G-Spatial
Information Center

Vol.4 Nov-24,2017➢ Joined the Geospatial EXPO2017!
From October 12th through 14th, AIGID anticipatedin Geospatial Expo2017 under the name “G-spatial
information center (GsC).”
Geospatial EXPO2017 http://www.g-expo.jp/➢ Convened the GsC user meeting
November marks the 1st anniversary of thelaunching of GsC, and we celebrated by convening aGsC user meeting at Geospatial EXPO 2017. We
shared the achievements of GsC and examples of thepractical experience of individual clients and clientorganizations from various fields. We also received
comments about GsC’s future activities and plans.
More than 100 people participated and engaged in a
lively and meaningful exchange of opinions.
We will create such opportunities for exchange again
in the future and hope you are looking forward tothem.

➢ Exhibit booth at the EXPO
We operated an exhibit booth at Geospatial
EXPO2017. Hundreds of people came to our booth toask about and comment on the GsC’s registered dataand how to effectively use it.
The opinions and comments we received thanks toGeospatial EXPO2017 will be reflected in the future
operations of the GsC.

➢ 2017.10.24 【Apology】download failure➢ 2017.10.17 【Apology】restoration of service➢ 2017.09.26 GsC user meeting➢ 2017.09.26 <Released>GsC Newsletter Vol.3(EN)➢ 2017.09.15 <Released>GsC Newsletter Vol.3(JP)For moreinformation➢
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➢ Access✓ 2,080 users registered total✓ 163,608 page view(As of Nov 1. 2017)(Data collection period Sep 1 to Oct 31, 2017)➢ Uploaded Data
✓ 75 data providers✓ 615 data collections✓ 15TB Data volume(As of Nov 1. 2017)

Highly accessed ranking
Data collection period Sep 1 to Oct 31, 2017
1.

Future population and household number prediction
tool / terms of use -From National Institute for Land andInfrastructure Management(NILIM)

2.

Future population and household number prediction
tool / 01 Hokkaido-From NILIM

3.

Road closing information / Road information service
system / Shikoku Regional Development Bureau- From
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Road Bureau

4.

Future population and household number prediction
tool / 13 Tokyo Metropolis-From NILIM

5.

Future population and household number prediction
tool / 11 Saitama prefecture-From NILIM

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Future population and household number prediction
tool / result images-From NILIM

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Red Relief Image Map_01_Hokkaido/6239-From ASIA
AIR SURVEY CO.,LTD.

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CS pictorial drawing tool / CS pictorial drawing QGIS
plugin-From The Forestry Center of Nagano prefecture

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Future population and household number prediction
tool / 28 Hyogo prefecture-From NILIM

10. Future population and household number prediction
tool / update and revision history-From NILIM

2017.10.20 <Released>National park, coastal sea area change survey data, National Wildlife ProtectionAreas.
2017.10.12 AED location data
2017.10.10 <Released>Matsue station premises people flow sensor data September 20172017.10.03 <Sales released> Nationwide Boundary data for towns, areas and villages
2017.09.27<Released> CS pictorial drawing data of Nagano prefecture.
2017.09.07 <Released> Matsue station premises people flow sensor data August 20172017.09.07 <Corrected> link to ‘The central government Tokyo epicenter earthquake case review board /strong earthquake.
2017.08.31 <Release ended> Prove vehicle data of Northern Kyushu heavy rainfall damage and Akita
prefecture heavy rain damage.

G-Spatial Information CenterWebsite
E-Mailhttps://www.geospatial.jp
info@geospatial.jp

Featured Upcoming data
➢ Nationwide Boundary data of towns,
areas and villages purchasing data(TokyoMap Research Inc.)

Picｋ UP !!
“GEOSPACE aerial photograph (simplified)”
From NTT GEOSPACE CORPORATIONThis is an aerial photograph covering about 84% of the Japanese national territory.
Compared to the 1/2,500 precision scale photos for making electronic maps, this aerial
photograph is simplified to 1/5,000 scale size.

■Data specs and price• Data format: image file withgeoreferenced information(TIFF format and World file )• Ground resolution 25cm or50cm• Prices for in-house use andinternet or other second-orderuse purposes differ. Pleasepurchase separately for eachtype of use.

Contains 10 kinds of data updated for every 5
years between 1970 to 2015.
➢ Nagano prefecture _ CS pictorial drawing(The Forestry Center of Nagano prefecture.)
This map was prepared using 0.5m grid scale
DEM (Digital Elevation Model) with Airborne
laser survey data from the Forestry
department of Nagano prefecture.
➢ AED(AIGID)※This is a sample image. Someregions not fully covered.

About 30,000 AED spots nationwide. Data
released by more than 140 municipalities.

Figure-1
Q> How do I to see registered data on the map?
A> If registered data has a map icon, you can see
the data you select on a map.
• Search the data you wish to display from the top page.
Select the “data set” tab and scroll down to see a list of related datasets.
• If you see a “map” icon on the right side of a data name(Figure1), you can click it to select that data set by adding a check to it.
• Click the “Map” icon in the upper right side of the page(Figure2), and it will generate a map with plotted resource
information(Figure-3).

map

Figure-2
map

Figure-3*For more detail, please see this page on the GsC website.
‘How to use this website’ > 3.3 Look Geospatial information.
Note: Not all data have preview images.

➢ Status report

One year has passed since the GsC launched on 24th November 2016.Various organizations andinstitutions have registered data with us, and we now provide more than 600 kinds of data throughthe GsC. Our website welcomes more than 8,000 visitors every month. We held our first user
meeting on 13 October 2017, where examples of practical application by municipalities and private
firms were introduced.
➢ Future plans
We will continue to upload data to enrich the contents of GsC. We will focus particularly on
discovering and providing new data that holds potential benefit for society. Please contact us and let
us know what kind of data you need.We will also showcase examples of practical application on ourwebsite, including cases presented at the user meeting at Geospatial EXPO2017.In order to upgrade
the user experience, we have planned and are preparing an API service release in early 2018. Don’t
miss it!
(From Kunihiro Ishii, Secretary-general of AIGID )G-Spatial Information Center