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"Development of system for spatiotemporal mapping with emphasis on
urban area in Southeast Asia"
Project Leader: YONEZAWA, Go

Outline
Ordinary maps show domains, and phenomena and events mapped onto them are handled as features with position information, so they are generally a two-dimensional (2-D) space. However, that approach is inadequate for geoinformatics. Domains have height (depth) attributes, so at the very least a three-dimensional (3-D) space is needed to express that information. For example, to create a map of natural disasters such as flooding in Southeast Asia, it is essential to be able to express data in three dimensions. Also, for research such as studies into the history of the urban development, when historical phenomena and events are examined utilizing maps, the time dimension needs to be taken into account. Consequently, investigations require at least a 4-D space.
The spatiotemporal mapping system is efficient and new approach to perceive the 4-D transfiguration of urban city. This research will provide an outline and method for analyzing of urban transfiguration using the spatiotemporal mapping from underground and ground-based information.