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GSI is actively promoting research and development projects contributing to planning and implementing administrative measures for development and utilization of surveying and geospatial information in a precise manner, with the following key themes:

Research and development to enhance development and utilization capability
Research and development to create a geospatially enabled society in the next generation
Research and development for disaster prevention and mitigation
Research for scientific understanding of the earth and national land

For more detail

GSI Research and Development Basic Plan [PDF:422KB]
Geography and Crustal Dynamics Research Center
Crustal Deformation Research Div.
Geographic Information Analysis Research Div.
Bulletin of the GSI
Japan Profile for Geographic Information Standards (JPGIS)

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