Utilization of Global Map for Societal Benefit Areas The Fourth GEOSS AP Symposium Bali Indonesia, 11th March 2010 Shuhei Kojima Geographical Survey Institute Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan 1
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1. Outline of Global Map 3
Needs for Basic Geographic data The importance of basic geographic data is described in GEOSS 10 Year Implementation plan. GSI contributions to GEO TASK are as follows: TASK-DA-06-05: Guideline for Basic Geographic Data (Final Documents: December 2008) TASK-US-09-03a: Development of Global Map for GEOSS SBAs 4
What is Global Map? Digital geographic dataset Covering the whole land area of the earth With consistent specifications Open to the public freely downloadable for non-commercial use 5
What is Global Map? Spatial resolution: 1km (1:1,000,000 scale) 8 layers Transportation, Boundaries, Drainage, Population centers, Elevation, Vegetation (Percent Tree Cover), Land Cover, Land Use Update interval: 5 years to be achieved 6
Vector layers Boundaries Drainage Coastline, Administrative boundaries Transportation Rivers, Inland water, Dams Population centers Roads, Railways, Airports Location, Name of Cities 7
Raster layers Elevation Land cover Information in 1m interval Land use 20 categories Vegetation 9 categories Percent tree cover 8
Project Framework International Steering Committee for Global Mapping (ISCGM) Total 20 members, mainly heads of NMOs Secretariat: GSI of Japan Management Promotion Development Release utilization country A s NMO country B s NMO country C s NMO * NMO: National Mapping Organization Global Map of country A Global Map of country B Global Map of country C Users 9
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Participation Status Participation of 164 countries and 16 regions (as of 2010-03-01) :97% coverage of the whole land area of the earth Participation Non-participation
Global Map - Land Cover Classification: 20 categories (LCCS) Data source : MODIS data 2003 Coordinate system : Longitude/Latitude, Ellipsoid: WGS84 Resolution : 30 arcseconds 12
Global Map - Vegetation (Percent Tree Cover) Data value: 0% to 100% (interval: 1%) Data source : MODIS data 2003 Coordinate system : Longitude/Latitude, Ellipsoid: WGS84 Resolution : 30 arcseconds
2. Application of Global Map 14
Application - Flood Analysis Global Map is used in a flood analysis system IFAS (Integrated Flood Analysis System, developed by Public Works Research Institute). GIS data (Land Information) Global Map (Land Use, Land Cover) Other Data (Soil, Geology) GIS data (DEM) Global Map (Elevation) Parameter Roughness Surface permeability Soil permeability Soil thickness Rock permeability Basin Shape Satellite-based rainfall data Flood Analysis 15
Application RGB composite map What is this map? 16
Application RGB composite map Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) Global Map Percent Tree Cover GSI, Chiba University and Collaborating Organizations Annual Precipitation Meteorological Research Institute, Japan a lot of annual precipitation high population density 17 high Percent Tree Cover 17
Application RGB composite map high population density R: Population Density G: Global Map Percent Tree Cover B: Annual Precipitation a lot of annual precipitation high Percent Tree Cover rate 18
3. Summary and Conclusion 19
Summary and Conclusion Requirement Comparability Usability Reliability Features of Global Map Global Coverage Consistent specifications 5-year update Digital geographic data Open to the public Government authorization Global Map is usable information for sound decision making on GEOSS SBAs. 20
Data download and Further Information ISCGM website www.iscgm.org Data Download (free) Newsletter Specifications, etc inquiry: sec@iscgm.org 21
Thank you for your attention Secretariat of ISCGM (c/o GSI, MLIT, Japan) e-mail: sec@iscgm.org URL : http//www.iscgm.org 22