Prototyping a personalized contextual retrieval framework

Abstract

We introduce a framework for searching places according to user interests and spatial context. Our framework combines existing geo-tools or services (e.g., Google Places, Yahoo! BOSS Geo Services, PostGIS, Gisgraphy, Geonames) and ranks results according to features such as distance, popularity, and user preferences. We used this framework to participate in the TREC 2013 Contextual Suggestion Track.