Text-to-OverpassQL: a natural language interface for complex geodata querying of OpenStreetMap

We present Text-to-OverpassQL, a task designed to facilitate a natural language interface for querying geodata from OpenStreetMap (OSM). The Overpass Query Language (OverpassQL) allows users to formulate complex database queries and is widely adopted in the OSM ecosystem. Generating Overpass queries...

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Main Authors: Staniek, Michael (Author) , Schumann, Raphael (Author) , Züfle, Maike (Author) , Riezler, Stefan (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: April 30, 2024
In: Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics
Year: 2024, Volume: 12, Pages: 562-575
ISSN:2307-387X
DOI:10.1162/tacl_a_00654
Online Access:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1162/tacl_a_00654
Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://direct.mit.edu/tacl/article/doi/10.1162/tacl_a_00654/120832/Text-to-OverpassQL-A-Natural-Language-Interface
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Author Notes:Michael Staniek, Raphael Schumann, Maike Züfle, Stefan Riezler

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