4. In which ways is the initiative creative and innovative?
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Fiscal 1997 to Fiscal 2000
・Gifu Prefecture and the municipal governments set up an examination committee to discuss development of the GIS programs in Gifu Prefecture. The committee members deliberated on the new GIS programs, determined its future goals and created the fundamental design of GIS.
Fiscal 2001 to Fiscal 2002
・Developed the “Prefecture-wide Integrated GIS”
・To start the “Prefecture-wide Integrated GIS”, the Gifu Prefecture Furusato Geographical Data Center was established within the Construction Research Center of Gifu Prefecture in November 2001. This Gifu Prefecture Furusato Geographical Data Center is responsible for spatial data operation and administration, information supply and distribution for government, industries and academia, and promotion of the GIS.
Fiscal 2003 to Fiscal 2005
・Developed of the Gifu Prefecture Shared Spatial Data
・Developed the system of the “Prefecture-wide Integrated GIS”
From Fiscal 2006
・Started the “Prefecture-wide Integrated GIS”
・Updated the Gifu Prefecture Shared Spatial Data
・Examination committees called, “Gifu Prefecture e-Government Promotion Municipalities and Prefecture Liaison Council / Prefecture-wide Integrated GIS Use Examination Working Group” was jointly convened by Gifu Prefecture and the municipal governments in order to discuss how to promote the use of the “Prefecture-wide Integrated GIS.”
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5. Who implemented the initiative and what is the size of the population affected by this initiative?
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○ Gifu Prefecture
・Both Gif Prefecture and the municipal governments examined the feasibilities of the Prefecture-wide Integrated GIS and worked together for its realization.
・Gifu Prefecture bore the cost of initial system development for the Gifu Prefecture Share Spatial Data.
・Gifu Prefecture bore the management cost after the operation of the Prefecture-wide Integrated GIS started (half the cost)
・Gifu Prefecture compiled the map information, a basis for the Gifu Prefecture Shared Spatial Data (information is mainly about the prefecture-administering roadways and forests).
・Gifu Prefecture compiled and edited different types of maps to update the Gifu Prefecture Shared Spatial Data
○ Municipal Governments
・Both Gif Prefecture and the municipal governments examined the feasibilities of the Prefecture-wide Integrated GIS and worked together for its realization.
・The municipal governments bore the management cost after the operation of the Prefecture-wide Integrated GIS started (half the cost)
・The municipal governments compiled the map information, a basis for the Gifu Prefecture Shared Spatial Data (information is mainly about the urban planning zones)
○ The Construction Research Center of Gifu Prefecture
・The Construction Research Center of Gifu Prefecture established the Gifu Prefecture Furusato Geographical Data Center. The Furusato Geographical Data Center is responsible for developing, managing and advancing the Prefecture-wide Integrated GIS.
・The Construction Research Center of Gifu Prefecture made the specification and carried out the quality examination to create Gifu Prefecture Shared Spatial Data.
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6. How was the strategy implemented and what resources were mobilized?
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○ The Construction Research Center of Gifu Prefecture carried out an initial development of the Prefecture-wide Integrated GIS through financial aids from Gifu Prefecture.
Period for Initial Development: from 2001 to 2005
Financial Aids: approximately 1.1 billion yen
After the Prefecture-wide Integrated GIS starts, Gifu Prefecture and the municipal governments share the management cost.
Annual Management Cost:
Approximately 50 million yen (Gifu Prefecture and the municipal governments share half the cost respectively)
Cost for Updating the Gifu Prefecture Shared Spatial Data:
Approximately 20 million yen (born by Gifu Prefecture)
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7. Who were the stakeholders involved in the design of the initiative and in its implementation?
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○ Development of the Prefecture-wide Integrated GIS by which the map information is shared across Gifu Prefecture.
○ Development of the Gifu Prefecture Shared Spatial Data has eliminated repetitive, overlapping map making and the map shows particularly high accuracy in higher elevation areas in Gifu Prefecture compared to conventional maps circulated in the market.
○ Map information for disaster prevention, welfare services, etc. is more accessible to the citizens as a result of the development of these two new systems.
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8. What were the most successful outputs and why was the initiative effective?
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○ Promotion of programs by an examination committee made up of Gifu Prefecture and the municipal governments
・The meetings of the ”Gifu Prefecture e-Government Promotion Municipalities and Prefecture Liaison Council / Prefecture-wide Integrated GIS Use Examination Working Group,” which is composed of Gifu Prefecture and the municipal governments, were held three times per year, and the members confirmed the state of progress for individual programs using the Prefecture-wide Integrated GIS. They also discussed how to draft and implement future programs.
・ System Development by the Gifu Prefecture Furusato Geographical Data Center
The Gifu Prefecture Furusato Geographical Data Center conducts the questionnaires for the users of the Prefecture-wide Integrated GIS every year and keeps on improving the system based on the questionnaires results.
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9. What were the main obstacles encountered and how were they overcome?
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○ Cooperation from the municipal governments in updating the “Gifu Prefecture Shared Spatial Data”
The electronic map, “Gifu Prefecture Shared Spatial Data” has been updated by utilizing its common fundamental design and by referring to the prefecture-made forest and roadway register maps and the municipal government-made urban planning maps. In order to update the “Gifu Prefecture Shared Spatial Data,” cooperation from the municipalities is indispensable. Although Gifu Prefecture concluded an agreement called, “Gifu Prefecture Shared Spatial Data Management Agreement” with the municipal governments to build an update scheme, not all the municipalities are the parties to this agreement. Therefore, Gifu Prefecture continues to persuade the whole municipalities to join.
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