Development of Global Map for GEOSS Societal Benefit Areas US-09-03a UIC 13 th Meeting, Washington 15-16 November, 2009 Yoshikazu FUKUSHIMA Secretariat.

Development of Global Map for GEOSS Societal Benefit Areas

US-09-03a

UIC 13th Meeting, Washington

15-16 November, 2009

Yoshikazu FUKUSHIMASecretariat General of

International Steering Committee for Global Mapping

Geographical Survey Institute, Japan

Mission of US-09-03a

1.Align the Global Map Specifications with requirements from Societal Benefit Areas - Disasters, Health, Agriculture, Biodiversity and Water Resources

2.Foster the use of Global Map in SBAs

Global Map• Full and consistent coverage of land on the Earth• 1 km resolution• Raster layers: vegetation, land-cover, land-use and elevation• Vector layers: transportation, drainage systems, boundaries and population centers

Global Mapping Project

Who Makes the Global Map?Each National Mapping Organization (NMO) is responsible for developing Global Map data for their country

Coordinating MechanismInternational Steering Committee for Global Mapping (ISCGM)Total 20 members, mainly heads of NMOs

Chaired by Prof. D. R. F. Taylor (Carleton University, Canada)Secretariat: Geographical Survey Institute, Japan

Version 1 SpecificationAdopted in 1998 at the beginning of productionRaster layers were revised in 2006

Issues raised on Vector layersUser needs were not collectedDifficulties in data development by National Mapping Organizations Outdated format (Vector Product Format)

Version 2 Specification was adopted by ISCGM in October 2009

Global Map SpecificationsGlobal Map Specifications

Preliminary Study 1 (May 2007)Questionnaire to Global Map Users and NMOsTopics: Tiling, data density, formats…

Preliminary Study 2 (April 2008)New features, attributes and their codes

Questionnaires to NMOs Circulated three time (Jan-Feb. 2009), (Mar-Apr. 2009) and (Jun-Jul. 2009)

Workshop for Revision of Global Map Specifications in Tsukuba (September 2009)

Process of DraftingProcess of Drafting

Open Forum (8 September 2009)Experts on Environment and DisastersNMOs

Revision of Specifications (9-10 September 2009)

Data Dictionary and Formats

Workshop for Revision of Global Map Specifications

Workshop for Revision of Global Map Specifications

Open Forum Drafting Specifications

Of Interest

Land cover and vegetation released in KMLUser friendly formats (TIFF, Shape)Disaster situation maps

El Salvador Tropical Cyclone (November 10, 2009)India Storm (October 5, 2009)Samoa Islands Earthquake (October 2, 2009)Indonesia Sumatra Earthquake (October 2, 2009)The Philippines Typhoon (September 30, 2009)Taiwan Tropical Cyclone (August 8, 2009)

Global Map Symposium, TokyoApplications sampler released on DVD

Global Map sessions at GEOSS-AP, Kyoto

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