Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2019

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M (Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary) » M-GI General Geosciences, Information Geosciences & Simulations

[M-GI37] Earth and planetary informatics with huge data management

Sun. May 26, 2019 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM Poster Hall (International Exhibition Hall8, Makuhari Messe)

convener:Ken T. Murata(National Institute of Information and Communications Technology), Rie Honda(Department of Science and Technology, System of Natual Science, Kochi University), Susumu Nonogaki(Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology), Takeshi Horinouchi(Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University)

[MGI37-P01] Publication of georeferenced polygon data to make JMA XML machine-readable

*Eizi TOYODA1 (1.Administration Department, Japan Meteorological Agency)

Keywords:JMA XML, geospatial polygon data, open data

Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) has developed an XML format to structurized replacement for traditional plain text bulletins in Japanese text (Kana-Kanji messages) used for alerting messages such as warnings and advisories. The JMA's XML format reduced ad-hoc parsing work of plain text, while the geolocation remained as issue. Messages issued for fixed geographical areas (like prefectures or municipalities) contain only code for the areas, and users had to prepare polygon data by the area's name for visualization.
January 2019, JMA published georeferenced polygon data (in shapefiles). Challenges will be presented during the session, including the selection of horizontal resolution and the clarification of geographical areas. JMA expects the polygon data expands the utilization of JMA's XML messages in other formats or in conjunction with other geospatial information.