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Natural Environmental Information GIS

Viewing KML Data

KML data can be viewed.
  • The results of the National Surveys on the Natural Environment (GIS data) is served in the KML data.
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User manual[PDF:6.4MB] Description of viewable data[PDF:2.4MB]
* Legends for the Vegetation Maps from up to the 5th survey and those from the 6th and the later surveys are different. Please refer to Q2 in this page for the correspondence table.
*Specific Plant Community is not included.
Shape data for Specific Plant Community can be downloaded here.(13MB)

  • Data on areas and borders of the National Parks and National Wildlife Protection Areas (as of December31, 2010) are available in the following pages.


  • KML dataF KML data can view with the software supporting the KML network link.(for example, google earth, ArcGIS Explorer Desktop.)
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