Geospatial Information Authority (GSI), Japan, prepared an environment map of world. It shows digital geographic data sets of the whole globe with unified specifications developed in close collaboration with national mapping organisations around the world, FutureGov reported. The map accurately describes present status of the global environment.
Global mapping project aims to contribute to the planning of countermeasures on global environmental problems such as global warming and climate change. The project intends to develop a unified specification of digital geospatial information to the whole land area of the earth. Currently, 181 countries and regions around the world are promoting data development in collaboration with the world’s National Surveying and Mapping Organisations.
At present the GSI plays a role as the Secretariat of the International Steering Committee for Global Mapping and is also responsible for the management of the progress of the Global Map development as well as the data validation submitted from each country.
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