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Natural Environmental Information GIS

Natural Environmental Information GIS (trial version)

The Natural Environmental Information GIS currently provides the following data
  • GIS data obtained from National Surveys on the Natural Environment (surveys on vegetation, rivers, lakes/marshes, coastlines, seaweed beds/tidal flats/coral reefs, etc.)
  • Areas and borders of National Parks and National Wildlife Protection Areas
The data can be viewed at 'View KML Data'. Downloadable data is available from 'Download Shape Data'. For more information on the 'National Surveys on the Natural Environment', please click here.



  • KML Data
    This data is mainly for browsing using a viewer software program. A number of free viewer software program including Google Earth and ArcGIS Explorer are available. The data is not suitable for analyses but convenient for easy browsing.
  • Shape Data
    This data is mainly for analyses by using GIS software. GIS software is necessary for displaying the data.
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