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Japan’s Nation-Wide Electronic Geotechnical Database Systems by Japanese Geotechnical Society

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On October 15, 2010, the Japanese Geotechnical Society (JGS) announced the public release of ‘Nation-wide Electronic Geotechnical Database Systems,’ which provides geotechnical information to the public on the internet. The information the system provides is a collection of ground models at 250 m by 250 m in plan built by using data from various geotechnical information databases. The paper first describes historical development of the geotechnical information databases in Japan, and introduces a 5-year project, ‘Integrated Geophysical and Geological Information Database in Japan,’ led by the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention (NIED), and participated by the JGS. The paper then presents the JGS’ ‘Nation-wide Electronic Geotechnical Database Systems,’ and describes why such system was proposed and built, followed by the presentation of the examples for possible application of the system.

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Abbreviations

AIST:

The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

ATC10:

The Asian Regional Technical Committee No. 10 for ‘Urban Geo-Informatics’

IGGID:

The Integrated Geophysical and Geological Information Database

JGS:

The Japanese Geotechnical Society

MEXT:

The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan

MLIT:

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Japan

NEGDS:

The Nation-wide Electronic Geotechnical Database Systems

NIED:

The National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention

PL:

Potential of liquefaction

PWRI:

The Public Works Research Institute

SCFPST:

The Special Coordination Funds for Promoting Science and Technology

SPT:

The standard penetration test

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Acknowledgments

The authors are grateful to Geo-Research Institute, who developed the computer software of the systems under the supervision of JGS’ work team, ‘Shallow Ground Data Base Linkage.’

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Overseas Department, Kiso-Jiban Consultants Co., Ltd., 1-5-7 Kameido, Kotoku, Tokyo, 136-8577, Japan

    Hiroaki Todo

  2. Geotechnical Information Group, Geo Research Institute, 4-3-2, Tachiuribori, Nishiku, Osaka, 550-0012, Japan

    Koji Yamamoto

  3. Department of Urban Management, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishi Kyo-ku, Kyoto, 615-8530, Japan

    Mamoru Mimura

  4. Division of Architectural, Civil, and Environmental Engineering, Tokyo Denki University, Ishisaka, Hatoyama, Hiki-gun, Saitama-ken, 350-0394, Japan

    Susumu Yasuda

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The paper is substantial revision of the manuscript originally submitted to International Symposium on Advances in Ground Technology and Geo-Information (IS-AGTG) 1–2 Dec 2011, Singapore. The Nation-wide Electronic Geotechnical Database Systems is a part of the Integrated Geophysical and Geological Information Database Project headed by the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention (NIED), and was financed by the Special Coordination Funds for Promoting Science and Technology under the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan (MEXT) from 2006 to 2010.

For detailed reports (written in Japanese) of NEGDS, visit the following web site of the Japanese Geotechnical Society: http://www.jiban.or.jp/organi/bu/chousabu/jibandatabase.html.

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Todo, H., Yamamoto, K., Mimura, M. et al. Japan’s Nation-Wide Electronic Geotechnical Database Systems by Japanese Geotechnical Society. Geotech Geol Eng 31, 941–963 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10706-012-9562-x

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