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Yoshikazu Fukushima, ISCGM (Japan)
Katsuto Nakagawa, ISCGM (Japan)
Toshihiro Tsutsui, ISCGM (Japan)
Koji Wakita, Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (Japan)
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Global Map is 1:1million digital map with 8 layers, population centers, drainage, boundary, transportation, land cover, land use, vegetation and elevation. Global Map was proposed by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of Japan in 1992 recognizing importance of accurate environmental and spatial information in cooperation with National Mapping Organizations (NMOs) for decision making on global environmental issues addressed in UN Conference on Environment and Development (Rio de Janeiro, 1992).
The International Steering Committee for Global Mapping (ISCGM) was established in February 1996 to implement the Project. There are currently 20 members, 2 advisors and 11 representatives of liaison organizations including international organizations and academy in surveying and mapping. Geographical Survey Institute of Japan has hosted the Secretariat since the launch of ISCGM. The Global Mapping relies on voluntary participation from all NMO?fs of the world. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is responsible for Antarctica. Regional initiatives, e.g. EuroGeographics, UNIDEA, PAIGH, PCGIAP, UNECA-CODI, also support the Project. 162 countries and 16 regions are participating as of February 29, 2008.
International cooperation framework, such as some countries could assist other countries?f Global Map development was initially decided. The map specification was decided in 1998.
Global Map is planned to update every 5 years. Therefore the project continues as same as mapping works in each NMO. Data of 49 countries are provided. Cooperation with other organization has been an important key of promotion. Those are capacity building supported by governments (JICA), academic societies (JBGIS) and industries (ESRI, Intergraph) and data provision supported by project (IGBP) and technologies (GEOSS) and promotion of use supported by internationals (UNOCHA, World Bank) and so on.
ISCGM is looking forward to cooperating with OneGeology as a very important partner.
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