What is SIG?
The Special Interest Group (SIG) conducts detailed discussions on various research fields in GIS.
SIG at glance
- Spatial IT sub-committee
Representative Masatoshi Arikawa Contact address University of Tokyo
Center for Spatial Information Science
Tel: +(81)-3-5453-5693
Fax: +(81)-3-5453-5699
E-mail: arikawa
csis.u-tokyo.ac.jp
- Forestry Planning sub-committee
Representative Tatsuo Itoh Contact address Kyoto Prefecture University
Department of Agriculture, Forestry Division
Tel: +(81)-75-781-3131 Ext. 264
Fax: +(81)-75-722-8277
E-mail: t_itokpu.ac.jp
- Business GIS sub-committee
Representative Hiroyuki Takasaka Contact address Nihon University
College of Humanities and Sciences,
Department of Geography,
Tel: +(81)-3-3304-2051
Fax: +(81)-3-5317-9429
E-mail : kohsakachs.nihon-u.ac.jp
- Local Government sub-committee
Representative Toru Oba Contact address Ichikawa City Planning Division,
Ichikawa City, Chiba, Japan
Tel: +(81)-47-334-1111 Ext. 2304
E-mail: BZH06512nifty.ne.jp
- Land-use and Land Price GIS sub-committee
Representative Teroko Usui Contact address Kansai Institute of Information Systems & Industrial Renovation, General Affairs Division.
Osaka Ekimae First Building,8th Floor
1-3-1-800,Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka,
530-0001 Japan
Tel: +(81)-6-6346-2441(General Affairs)
Fax: +(81)-6-6346-2443
E-mail: makokiis.or.jp, soudakiis.or.jp
- BioGIS sub-committee
Representative Kazuhiro Tanaka (Kyoto Pref. Univ.) Contact address Tel: +(81)-75-703-5629
E-mail: tanakazukpu.ac.jp
- Disaster Management GIS
Representative Michinori Hatayama (Kyoto Univ. Disaster Prevention Research Institute) Contact address Tel: +(81)-774-38-4333
E-mail: hatayamaimdr.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp
- Mobile and Virtual GIS
Representative Shinoaki Sakura (Ohtsuma Women's Univ.) Contact address Tel: +(81)-42-339-0061
E-mail: shinoakiotsuma.ac.jp
- Space-Time GIS
Representative Koji Yoshikawa (Osaka Sangyo University) Contact address Tel: +(81)-72-875-3001
E-mail: yoshikawadue.osaka-sandai.ac.jp
- LIS/GIS sub-committee
Representative Yasuyuki Shinsen (Osaka Tochikaoku Chosashi Kai) Contact address Tel: +(81)-724-32-5955
E-mail: hk2000dream.com
- Maps & Spatial Representation Sub-committee
Representative Takashi Morita (Hosei University) Contact address Tel: +(81)-423-87-6270
E-mail: moritak.hosei.ac.jp
- Security
Representative Hiroshi Kawazoe (Research Institute of Geographic Information System) Contact address Tel: +(81)-6-6464-7077
E-mail: kawazoegissoken.org
- Autonomous Distributed Architecture
Representative Haruhiro Fujita (Toyo Univ.) Contact address Tel: +(81)-276-82-9157
E-mail: fujita-hitoyonet.toyo.ac.jp
- Spatial Thinking Interest Group
Representative Osamu Imai (Tokyo Univ.) Contact address Tel: +(81)-04-7136-4297
E-mail: oimaicsis.u-tokyo.ac.jp
SIG participation: Requirements and Methods
Anyone can participate in the activities of the SIG. Details on the requirements and how to participate can be obtained from the SIG sub-committee representative.
Forming an SIG
A list of ten or more people who are members of GISA should be submitted along with their complete set of application forms to the SIG committee member representative.
GISA publishes Theory and Applications of GIS and Papers and Proceedings of the Geographic Information Systems Association of Japan.
