The concept of sharing and mutually utilizing data among departments and bureaus and among government ministries and agencies is lacking, so each entity is independently pursuing digitalization of maps. There are cases when large usage fees are required for utilization of street number codes and the like.
Items relating to data insufficiency and updating Three dimensional data is unorganized.
Daily traffic information cannot be obtained in a timely fashion. Attribute information is insufficient. There are no digital maps created by the Geographical Survey Institute, or data integrated between the public and private sectors for location information such as for facilities and stores. There is no map data with unified standards encompassing the whole of Japan. Most official maps showing the location of land lack reliability relating to accuracy and descriptions.