About "full-scale use and support of GIS," cooperation with local public bodies and assistance to local
areas has done for the development of integrated GIS. All prefectures and 39% municipalities have installed
individual GIS, and only 14 prefectures and 12% municipalities have installed integrated GIS for
multi-purposes.
About "improve efficiency of government and enhance quality of government services using GIS,"
realization of high-quality services using GIS and Web GIS is promoted in all administrative fields including
disaster prevention, urban planning, transportation, environment, and education, such as earthquake disaster
prevention information system (DIS) and Web GIS applications("Statistics GIS Plaza," "Disaster Prevention
Information Providing Center," "Cyber Japan Web System," etc.) By "Cyber Japan Web System," people can
use the latest map information of GSI as a background map to their own geographic information and provide it
at their web sites.