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Yangon Urban Development Management Project-Implementation of Building Survey and Mapping in Yangon by
Utilization of ArcGIS Onlineヤンゴン都市開発管理プロジェクト－ 「ARCGIS ONLINE」 を用いた既存建物調査および地図作成の実施－
カイルンニサ * ・ 平野 邦臣 * ・ 内田 主税 **KHAIRUNNISA, Kuniomi HIRANO and Chikara UCHIDA

都市開発の管理能力の向上を目的とした 「ヤンゴン都市開発管理プロジェクト」 が独立行政法人 国際協力機構 （JICA） によって実施された。 本調査では、 今後のゾーニング規制および建築許可の検討に資するため、 既存建物調査の実施および建物利用現況図の作成が行われた。 本稿では、 ミャンマーの最大都市のヤンゴンで実施した本格的かつ大規模な都市計画に関する調査方法と品質管理の方法を中心に紹介する。 本調査では 42 のスタッフを雇用し、 ArcGIS Online を活用することで、 8 ヶ月間でヤンゴン市
における約 97 万戸の建物現地調査を実現させた。

Keywords ： ArcGIS Online、 既存建物調査、 ゾーニング規制、 建築許可

1． INTRODUCTION

zoning and building permit as one of framework for urban
development in Yangon. Absence of zoning regulation

Yangon City, the former capital of the Republic of theindicates that Yangon does not have the formal land use

Union of Myanmar, has a population of approximately 5.5

strategy. To guide and control the development of Yangon,

million (in 2014). As the largest industrial and commercial

the city master plan and a precise zoning regulation arecity in Myanmar, the population in Yangon increase rapidly.

needed. For this reason, the Yangon Regional Government

The future population of Yangon is estimated to be 10.8

(YRG) and Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC)

million in 2040, with average population growth rate ofwant to provide the city with clear urban planning rules

2.6%. Various tasks and actions need to be taken to manage

and regulations. Although YCDC made a draft of zoning

current rapid urbanization as it puts more pressure on

regulation in 2013, it has not been approved due to theexisting infrastructure. Using population data in 2014 as

subsequent changes of government and it has not been

the basis data, Fig.1 shows population forecast in Yangon

formally introduced.

until 2050.
Yangon is also undergoing of rapid transformations which
are visible in the increasing of demand for urban development
projects by private enterprises. As a result, massive changes
in urban development occurred in Yangon city center andseveral large-scale developments was proposed in suburb
areas.
On the other hand, in the period of this rapid development,
currently Yangon has no precise rule and regulation for* コンサルタント海外事業本部 交通・都市事業部 開発計画部** 玉野総合コンサルタント株式会社 統括事業部 海外事業室 兼 空間
情報部空間調査課

Fig.1 Population Forecast in Yangon1)

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2． THE PROJECT OUTLINE

method and requires less expertise. However, considering
this project will conduct building survey in a large

In the context of management of Yangon city development,

coverage area, using this method requires a huge number

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) supportedof human resources and long process to collect the data.

formulation of “The Project for the Strategic Urban

Therefore, a more convenient method for the data collection

Development Plan of the Greater Yangon” (SUDP) in 2013is important. It was intention of the consultant team toand the “Yangon Urban Transportation Master Plan”

complete the works within the given time period.

(YUTRA) in 2014. These plans aim to solve current urban
problem and anticipate longer-term challenges. As the city
grows rapidly, demand of urban development projects has
increased. The dense new buildings create uncomfortablecondition for the neighborhoods. In response to these, the
new administration of Myanmar, established in April 2016,strongly recognized that revision on urban structure plan isnecessary. Based on this matter, JICA conducted surveys on
updating these master plans (“SUDP review survey” and“YUTRA review survey”) from July 2016 to December 2016.
To implement these master plans, The Yangon Regional
Government (YRG) and Yangon City Development
Committee (YCDC) requested JICA through “Yangon
Urban Development Management Project” (YUDM) to
improve urban development management capacity andestablish zoning regulation for the city.
Based on the project purpose, there are 2 main works ofconsultant team in YUDM: 1) conducting existing building
survey and 2) providing existing building information map.
These outputs will become instruments to formulate andanalyse zoning regulation in Yangon. Understanding thebuilding information is essential to support urban development
and management in various aspects such as determining
zoning regulation, deciding reserve land for future development,
helping on deﬁning applicable regulation to each land plot, etc.
The building survey in YUDM is targeted for the wholeFig.2 Field Survey Target Area Map

Yangon area under YCDC jurisdiction scope inside the outerring road, with has approximately 700km2 area. The target
area is all buildings inside the red line boundary in thefollowing map (See Fig.2).

The major challenges of these works are enumerated
as follow:
1.

How to complete the ﬁeld survey for 967,454 number

In the “SUDP review survey”, the consultant teamof buildings in eight months period to collect building

conducted building information survey in some pilotuse, building structure, car parking availability andtownships in Yangon. Target survey item in this survey

ﬂoor number.

was floor number and building use. This survey used a

2.

How to conduct an effective survey, manage andconventional field survey method by visiting the field andmaintain the data quality with available 42 surveyors

inputting the building information into a paper-based map.

in the site. These surveyors are collaboration of

One surveyor was able to input building information around

10 persons from the counterpart side which have100-110 polygons per day. After inputting the information,

experiences on the conventional building survey

following by inputting the data into GIS. Averagely one GIS

method, and 32 fresh graduate persons from theoperator was able to input 150 polygons per day.

consultant team side which are un-experienced on

Using a conventional ﬁeld survey method is the simplest
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conducting building survey.

To overcome these challenges, the consultant team
decided to carry out the ﬁeld survey with a more suitable

Accuracy

method rather than conventional field survey method.
This article will introduce a practical application in thefield survey by using ArcGIS online installed in mobile
phone for collecting building information in Yangon,
which was carried out for preparation of zoning regulation
formulation, under technical cooperation project of JICA.

site and 1 GIS
number on site, 1
operator tosurveyor for
download the
inputtingdata are needed.
building use at
office and 1 GIS
operator to input
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the data areneeded.
 Mobile phone has
 There is
GPS that helps
possibility ofeasily identify the
inputting wrong
target building on
photo informationsite.
in wrong target
 Easy to recognize
building.
the target Difficult tobuilding location
recognize thefor checking thebuilding for
accuracy.
checking theaccuracy.

By using this method, some steps in the conventional

The detail method and advantages of using ArcGIS

method can be done in the same time. As a result, it could

online in the survey are explained in the following sessions.

reduce time and human resources. Comparison of thesemethods is shown in Table 1.

3． THE WORK ITEM’S SURVEY METHOD

Table 1 C omparison of Conventional and ArcGIS
Online Method
Comparison
Items
Equipment

Conventional

ArcGIS Online

 Camera.
 Paper-based map.

 Camera.
 Mobile phonewith ArcGIS
Collector.
 Camera
automaticallytake picture in 5
seconds period.
 Inputtingbuilding use, floor
number, building
structure and car
parkingavailability inmobile phone.
 Downloading fieldsurvey data
(shape file) fromArcGIS Online.

Field Survey

 Camera
automaticallytake picture in 5
seconds period.
 Inputting only
floor number inpaper-based map.

Desk Survey

 Inputtingbuilding use inpaper-based map
by checking thephoto from fieldsurvey.
 Inputting all
recorded data inpaper-based map
into GIS (shapefile).
 Field survey
inputting data:
100-110
buildings/day/person.
 GIS inputting
data: 150
buildings/day/person.
 Training on
survey method is
not necessary.
 1 person for
inputting floor
number on site, 1
surveyor for
inputtingbuilding use at
office and 1 GIS
operator to input
the data areneeded.
 There ispossibility of
inputting wrong
photo informationin wrong target
building.
 Difficult to

WorkingTime

Human
Resources

Accuracy

The whole works in this project are carried out with two
methods namely ﬁeld survey and desk survey. Data to becollected for each survey method is shown in Table 2.
Item/Data
MethodPurposeand Desk
Survey(1) BuildingTable
Use 2 Field
Field
Building
useItem
regulation(2) Structure
Field
Fire prevention
area
Item/Data
MethodPurposeregulation(1) Building Use
Field
Building use regulation(3) Car Parking
Field
Parking lot regulation(2) Structure
Field
Fire prevention area
(4) Floor
Field/
Floor
area ratio
regulation
NumberDeskregulation, height(3) Car Parking
Field
Parking lot regulation
regulation(4) Floor Number
Field/
Floor area ratio(5) Building
Desk
Floor area ratioDeskregulation, heightArea
regulation, building
regulation
coverage ratio regulation(5) Building Area
Desk
Floor area ratio(6) Total Floor
Desk
Floor area ratio regulation
regulation, building
Area
coverage ratio regulation(7) Site Area
Desk
Minimum site area
(6) Total Floor
Desk
Floor area ratio regulation
regulationArea(8) Heritage
Desk
Building conservation(7) Site Area
Desk
Minimum site area
Building
regulation(9) Road
Desk
Road connection(8) Heritage
Desk
Building conservation
Connection
regulation
Building(10) Setback
Desk
Building setback(9) Road
Desk
Road connection
regulation
Connection
regulation(10) Setback
Desk
Building setback
regulation

The field survey was combination of on car and on walk
 Field survey
inputting data
and GISinputting data
simultaneously:
150-200
buildings/day/person.
 Training on
survey method isnecessary.
 1 person to input
all information onsite and 1 GIS
operator to
download thedata are needed.

survey. It used ArcGIS online in mobile phone to input
required information. From the next part, this article will focus
on detail explanation only about the ﬁeld survey method.

4． E XISTING BUILDING SURVEY IMPLEMENTATION
AND MANAGEMENT（1） FIELD SURVEY ITEM
1） Building Use
Building use is categorized based on basic urban planningsurvey in Japan and adjusted based on the situation in
Yangon through discussions with the counterpart and
JICA Long-term Experts. Before starting the field survey
in September 2018, the consultant team divided building Mobile phone has
GPS that helps
easily identify thetarget building onsite.
 Easy to recognize
the target

use into 20 categories and 30 sub-categories. But, based
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Yangon Urban Development Management Project-Implementation of Building Survey and Mapping in Yangon by Utilization of ArcGIS Onlineon condition in the field, some buildings are covered byhigh fence or trees that caused difficulty in confirming thebuilding information. Based on this fact, in October 2018,
one category –“21. cannot see/cannot enter” was added. The
number of category/sub-category is 51 in total. Appendix 1
shows category and sub-category of building use and example
for each category.
2） Building Structure
Building structure is categorized based on SUDP andcensus. The consultant team classified the building
structure into four categories (1) Reinforces Concrete (RC),
Steel (S), or Steel-Reinforced Concrete (SRC), (2) wood, (3)bamboo, (4) others (temporary construction, building thatcannot be determined).
3） Car Parking

Fig.3 shows the ArcGIS Online Set-up Flow Chart
Surveyor will input information for each item (building

The consultant team classified two categories for caruse, structure, car parking availability, and ﬂoor number)parking, existence of parking lot (1) can be identiﬁed and (2)for every building. Field data information will be inputtedcannot be identiﬁed inside a building.

to mobile phone by choosing or clicking a point (represent

4） Floor Number

a building) in the mobile phone’s map. As the mobile

Original plan on inputting ﬂoor number information wasphone equipped with GPS system, the surveyor is able tothrough ﬁeld survey and desk survey. In the implementation

recognize the building to be surveyed in the ﬁeld.

the consultant team was able to input actual ﬂoor number

When inputting the building information, surveyor

during ﬁeld survey for almost whole target areas. However,needs to click the point in the map. After clicked thefloor number of some buildings that surveyor could not

point, all data input screen will appear. The surveyor

access on site were calculated by height of the buildings from

simply clicks each item (building usage, structure, car

GIS data.

parking and floor number) and input the information.
Data input is design by pull-down menu choices for an（2） UTILIZATION OF ARCGIS ONLINE IN FIELD SURVEY ANDDATA MANAGEMENT

easy and quick process. Fig.4 shows data input and pulldown menu screen in the mobile phone.

1） How It Works
ArcGIS online is a cloud-based mapping platform licensed
through Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI).
It allows registered organization user to create, store,
analyze and share geographic information. After subscribeda license, the consultant team set survey map and installcollector for ArcGIS in mobile phone. The mobile phone isalso installed with map and GPS integration. Fig.3 shows
the process of ArcGIS online setup. In this project, theconsultant team subscribed for 42 user accounts.
Fig.4 E xample of ArcGIS Online Collector Data
Input Screen
The point in the map has two colors, blue indicates not
yet surveyed building and orange for already surveyedbuilding (see Fig.5). After all information are inputted,
the point color on the map will automatically change
from blue to orange. The color indicator will minimize
possibility of double input information in the target
building.
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Fig.7 Data Input in Field Survey and Data Management

The mobile phone may not work effectively depending

Fig.5 E xample of ArcGIS Building Color Indicatorin ArcGIS Online Collector

on the season or survey environment. During summer, theThe map with all inputted information shows in mobile

battery will become hot easily. And, in some outskirt areas

phone can be shown in ArcGIS dashboard in computer

where the internet connection is low, the collector loading(See Fig.6). Once information in mobile phone was updated,time will be longer than usual. But, gathered data can be

the information in computer will also be updated in thetemporarily stored on the device and then easily uploadedsame time.

when internet service is available. To respond this possibility

outside temperature may affect the mobile phone, theother methods such as paper-based as a back-up also usedin this project.
2） Prior to the Field Survey
Planning ahead is important for an adequate andsuccessful ﬁeld data collection. Different from conventional
field survey method, conducting building survey using
ArcGIS online requires speciﬁc knowledge on the operation.
In this project, the consultant team held an orientation,
training and trial survey for survey managers (3 persons),
Fig.6 ArcGIS Online Dashboard in Computer

surveyors (42 persons) and GIS operators (5 persons) before
the project started. All of them had never been experienced

All inputted information gathered from ﬁeld survey willautomatically be stored in secure ESRI cloud, and desk

using ArcGIS online before. Photo 1 and Photo 2 show
project orientation and training activities.

survey team (GIS operators) can monitor and confirm
the information in a real time. The ﬁeld survey data fromArcGIS online can be exported in various formats including
shapefile. It improves the work efficiency in collecting
the ﬁeld data and inputting the GIS data simultaneously.
Fig.7 shows simultaneous data input and data update in
ArcGIS collector in mobile phone and ArcGIS online incomputer.

Photo 1 C onsultant Team Explained theField Survey Method

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Yangon Urban Development Management Project-Implementation of Building Survey and Mapping in Yangon by Utilization of ArcGIS Onlinethe car in the right and left side of a road (See Photo 4 ).

Photo 2 S urvey Managers, GIS Operators and Surveyors
Attended the Orientation and Training
Orientation and training are an important step to ensure
accurate and reliable data are collected and all team

Photo 4 Two Surveyors Conducted Survey in a Car

members work well in the field. A well-trained team is

In addition, on the car dashboard there were two cameras

critical in producing reliable survey results. The two weeks

which take photo periodically on left and right side of the

training included explanation of attribute data (survey item)

road during the survey (See Photo 5). Photo from the camera

to be collected, a detailed tutorial outlining how to set andis a backup for the building information conﬁrmation if it isuse the survey equipment, how to input the data into mobile

needed.

phone and how to analyze the data on desk survey works.
Step by step instructions and corresponding discussions
helped the participants easily follow the training.
At the end, surveyors conducted survey trial to getused to with the survey method and test the method asfinal review of the process for the consultant team before
the real survey. Once surveyors have familiarized withthe tools available in the mobile collector, they can begin
collecting data smoothly. Photo 3 shows on walk trial survey
conducted by surveyors.
Photo 5 Two Cameras Setting in a Car Dashboard
Due to the area condition such as narrow road andbuilding that is covered by big trees, the surveyors needto do the survey by walking along the street and input thebuilding information to mobile phone (See Photo 6).

Photo 3 S urveyors Inputted Building Information
in a Trial Survey3） The Field Survey Implementation
The field survey was conducted on Monday to Friday,
from 09:30-16:30. Total 21 teams (2 persons/team) conductedsurvey in the whole 33 target townships. The field survey
mainly performed inside a car. Two surveyors in a team
inputting building usage, building structure, parking lot andﬂoor number into mobile phone for every building passed by
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Photo 6 Surveyors Conducted Survey on Walk

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Normally one surveyor can input around 150 -200
buildings/day. Number of inputted buildings depended on
the internet connection and the area condition such as,
distribution of the building’s location, traffic condition andslum areas. Progress of inputted data can be monitored fromthe operation dashboard of ArcGIS online. Fig.8 shows ﬁeld
survey operation dashboard to monitor each surveyor’s daily
progress.

Fig.9 Groups and Quality Check Meeting Schedule
During the meeting, GIS operators report if any data
entry errors were made or other data quality issues foundout. If error was identiﬁed, GIS operators and the surveyor
will work together, and revise entered information directly.
Photo 7 shows the meeting activity at ofﬁce.

Fig.8 D aily Field Survey Progress in the
Operation Dashboard

4） Field Survey Data Management Meeting
For the data quality management, survey managers,

Photo 7 Daily Meeting with Surveyors

5． THE FIELD SURVEY RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS（1） THE FIELD SURVEY RESULTS

surveyors and GIS operators held a periodically meeting at

The main advantage of using ArcGIS online in the ﬁeld

the project’s ofﬁce. The purpose of this meeting is to review

survey for building information in this project is saving

the work carried out in the ﬁeld and ensure data quality oftime and human resources. If this was carried out by

the survey results.

conventional method, the time and resources needed would

42 surveyors which consisting of 21 teams are divided

be much higher. The counterpart enthusiastic about theirinto 5 groups (1 group is consisting of 4-5 teams). Every day

ability to collect a lot of data in easy and effective way anddifferent group will have meeting from 09:30-12:00 to reportin a short period of time.

their progress and issues in the ﬁeld survey implementation.

The consultant team was able to collect: 1) building use;

After the meeting, surveyors will continue to conduct the2) building structure; 3) car parking availability; and 4)

ﬁeld survey. Fig.9 shows each group’s schedule meeting. The

ﬂoor number information in the ﬁeld survey. Each category

quality check meeting schedule is as follow:

results are presented in Fig.10-Fig.17 below.

- Group A: every Monday- Group B: every Tuesday- Group C: every Wednesday- Group D: every Thursday- Group E: every Friday

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Yangon Urban Development Management Project-Implementation of Building Survey and Mapping in Yangon by Utilization of ArcGIS Online1） Building Use2） Building Structure

Building use information is important in formulating

Building structure information in this project will became

zoning regulation to deﬁne the zones based on type of uses.

a basis for fire prevention area regulation. Based on the

Nearly two third of buildings in YCDC area is residence use.

survey result, 37.3% or less than half of total builidngs inThis is in line with the population growth happens in Yangon

Yangon are made of Reinforces Concrete (RC), Steel (S),every year.

or Steel-Reinforced Concrete (SRC). These category isagglomerated in some townships around the city center.

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Fig.10 Building Use Map in Yangon

Fig.12 Building Structure Map in Yangon

Fig.11 Building Use Rate in Yangon

Fig.13 Building Structure Rate in Yangon

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3） Car Parking4） Floor Number

Car parking information in this survey is collected for

Floor number information in this project is important forparking availability inside a building. Currently only

ﬂoor area ratio regulation and height regulation. Currently

0.46% buildings are identified to have car parking andhigh-rise buildings are concentrated in CBD area.

this number is very small considering number of buildings

In CBD area, Shwedagon Pagoda Restricted Areas andand development growth in Yangon. This parking is not

Heritage Conservation Areas are used as the importantconcentrated in CBD area, due to most of buildings in CBDbase to set up the building height regulation in Yangon.

area have outdoor parking and parking on road. Buildingsthat have parking inside are mostly shopping mall,accommodation and apartment.

Fig.14 Car Parking Availability Map in Yangon

Fig.16 Building Floor Number Map in Yangon

Fig.15 Car Parking Availability Rate in Yangon

Fig.17 Building Floor Number Rate in Yangon
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Yangon Urban Development Management Project-Implementation of Building Survey and Mapping in Yangon by Utilization of ArcGIS Online2） General Finding Based on Project Experiences
During the field survey it was observed that due to（2） DISCUSSIONSThis part will discuss two aspects on implementing ArcGIS

safety reason, slum areas were difﬁcult to be surveyed.

Online for the building information survey in Yangon City.

The residence in the slum areas tend to reject the survey

1） Advantage and Disadvantage of ArcGIS Online

activities. In this project, the consultant team requested

Despite the successful of the project, using this method

YCDC to issue official letter and the township officer

has several advantages and disadvantages. Utilizing

accompanied the surveyor in the ﬁeld.

ArcGIS online in this project has the following advantages:
1.

2.

3.

Apart from the safety issue, problem on identifying theAble to save a lot of human resources and time;building information also encountered for building that covered

In conventional survey, inputting building information

by high fence or tree. For this case, the surveyors inputteddata is conducted twice. Floor number is inputted on

information as much as possible in the ﬁeld and write memosite and building use is inputted at ofﬁce by checking

for unobtained information. The information that cannot be

the photo. While using ArcGIS online, one surveyor

obtained was mostly the floor number. In this project, theable to do these works in the same time on site.

consultant team calculate the floor number in desk survey

Surveyor can easily locate the building location;

based on the building height information from GIS data.

Mobile phone is equipped with GPS that helps

Each target area has their own uniqueness. To minimize thesurveyor on identifying the target building on site.

delay on the work process, it is important to predict problems

Surveyors can edit survey data anytime (if necessary);that might occurred and prepare the countermeasure to

Editing data can be done both in mobile phone andovercome the problem.

ArcGIS desktop and the editing record also can be
conﬁrmed.
4.

Field survey and GIS data input are conducted

6． CONCLUSION
The consultant team proposed a field survey method

simultaneously;

5.

6.

As mentioned in “2. Project Outline” session, twousing ArcGIS online installed in mobile phone to collectsteps in conventional survey (inputting building

existing building information in Yangon. With this method,

information on site and inputting data into GIS) can

the consultant team was able to input 967,454 number ofbe done in one step by using ArcGIS online.

building information in 33 target townships. To complete

Easy to monitor the survey progress;

this work, 42 surveyors in total collected information during

This system has progress chart indicator thatthe ﬁeld survey from Monday to Friday. Each surveyor wasrecorded daily activity of the surveyor.

able to input 150-200 buildings per day averagely. With thisEasy to change the survey map or layers.

number, the field survey was completed in eight months

Changing the base map will not affect previously(September 2018 – April 2019).
Besides completion of existing building survey andinputted data.
However, there are also disadvantages of this method
found in this project, such as the following:
1.

2.

provision of building information maps, this project also
provided field and desk survey works manual. The field

Initial cost for the ArcGIS online subscription issurvey manuals contained technical information on how to set

expensive;and operate the survey equipment and step by step on data

Initial subscription cost as of August 2018 is 100,000

input method. The desk survey manuals are more technicalJPY.

for using and analysing various data in GIS. All manuals are

License for each user/surveyor is needed and thecompiled systematically, the counterpart can follow the work

license is expensive;procedures easily for updating the data in the future.

One license for one mobile phone cost as of August

3.
4.

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2018 is 80,000 JPY. This project purchased 42

REFERENCES

licenses.

1)

Nippon Koei in Joint Venture with Kisho Kurokawa

Mobile phone/device and internet connection forArchitect&Associates International Development Center of

each user/surveyor is needed.

japan and ALMEC Cooperation., “The Updated Strategic

In some areas, the internet connection is unstable, it

Urban Development Plan of the Greater Yangon”, JICA,

caused delay on ﬁeld survey data input.

Myanmar, October 2018.

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APPENDIX 1
Table Building Use Category and Sub-Category in Yangon
Category

Sub-Category

Note/Examples

1

Office--Office, Bank, Meeting hall, Conference hall/ Convention center/
Concert hall, Private research institute, Money exchange, etc.

2

Commerce

2-1

Store

Department store, Retail store/ Drug store, Wholesale store, Media
corner, etc.

2-2

Restaurant

Restaurant/ Banquet hall, Café, Delivery food, etc.

2-3Service

Beauty salon (parlour), Barber, Lesson school/ Vocational training
centre, Private cram school for university entrance examination,
Home exhibition centre, Media studio, Art gallery, Veterinary, Car
wash, Laundry, Motor vehicle showroom, Print shop, Other service
facilities

2-4

Night Entertainment

Karaoke box, Night club/ Dance hall, Bar, etc.

2-5

Private Theatre

Theatre, Movie theatre, etc.

2-6Sports and Game

Bowling alley, Golf range, Fitness centre, Internet café/ Game
center/ Amusement arcade/ Billiard, etc.

2-7Petrol Station

Filling station (petrol station), etc

2-8

Public Market

Wholesale market (public), etc.

3

Accommodation--

Hotel, Inn, Tourist home, etc.

4Mixed Commerce--

Above 1 to 3 mix use and major floor use area is less than 3/4 of
total floor area

5

Residence--

Detach house including storeroom and garage

6

Apartment House--

Apartment/ Domitory, Condominium, Public officer house, Service
apartment, etc.

7

Residential Mixes
Apartment House

8

Above ‘6’ apartment house and 1 to 4, 9, 10, 14 mix use* Residential use is more than 1/3 of total area
7-1

OfficeAbove ‘1’ Office

7-2

Store

Above ‘2-1’ Store

7-3

Reastaurant

Above ‘2-2’ Restaurant

7-4

ServiceAbove ‘2-3’ Service

7-5

Night Entertainment

Above ‘2-4’ Night Entertainment

7-6

Industry

Below ‘14’ Industry

7-7

Government

Below ‘9’ Government

7-8

OthersOthersAbove ‘5’ Residence and 1 to 4, 9, 10, 14 mix use* Residential use is more than 1/3 of total area

Residential Mixed
Detached House

9

Government

10

Education and Culture

8-1

OfficeAbove ‘1’ Office

8-2

Commerce

Above ‘2’ Commerce

8-3

Industry

Below ‘14’ Industry

8-4

OthersOthers--Central government office, Local govenrment office, Courthouse,
Tax office, Police staion, Fire station, Post office, Embassy, Jail, etc.

10-1

Public University

University, College, Technical college, Public research institute, etc.

10-2

Private University

University, College, Technical college, etc.

10-3

Public School

Primary/Secondary/High school, Nursery, Kindergarten, etc.

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Category

11

Religious

12

Transportation andWarehouse

13

Public Utility Service

14

Industry

Sub-Category

Note/Examples

10-4

Private School

10-5

Public Culture
Facility

Library, Museum, Public hall/Community hall, Meeting hall,
Theatre, Convention center/Concert hall, etc.

10-6Sports Facility

Gymnasium, Swimming pool, Athletic facility (public facility),
Stadium/Grandstand, etc.

10-7

Public Hospital

10-8

Private Hospital

Hospital, Clinic, Nursing home (old people's home)/ Health carefacility, etc.

10-9

Public Toilet

Public toilet-

Pagoda, Monastry, Shrine, Temple, Church, Mosque, Hindo temple,
Dharma hall, etc.

12-1

Transport

Railway station, Port and airport facility, etc.

12-2Warehouse/Storage

Warehouse/Truck terninal, Storage, etc

12-3

Parking

Parking garage

12-4

Structure on a Road

Roof on a road, Entrance canopy, Arcade, etc-

Sewerage, Water supply, Pump station, Crematorium, Powerstation, Transformer substation, Gas supply facility, Heat supply
facility, etc.

14-1

Factory

Manufacture, Factory, etc.

14-2

Automobile

Automobile garage

14-3

Industrial Zone

Industrial zone

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-

15

Agriculture, Forest,
Fishery--

Agriculture warehouse, Livestock barn, Greenhouse, Workshop,
Silo, Stable etc.

16

Military--

Military facility

17

Under Construction--

Underconstruction and cannot confirm building use

18

Unuse

-

-

Unuse building

19

Others--Generator house, Tank, Tower, Garbage yard, etc.

20

Unknown--

Unidentify building

21

Cannot See / Cannot
Enter

-

-

Buildings that surveyor cannot see or cannot enter18