Resumen de The use of Japanese land use maps at 1:25 000
This article describes a project analysing Japanese 1:25 000 land use maps and digital data derived from them, and the usefulness of such information for both planners and ordinary citizens. The maps, which began to be produced in Japan in 1975, cover most of the country's populated area and show some 40 land uses. The author has so far transferred over 100 of them into digital data which can be stored and quantified on a computer; sample analyses are provided here for 17 cities. The author concludes that if the maps can be produced in a short time and updated regularly, they can play an important role in land-use studies and planning in Japan. Further quantification, with the support of the Geographical Survey Institute, would be useful.
