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National Maps 50% open

Japan

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Note: The methodology used in the Global Open Data Index has changed over time; significantly so between 2015 and 2016. For this reason, the results are not directly comparable over time.

What data is expected?

A geographical map of the country including national traffic routes, stretches of water, and markings of heights. The map must at least be provided at a scale of 1:250,000 (1 cm = 2.5km). Geographic information is instrumental for many use cases, including the mapping of unemployment statistics or demographics, as well as journey planning. See our methodology section for more information.

Scale of 1:250,000 (1 cm = 2.5km)
Markings of national traffic routes
Markings of relief/heights
Markings of water stretches
National borders

How open is the data?

It's not openly licenced
It's in an open and machine-readable format
It's not downloadable at once
It's up-to-date
It's not publicly available
It's available free of charge

Details

Data that can be downloaded is an XML document file or JPGIS2.x format, encoded in JPGIS2.x (GML) format.

Meta data

Data location	https://fgd.gsi.go.jp/download/menu.php - Kiban Chizu Joho, National Basemap of Japan https://maps.gsi.go.jp/ - GSI Map of Japan https://www.gsi.go.jp/kankyochiri/Laser_demimage.html - 5m mesh DEM
Data licence	Unknown
Data format	GML, WFS
Reviewer	Codrina Maria Ilie
Submitters	Satoshi IIDA
Last modified	Mon Dec 05 2016 11:36:04 GMT+0000 (UTC)

Contributors

Reviewers

Codrina Maria Ilie

Submitters

Satoshi IIDA

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