期刊名称：Bulletin of the Geographical Survey Institute
印刷版ISSN：0373-7160
出版年度：2008
卷号：55
出版社：Geographical Survey Institute / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
摘要：A new law, Basic Act on the Advancement of Utilizing Geospatial Information, was enacted by the National Diet in May 2007. This Act provides an overarching legal framework for the development, distribution and application of geospatial information so that people will be able to obtain maximum benefit out of this untapped domain of information, which is becoming increasingly available in digital form, by employing two key technologies, Geographic Information System and Space-based Positioning, Navigation and Timing. This paper summarizes the background and outline of this new legislation, and provides the author's views on the challenges for the successful implementation of its vision, in which the Geographical Survey Institute is expected to play a key role.
