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Using the Global Map, let 's realize the dreams of "I want to find the earth," "I want to enjoy the earth," and "I want to save the earth"!

Then, "What can we do with the Global Map?" On this page, we will introduce some ideas for broadening the dreams that may be realized with the Global Map. We hope many people enjoy trying a variety of things using the Global Map!

The Global Map is useful for discussing and forming a consensus about how to solve environmental, food, agricultural, and population problems; providing ODA, technology transfer, and international aid; and ways to promote sustainable development.

		The Global Map is useful for research projects in environmental, food, agricultural and population problems, or for culture and history. The right map ranks the risk of soil erosion in the Mekong Valley. The red zone is the area particularly necessary to protect the environment, prevent disaster, and secure food production.
				Dengeous level of soil erosion in the Mekong Valley

		We can create an observation map with a united effort by reporting the state of the places where we live and recording it on the Global Map, such as maps of global warming (temperature survey), acid rain (pH monitoring), pollen dissemination (reporting the condition of our body), and the flowering of cherry blossoms as examples.
				The first singing front of a bush warbler iCreated based on the Internet Nature Research Laboratory presented by the Ministry of the Environment)

When you decide on the route for climbing and skiing, the relief map from the Global Map is very useful. By reading the Global Map into certain software applications such as KASHMIR 3D, you can obtain a three-dimensional map. You can carefully work out the route imagining the actual contours of the terrain.

You can use the Global Map when selecting the route for travel before starting. After the journey, write a log on the Global Map. You can also put pictures and movies on the Map. If your software application doesn 't have such functions, you can paste comments and pictures on the printed Global Map.

Do you know that the Global Map is visually very beautiful? You can not only view material but use it as the background on a PC. Let 's create art using the Global Map as the base.

This is a bulletin board using the Global Map. Let 's exchange information about sightseeing spots and delicious foods by writing about them on the Global Map. It is wonderful for all of us on the earth to make friends with each other via the Map!

The Global Map is composed of numerical data, so 3D images can be provided. You can create historical games and adventure games using the Global Map as the base.

iNoteFThe use of the Global Map for commercial purposes is not permitted, so the games created from this Map cannot commercialized.

By using the environmental and disaster sections of the Global Map and forming an international consensus, activities for international aid and rescue are aggressively promoted.

The map on the right was created by the Geographical Survey Institute of japan using the Global Map just after the disasters from the tsunamis in the Indian Ocean after the Sumatra earthquake occurred in 2004. The Japanese Government and other groups used the map for rescue activities.

Making use of eight types of geographical data provided by the Global Map and other maps using the Global Map as a base, let 's solve the problems with environment and disaster together!

The right map indicates land use of the northern part of Thailand in both 1973 and 1997. You can see the increase in cultivated areas and paddy fields, and the decrease in primeval forests as well.

Who is seeking help for areas on the earth now? How about establishing a bulletin board for communication between areas seeking volunteers? For example, you can give support via translation, website production, or fundraising, even for countries far away from yours!

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