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International Steering Committee for Global Mapping (ISCGM) is the organization established in 1996 in order to promote the
development of the Global Map.
This Committee comprises 20 members, such as the heads of the National Mapping
Organizations of each country and the representatives of the international organizations.
The chairperson is D.R. Fraser Taylor, Chancellor and Professor of Carlton University
in Canada.
As a general rule, ISCGM holds a meeting each year in various locations in
the world, in which measures for promoting the participation in the project and
the data compilation are considered.
The Geographical Survey Institute of Japan has taken charge of the Secretariat
of ISGCM since its establishment, playing a central role in promoting the Global
Mapping Project, strongly supported by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and
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• ISCGM
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Survey Institute of japan (Global Mapping Website) |
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Global Mapping News Letter
The International Steering Committee for Global Mapping (ISCGM) issues the quarterly
Global Mapping NewsLetter. You can read the Japanese edition or the English edition
of the newsletter at the following URL;
• Japanese Edition
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The Global Mapping Project is the project in which
advanced countries and developing countries participate on an equal footing.
For solving global environmental and food problems, it is necessary for developing
countries to provide data for mapping. However, some developing countries donft
update the data for several decades.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of japan is implementing the
Global Mapping Partnership Program in order to support developing countries in
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| Global Mapping Partnership Program |
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The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of japan
started the Global Mapping Partnership Program in 2002 in order to develop and
promote the Global Mapping, aiming for completion of the project in 2007. The
activities for this program are focused on the following three points;
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Promotion of the projectF Promoting the participation of areas
where the actions to be taken for this program are delayed, such as Africa |
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Expansion of areas whose data is compiledF Promoting the compilation of data
of each country through information exchange and technology transfer |
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Promotion of utilizationF Promoting the utilization by making an appeal of
the usefulness of the Global Map data |
Specific activities are as follows:
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Seminars for technology transfer, diffusion, and awareness by
developing countries, etc. |
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Workshops intended for international cooperation with countries and international
organizations |
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| Global Mapping Seminar |
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| As part of the Global Mapping Partnership Program, the Global Mapping Seminar in Nairobi is implemented for the purpose of information exchange and technology transfer for Global Mapping in Africa. |
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