Study on the Advancement of the Geographic Information Science (GIS) and the Organization for the GIS Education and Research

研究了地理信息科学（GIS）的现状、研究机构之间的研究合作方式、地理信息科学教育和研究的流行和推进方式、向学会提供研究成果的方式及其对行政管理的影响。研究结果总结如下：1。综述了地理信息系统的研究现状。特别是对GIS的基本要素，即空间数据的获取、数据库、操作、分析、输出表示等方面的现有文献和研究进展进行了综述。总结了美国国家地理信息与分析中心和英国区域研究实验室的组织结构。提出了日本GIS研究中心的合理结构。召开了两次关于地理信息系统的专题讨论会，其内容发表在地理信息系统协会会刊上。举例说明了空间数据在全球环境、城市环境、土地利用分析、林业规划、农业、城市工程、市场营销、多媒体、区域政治、地理、医学、科学、灾害预防、景观分析等领域的有效应用，并对空间数据的研究现状和研究方向进行了综述。对互联网上的资料进行了总结。为促进高校间的研究互动，推进地理信息系统的教育和研究，建立大学地理信息系统研究中心是一项必要的行政措施。该中心可以通过整合多个领域的学术知识来实现空间数据的有效利用和GIS的发展。

The state of arts of the Geographic Information Science (GIS), the way of research cooperation among research institutions, the way of prevailing and advancing education and research in GIS,the way of providing research results to the Society, and their Administrative implications were studied.Research results are summarized as follows :1. The state of arts in GIS was summarized. In particular, existing literatures as well as the development of research were summarized for the fundamental elements of GIS,namely, acquisition, database, operation, analysis, output presentation of spatial data.2. The organizational structures of the National Center for Geographical Information and Analysis in the US and the Regional Research Laboratory in the UK were summarized.3. An appropriate structure of the GIS research center in Japan is proposed.4. Symposium on the GIS were held two times, and their contents were published in the journal of the Geographic Information Systems Association.5. Effective usages of spatial data were exemplified in the fields of global environment, urban environment, land use analysis, forestry planning, agriculture, urban engineering, marketing, multimedia, regional politics, geography, medical, science, disater prevention, landscape anlysis with research reviews and their directions of research were shown. Information available on the internet was summarized.6. To facilitate the research interaction among institutions and to advance the education and research in the GIS,it is essential to establish the GIS research center attached to a university as an administrative measure. The effective use of spatial data and advancement of the GIS by integrating the academic knowledge in many fields can be accomplished by this center.