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Japan GIS/Mapping Sciences Resource Guide
(Third Edition)
Digital Geospatial Data
GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION DATABASE All Rights Reserved
Copyright © 1996, 1997, 1998 Stephan PollardPage Last Modified: June 28, 1998
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Paper Sizes
Japanese Year Conversion
"Have Computer Will Travel" by Erik Kassebaum
Universal Currency Converter by Xenon Laboratories, Inc.
Glossary/Punctuation Guide: English - Japanese (Romanized)
Japan Time and Business, Banking, and Government Office Hours by FinDat.com
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DIRECTORIES | GEOSPATIAL DIGITAL DATA | IMAGERY
GOVERNMENT PUBLISHED MAPS
Geographic Information Database
Format: ?
Coverage: Entire country
Media: CD-ROM, MT, Optical diskettes, Floppy diskettes
Cost: ?
Released: Future
Notes:
- This database is under development and has not yet been released.
- It is the object of a project begun in 1990 by the Geographical Survey Institute (GSI). The goal is to produce an electronic encyclopedia for every region consolidating geospatial information from the Statistics Bureau of the Management and Coordination Agency, the Meteorological Agency, the Geological Survey of Japan, the Ministry of Construction, the Ministry of Justice, the Environment Agency, and other government agencies.
- The database will include demographic, meteorologic, geologic, pollution, land ownership, and housing development data and will be linked to the place name data in the already developed Natural Placenames (Shizen Chimeishu) database as well as to digital map data currently being developed from the 1:200 000 Regional Maps published by the GSI.
- The Geographical Information Database will include such information as roads, railways, rivers, administrative boundaries, topographical features etc. digitized from the 1:200 000 Regional Maps. Placenames (also from the 1:200 000 Regional Maps) will be in Kanji (Chinese characters) along with their phonetic spellings. They will have geographic coordinates and be classified according to administrative areas, residential areas, and a variety of topographic categories.
- The geographic data will take the form of positional data, polgons, statistical data, charts, figures, photos and drawings, documents, and sounds.
- The list of expected users includes: general households (as users of electronic geographic encyclopedias, national and local government offices (as aids in national and regional planning), schools and libraries (as learning materials), and commercial enterprises (as data for formulating corporate strategies).
Publisher:
Geographical Survey Institute (GSI) (Kokudo Chiri'in)
1, Kitasato
Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki-ken 305
Japan
Tel:
81-298-64-1111 Ext. 7154 for data inquiries
81-298-64-1111 Ext. 2153 for data use regulation inquiries
Fax:
81-298-64-8087
Distributor:
Japan Map Center (Nihon Chizu Senta)
4-9-6, Aobadai
Meguro-ku, Tôkyô 153
Japan
Tel:
81-3-3485-5414
Fax:
81-3-3465-7689
Contact:
firstres@po.iijnet.or.jp
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