Japan GIS/Mapping Sciences Resource Guide

(Third Edition)

Government Published Maps

GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY INSTITUTE
1:200,000 LAND USE MAP

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DIRECTORIES | GEOSPATIAL DIGITAL DATA | IMAGERY
GOVERNMENT PUBLISHED MAPS

1:200,000 Land Use Map

Romanized Pronunciation: Ni jô man bun no ichi no tochi riyôzu
Language(s): Japanese
Notes:
  • Published 1984 and 1985.
  • Researched 1982 to 1983.
  • Planning agency: GSI
  • Purpose: supply land use map series using most current information and provide a fundamental reference for extensive regional planning.
  • Working agency: GSI (mainly subcontracted out)
  • Working base map: 1:200 000 regional maps.
  • Research area: the entire country (123 sheets).
  • Source references: National digital land information, 1:25 000 land use map series, 1:25 000 Topographic Map series, reference surveys by GSI branch offices, photointerpretation.
  • Each 1:200 000 Topographic Regional Map quadrangle is 1 degree in longitude by 40' in latitude.
  • Commuting Zone category: 12ha MMU
  • Other urban area categories: 8ha MMU
  • Cultivated land and forest land categories: 16ha MMU

    Scale vs. Actual Distance: On paper 1cm = 2,000m On ground
    Projection: Universal Transverse Mercator
    Datum: Tôkyô 1949
    Ellipsoid: Bessel 1841
    Index Contour Interval: 500m
    Intermediate Contour Interval: 100m
    Supplementary Contour Interval: 50.0m
    Map Accuracy: 

     
               | Cumulative maximum  |                     |
               | displacement        |   Drawing Errors    |
-----------------------------------------------------------|
1:200,000      |  Minimum essential  |       +-5.00m       |
-----------------------------------------------------------|
                                     |(Within 0.1mm on map)|
    Represented:

      LAND USE
      Urbanized Area

    1. Commuting Zone
    2. Commercial Zone
    3. Industrial Zone
    4. Public facilities and utilities
    5. Parks and urban forests
    6. Open space
      Agricultural Land
    7. Paddy fields
    8. Dry fields
    9. Orchards
    10. Tea plantations
    11. Mulberry fields
    12. Other tree plantations
    13. Pasture land
      FOREST
    14. Coniferous forest
    15. Broad leaf forest
    16. Mixed forest
    17. Wild grassland
    18. Waste land without vegation cover
    19. Water surface, river
    Coverage: Complete, 123 sheets
    Revision:
    Publisher:
    Geographical Survey Institute (GSI) (Kokudo Chiri'in)
    1, Kitasato
    Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki-ken 305
    Japan
    Tel:
    81-298-64-1111
    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

    Ordering Remarks (As of March 1, 1998):

                                              Size                       Note              
Type of Map                               Code Colors Sheets  Price  Code
------------------------------------------------------------------------
  1:200,000 Land Use Map                 |  1 |    6 |  123 |  ¥320 |
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Size Codes (sizes rounded)
--------------------------
1.   46cm x  58cm (18.1" x 22.8") flat sheet
    When requesting an index of base maps or simply ordering send requests to the distributor and you will receive notification of payment method and total charges including shipping.

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