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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raised on Vector layersUser needs were not collectedDifficulties in data development by National Mapping Organizations Outdated format (Vector Product Format)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
jpdonnelly@usgs.gov