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Geo-spatial Search Engine. Liqiang Cheng, Naiqi Jin, Jason Yap. Geo-spatial Search Engine. Team Members: Liqiang Cheng, Naiqi Jin, Jason Yap Project summary: A Geo-spatial search system that collects and combines data from various sources into a single searchable repository.
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Geo-spatial Search Engine Liqiang Cheng, Naiqi Jin, Jason Yap
Geo-spatial Search Engine • Team Members: Liqiang Cheng, Naiqi Jin, Jason Yap • Project summary: A Geo-spatial search system that collects and combines data from various sources into a single searchable repository.
Project Components • Crawler Component: • Crawls websitessuch as www.yelp.com and www.urbanspoon.com to build an indexedlist of locations of different types. For example, restaurants or hotelscanbegathered. • Search Component: • The User Interface will be an interactive Google map where the search area can be specified by the user or automatically determined based on the user’s location. All relevant restaurants in that area are returned. • Ranking mechanism for search results. • Mobile application / mobile-friendly version of the website.