GazPNE: annotation-free deep learning for place name extraction from microblogs leveraging gazetteer and synthetic data by rules

Xuke Hu, Hussein S. Al-Olimat, Jens Kersten, Matti Wiegmann, Friederike Klan, Yeran Sun, Hongchao Fan

Abstract: Extracting precise location information from microblogs is a crucial task in many applications, particularly in disaster response, revealing where damages are, where people need assistance, and whe...