Development of the dataset for analyzing geospatial information provision

: Understanding the reality of geospatial information provision is important to achieve data distribution and satisfy accountability for citizens in case of public sectors. The previous researches so far only have focused on the usage of GIS in local governments and spatial dataset development only in urban planning field while the specification, contents and application of spatial data have not been considered due to the lack of the data showing geospatial information provision. This research focuses on the geospatial information provision in the local government that is one of the largest data providers. Thus, this research develops the dataset based on ‘The Record of Public Survey’ published by Geospatial Information Authority of Japan. Then, the investment for geospatial information provision is estimated to acquire the fundamental knowledge on spatial dataset building in Japan. The developed dataset has big potential to clarify the reality of geospatial information provision in Japan.