be utilized to find distance or path between two places, weather and traffic information, hotel, café and restaurant. This paper proposes an approach to describe and retrieve information by annotating location and places using semantic technologies. It is expected to retrieve more precise results by adding semantic annotation to the location. Users can also customize themap using this method to look up cities, addresses and other map related information.