arXiv:2508.05009cs.AIcs.CL2025-08被引 4

大模型能处理城市空间数据整合,但需辅助特征才能准确推理。

Can Large Language Models Integrate Spatial Data? Empirical Insights into Reasoning Strengths and Computational Weaknesses

  • 用提示工程减少对空间推理的依赖,提升整合效果。
  • 引入评审修正机制,错误率显著降低,准确响应得以保留。
  • 适合城市规划、地理信息等领域的专家快速整合复杂数据。

我们研究大语言模型(LLMs)在整合大型、异构且含噪的城市空间数据方面的潜力。传统基于规则的方法难以覆盖所有边界情况,需人工校验修复;机器学习方法则需大量特定任务标注样本。本研究首先分析了LLMs通过人类经验理解环境空间关系(如道路与人行道间的关系)的能力,发现其虽具备空间推理能力,但在连接宏观环境与计算几何任务时常产生逻辑矛盾。然而,当提供相关特征以减少对空间推理的依赖时,LLMs能生成高性能结果。随后,采用一种评审-修正方法,有效纠正初始错误响应,同时保留正确结果。我们讨论了在真实场景中使用LLMs进行空间数据整合的实践意义,并提出未来方向,包括后训练、多模态融合及支持多种数据格式。研究结果表明,LLMs是传统规则启发式方法的有前景且灵活的替代方案,推动自适应空间数据整合能力的发展。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

We explore the application of large language models (LLMs) to empower domain experts in integrating large, heterogeneous, and noisy urban spatial datasets. Traditional rule-based integration methods are unable to cover all edge cases, requiring manual verification and repair. Machine learning approaches require collecting and labeling of large numbers of task-specific samples. In this study, we investigate the potential of LLMs for spatial data integration. Our analysis first considers how LLMs reason about environmental spatial relationships mediated by human experience, such as between roads and sidewalks. We show that while LLMs exhibit spatial reasoning capabilities, they struggle to connect the macro-scale environment with the relevant computational geometry tasks, often producing logically incoherent responses. But when provided relevant features, thereby reducing dependence on spatial reasoning, LLMs are able to generate high-performing results. We then adapt a review-and-refine method, which proves remarkably effective in correcting erroneous initial responses while preserving accurate responses. We discuss practical implications of employing LLMs for spatial data integration in real-world contexts and outline future research directions, including post-training, multi-modal integration methods, and support for diverse data formats. Our findings position LLMs as a promising and flexible alternative to traditional rule-based heuristics, advancing the capabilities of adaptive spatial data integration.

空间数据大模型应用城市规划

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