Sharing Regional Information with Spatial
Information between Public and Proactive
Citizens Based on Technology of Hybrid Cloud～Contribution for Disaster Reduction by G-motty of City of KITAKYUSHU～

Information Technology Promotion Division General Affairs
Bureau City of KITAKYUSHU, Japan

Atsushi SHIOTA

Today’s Contents
１ Background of this research and issues
２ The purpose of this research

３ Cases of shared use GIS in City of Kitakyushu and thesurrounding municipalities

４ Residents cooperation utilizing “G-motty” in Kitakyushu
５ Conclusion

1-1 Background of this research and issues●The occurrence of large-scale disasters in Japan

1 Damage caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

2 Flood damage caused by levee breaches of Kinugawa-river City of
Joso in Ibaraki-Pref in 2015.
3 Damage caused by Kumamoto-Earthquake.

The affected local governments are prompted to disaster response
operations for the early reconstruction of victims and the affectedareas within the limited human resources and material resources.
It is essential that local governments and residents build therelationship to think that regional together from normal times.

1-2 Background of this research and issues
1 Realization of hybrid cloud according to the development of cloudcomputing technology
2 Realization of new connection of person-to-person and efficient
information collection according to penetrate smartphone.
3 Popularization of the concept of combining the existing products andservices(COTS: Commercial-Off-The-Shelf)●ICT has been developing rapidly

Local governments have sought to improve the residents services suchas the provision of new services while reducing the cost of theinformation system.
It is necessary to construct the system with the required minimum of
cost by standardizing the operations from the time of normal up to thetime of the disaster by utilizing the latest technology in accordance tothe concept of COTS.

Today’s Contents
１ Background of this research and issues
２ The purpose of this research

３ Cases of shared use GIS in City of Kitakyushu and thesurrounding municipalities

４ Residents cooperation utilizing “G-motty” in Kitakyushu
５ Conclusion

2 The purpose of this research

In this study, it has been considered the solution of two issues
from the following case of City of Kitakyushu.
●Spatial information regarding to relationships between
Public and Proactive Citizens contribute to enhance regional
disaster reduction.
●Construction of “Geospatial Information Platform“ byutilizing hybrid cloud and based on the concept of COTS.

Today’s Contents
１ Background of this research and issues
２ The purpose of this research

３ Cases of shared use GIS in City of Kitakyushu and thesurrounding municipalities

４ Residents cooperation utilizing “G-motty” in Kitakyushu
５ Conclusion

Disaster
operations
Normaltime
operations（Local governments and private sectors）

3-1 Efficiency of operations and Transmission of information to local residents using Geospatial Information PF

Application
Layer
Data
Layer

Apps for Normal time operation
Government
Data

PrivateEnterprises Data

Apps for Disaster

Regional Data

Universities
Data

・・・

Geospatial Information Platform “G-motty”
Local residents have createdattractive information of thelocations on the map by
volunteers.

WebsiteConstructed on the conceptof COTS⇒Cost Reduction

Traveler

Apps

Transmit the information
for residents using
Regional information
outgoing media “G-motty”.

magazine

Local resident

TV

Business traveler

3-2 Concept diagram of the hybrid cloudHybrid Cloud

Server inCity of Kitakyushu

Public Cloud

SaaS

Brand new services areservedby private sectors

Business flow and experience
Ex：Survey template

Brand New Services, Knowledge

Private Cloud

HaaS

Data are stored tohigh-integrity server
for security

Local Government Practitioners in Japan

3-3 Mobile application for field surveys based on a concept of COTS
①It has been created the mobile
terminal application for disaster fieldsurvey for each municipality.
②The survey items in all of themunicipalities have been using the same.
③It has been constructed themechanism that can attach files suchas photos

3-4 Real-time aggregation function of disaster information①●Aggregate results of the demonstration in City of
Kitakyushu and that surrounding municipalities.

●The function for compilation and graphed Number of survey, Kindof disaster, Damage to houses, Damage to humans, Damage tovehicles, Traffic situation of the road, the Need for evacuation ofresidents and so on, directly.
●Disaster Countermeasures Headquarters can recognize the statusof damage in real time.
●The people who correspond to the disaster can recognize common
information.

3-5 Real-time aggregation function of disaster information ②●The damage situation in City of KITAKYUSHU, City of NOGATA,City of YUKUHASHI, Town of KAWARA, Town of KANDA.
City of YUKUHASHI City of KITAKYUSHU

Town of KANDACity of NOGATA●Local government officials while confirming the status of the
Town of KAWARA
surrounding
municipalities, have been able to correspond disaster.
●Since the local government officials are using the same mechanism,it has been possible to support the peripheral municipalities occurred
intensive damages of localized heavy rain and so on.

3-6 Effect the introduction of the mobile terminal application
Comparison of the operational flow
Field survey team

Beforeintroducing
mobile Apps

Mobilized
to Field
OfficeField survey
Photography

Record of the situation

This operation was omitted!

Field survey teamAfterintroducing
mobile Apps

Mobilized
to Field
OfficeBack to theofficeField survey
The input to themobile terminal
application

Reported in
the officeConsideration of the Action
andActionSignificant time reduce!

Reported tothe officeConsideration of the Action
andAction3-7 Effect the introduction of the mobile terminal application
No

Local governments name1

City of KITAKYUSHU（Kokurakita-ku）

3City of NOGATA

2

City of KITAKYUSHU（Wakamatsu-ku）

4City of YUKUHASHI

6

Town of KANDA

5

Town of KAWARA

Reduced time

（The number of survey points）

51minutes （3 places）
40minutes（4places）
60minutes（7places）
60minutes（3places）
85minutes（5places）
60minutes（9places）●City of Kitakyushu took advantage of this app in thecorresponding for typhoon No. 15 on August 25, 2015.
●It was possible to perform the communication between
the field staff and Disaster Countermeasures
Headquarters quickly.

3-8 App use of the patrol inspection service of the river●Application for the patrol inspection of the river（City of KITAKYUSHU）

Because this mobile terminal application iscreated on the concept of COTS,
application to different survey was realizedby simply changing the layer with thesurvey items.

●It is easy to apply to the different
operation.
●It has been able to reduce
consignment costs.⇒4.6 million JPY15

3-9 Application for patrol and inspection operation management of the river●Progress management operations administrator of theconsignment operation is also easily!
●It has been possible to share the progress
management information between the city and thecontractor.

・Information
Gathering

Mobile terminal
Application

3-10 Standardized Model for Field Survey utilizing GIS
・ArcGIS Online
・Collector for ArcGIS

Disaster Response
DB
20MAPS DB

Sensors and
Big-Data DB

Web GIS Application

・ArcGIS Online
・Operations DashBoard
・ArcGIS for Server

Kitakyushu Cloud
Infrastructure

・Information Sharing
・Decision Support

C/S･Material Creation
Desktop GIS

Report

The individual
operation DB
・ArcGIS for Desktop
・ArcSDE・Environment in which eachdepartments can create thematic map tosuit the situation freely.

City of KITAKYUSHU supported the shelter management of City of
KUMAMOTO affected by the disaster in Kumamoto-Earthquake.(April, 2016)

3-11 Case Study of this mechanism in the response for Kumamoto-Earthquake
Headquarter outputted the information that have been inputtedfrom the shelters by the CSV file. And they have been managed
by Microsoft Excel.

Shelter A

Internet※Communication means : WiFi.

Shelter B

Shelter C

Local Support Headquarter
Shelter status
file (CSV)

Because PC have not been installed in the shelters, City of Kitakyushu officials
had to share the status of the shelters to the headquarter by telephone.
In order to efficiency of the operations, it was necessary to share the status of
the shelters by using smartphones to headquarter and other shelters.

Local Support Headquarter3-12 Case Study of this mechanism in the response for Kumamoto-Earthquake

City of Kitakyushu has developed these applications.
It has been used by City of Kitakyushu and City of Kawasaki.
Shelter

Application for PC (Web GIS)

Outputted by
the CSV File

Applicationfor Smart Phone3-13 Case Study of this mechanism in the response for Kumamoto-Earthquake
・Remote support case of response for Kumamoto earthquake using
GIS and “G-motty”①Water stations Map②Opened Shelters Map③Mobile phone charger spots Map④Bathhouses during Business Map⑤Free Wifi spots Map

Information for Evacuees～ 3 August,2016
Information for Support
workers and volunteers～ 3 August, 2016

⑥Damage place Movie Map⑦Landslide damage Location Map⑧Damage points map by using Mobile terminal Application⑨ Spots of collecting Relief goods Map

Information for grasping
Damage situation andresearchers

Information for supporters～3 August, 2016

Today’s Contents
１ Background of this research and issues
２ The purpose of this research

３ Cases of shared use GIS in City of Kitakyushu and thesurrounding municipalities

４ Residents cooperation utilizing “G-motty” in Kitakyushu
５ Conclusion

4-1 What is G-motty?
Administration Information

Disaster Information

The maps created by volunteers

G-motty Blog

Story map

“G-motty” is regional information platform that communities canparticipate in creating, sharing regional information.

4-2 The map created by volunteersNo
Map Name
1 Vending machine map
2 Public lavatory map
3 Map of the park with a playground equipment
4 Tourism survey map
5 ID photo machine map
6 Smoking area map
7 The beach where be able to do sea bathing
8 The place where can see a firefly
9 Public phone map
10 The delicious shop where I went
11 Cute things in the town
12 The hideout of middle age generation
13 Post map
14 Festival map
15 Map of the park with a slide in the shape of octopus!
16 Trying to show off your fishing!
17 Try to collect landscape rail and rail look good!
18 Trying to spread the pottery of the local area!
19 Jizo (the guardian deity of travelers and children) and stone Buddhist image map
20 Try to find the lid of various manhole!
21 Try to find the standing cutouts!
22 Map of the place where be able to do cherry-blossom viewing
23 The map created by people(all of the map)
24 Try to find the stone monument and memorial!
25 Try to post our local mascot!
26 Nagasaki road map created by people
27 Try to post factory tour!
28 Try to post cute animals!
29 Try to post the landscape where you are proud!
30 Try to find the lacquerware workshop in your local!
31 Try to post the garden where you are proud!
32 Try to post the softy ice cream cone in your local!
33 Try to post the retro building which you have found!
34 The map of the place which has chosen as one of 100 excellent natural water sources in Japan
35 The shop which there is pretty girl, handsom boy and interesting clerk
36 Try to post the waterfall which there is in your local!

No
Map Name
37 Handmade grocery store map
38 The map of the night view which you are proud
39 The map of the sake cellar which you are proud
40 Try to post the photographing spot which you have found!
41 Try to post the castle and the ruin of castle which you are proud
42 Try to post the hot spring which you are proud
43 Try to post the tumulus in your local
44 Try to post the insect which you have found!
45 Try to post the shrine of your local
46 Try to post the temple of your local
47 Try to post the rice terrace of your local
48 Try to heed the traffic regurations
49 Try to post the coin locker which you have found!
50 Try to post the bridge of your local!
51 Try to post the lunch box of your local!
52 Try to post the souvenir of your local!
53 Launderette map
54 Pancake map
55 Map of the location of film and TV drama
56 Map of bronze statue
57 Map of attraction
58 The place where you can see sunset
59 Fireworks display map
60 Station building
61 The place where you can see autumn leaves
62 Snow cone map
63 Public bathhouse map
64 Chimney map
65 Airplane and landscape
66 The place which is related histrical figures
67 World Heritage map
68 Cafe map
69 A dog run map
70 The place where you can fruit picking
71 Pet grooming studio
72 Map of sports facilities and gym

Try to find Taco park!

No
Map Name
73 Map of campany and school cafeteria
74 Karaoke map
75 Fountain map
76 Cross-walk map
77 The shop which makes us wear a kimono
78 Modle shop map
79 All-you-can-eat restaurant map
80 Sushi restaurant map
81 Ramen restraunt map
82 City scape
83 Christmas lights map 2015
84 Bowl of rice topped with sashimi(sliced fresh fish)
85 Udon noodle, Soba noodle shop map
86 Steamed meat bun shop map
87 Stall map
88 Tower map
89 Road station map
90 Research status of road station
91 The place where you can see sunrise
92 The place where you can see the moon
93 The place where you can do astronomical observation
94 Fried chicken shop
95 Nukadaki (Cuisine cooked fish) shop
96 The place where there is a gachapon
97 Chocolate shop
98 Japanese confectionery shop
99 Cake shop
100 Cherry blossom forecast
101 Powerful Yoko's favorite water spring
102 Bakery shop map
103 Traditional sweet shop map
104 The shop which there is mascot
105 Map of the place which you can see carp streamer
106 Curry shop map
107 Fried udon and soba noodle map“Taco” parks are the park with a slidein the shape of octopus!
They are loved by Children in Japan.

There are 107 types of map, September 1, 2016.

4-3 Changes in the number of registered the map created by volunteers

Vending machine

12,675 items in August 26, 2016

Total Registration number is growing!!
Total number : 20,260 items in August 26, 2016

4-4 Registration status of Vending machine map
Vending machine Map

Vending machines have been registered in also Hong Kong,
Singapore, Dubai, Hawaii and California not only Japan.

4-5 What is Story Map???
Photos (Visual Information)

Map (Location Information)

Comment (Character Information)●Because Story map has photos and location information,
it is easy that foreigners understand Japanese Gourmet,
Culture, history and so on!

4-6 Collaborative case with proactive citizens

City of Kitakyushu carried out “Town walking" incollaboration with the local proactive organization.

●They are members of the civic organization called “Goose Loc’R”.
●They are proactive Citizens.
●They are willing to contribute to the local area.
●She is a representative person of “Goose Loc’R”.
●She is eating “AMPANG”.

Bun

Red Bean Jam

We have created the Town Walking map as a result.
This is a historic landmarks map at Wakamatsu in KITAKYUSHU.

4-7 Collaborative case with local Universities
Collaboration with The University of KITAKYUSHU.
Issue : Crime Prevention

Collaboration with Seinan Jo Gakuin University.
Issue : Tourism

Today’s Contents
１ Background of this research and issues
２ The purpose of this research

３ Cases of shared use GIS in City of Kitakyushu and thesurrounding municipalities

４ Residents cooperation utilizing “G-motty” in Kitakyushu
５ Conclusion

5-1 System for local governments to the city planning by taking advantage of the geospatial information
Residents

2. Cooperative society
Local Research Participation of proactive residents
Institutions Build relationship of trust with residents
Information
department

Construction
sector
1. Cross-organizational

Disaster prevention
department

Others

The whole municipality type GIS
Residents

National
Research
Institutions

City of KITAKYUSHUOther Local
Governments

Residents

Town of
KAWARA

3. Unity of the region
City ofRegional GIS YUKUHASHI

Town of
KANDA

Local
Companies

City ofNOGATA
Residents

Residents

Residents

4. The application by the
new technology andthe new framework (G2G)
Companies with
Advanced
technology

・It is introduced the case of City of Kitakyushu using a hybrid cloud thatcombines the local government cloud and public cloud.

5-2 Conclusion

・City of Kitakyushu has been built a system based on the concept of
COTS on performing the standardization of local government operation.

・In addition, City of Kitakyushu has been operating seamlessly between
daily operations and disaster operations by utilizing “G-motty”.

・It is important that the local residents and the local government build a
relationship. Moreover, they should continue to resolve efforts ofcharm outgoing and regional Issue of the region in cooperation.
・By continuing its efforts, it is possible to realize a regional disasterprevention and mitigation society in which local residents and the local
government in cooperation.

GITA-JAPAN UPDATE 2016

1. GITA-JAPAN’S 27th ANNUAL CONFERENCE# Conference Theme:“Future possibility of Geospatial Information-IoT supported by GIS-”# Conference Date & Place:
September 29-30, 2016,Kaiun Club 2F(Chiyoda-ku,Tokyo)#Keynotes Address:“Contribution to Platform for Information Service in Society 5.0”
Haruo Hayashi, President, the National Research Institute for Earth
Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED)#Delegates from GITA International :Matthew Thomas, President-Elect, GITA North America
Antoine Burdett, Imemediate Past President GITA ANZ

GITA-JAPAN UPDATE 2016
2. Activities# g-Woman project :Special Seminar for women in Geospatial business industry
to promote a human network and GIS specialties# g-Fresh project :Special Seminar for newcomers to Geospatial business industry
to promote business skills and a human network# Delegate to GITA International
Mr.Shiota, Kitakyushu-City in Western Japan, is a delegate
to GITA North America, PIPELINE WEEK.

Thank you for your Kind Attention!
City of Kitakyushu’s efforts using GIS

http://www.g-motty.com「Inou-Kun」

City of Kitakyushu
Information Technology Promotion Division General Affairs Bureau

Atsushi SHIOTA
tel：+81-93-582-2847
mail：atsushi_shiota01@city.kitakyushu.lg.jp