Local Media UK Geoparsing (LMUK-Geo)

The Local Media UK Geoparsing (LMUK-Geo) dataset is a collection of 182 news articles sourced from local media outlets in the United Kingdom, designed for the task of geoparsing and location-based analysis. The articles have been tagged and resolved by two annotators, providing geographic references such as locations, facilities, and geopolitical entities. This dataset is intended to support research in media studies, geoparsing, and the geographic analysis of news content, with a particular focus on local journalism in the UK.

Each row in the dataset corresponds to a toponym mention, and it is complete with coordinates and Local Authority District within which the coordinates are situated, start and end position, toponym type, domain, publisher, and coverage district of the publisher.

Key Features:
- Annotated geographic entities (GPE, LOC, FAC)
- Articles sourced from UK-based local news outlets
- Manual annotations with geographic coordinates and Local Authority District references

Intended Use:
This dataset is suitable for research in geoparsing, local media studies, content analysis, and natural language processing (NLP), particularly in the context of location reference identification and disambiguation. It provides a foundation for studying the geographic distribution of news content, media representation of places, and the evolving relationship between local journalism and geographic context.