Disaster prevention

Use Cases

GeoTechnologies, supports disaster prevention measures with our map data.

Japan has been repeatedly affected by a number of natural disasters, such as earthquakes, heavy rains, typhoons, and volcanic eruptions. According to a 2014 white paper on disaster prevention, approximately 20% of the world’s magnitude 6.0 or higher earthquakes occurred in Japan. Since predicting when and where a disaster will occur is very difficult, making preparations on a regular basis is important. GeoTechnologies’s map data can support a variety of disaster prevention measures.

For those who have the following needs

Disaster prevention

We want to prepare a disaster prevention map to find shelter or go home without passing through dangerous areas in the event of a natural disaster.

GeoTechnologies offers...

The ability to search for routes that either avoid or go through particular areas, as well as identify valid routes beforehand to help find shelter or get home.

We want to provide printed evacuation maps to foreign tourists visiting Japan.

GeoTechnologies offers...

Japan maps in 13 languages, covering 95% of the foreign tourists visiting Japan to assist them in their native languages.

In addition, we create map data completely in-house, thus flexibly supporting secondary uses to licensees, such as printing on paper.

We want to locate and check damage to facilities, such as base stations, even when Internet access is unavailable in the event of disaster.

GeoTechnologies offers...

Development kits that enable the offline use of maps.

Since this map data is installed on local devices such as smartphones and tablets, it is possible to display facility information and search for routes on the map without Internet access.

We want to use road information to check if there are likely to be water damaged spots in specific roads in the event of torrential rain.

GeoTechnologies offers...

The road elevation data provided in the MapFan DB covers all roads ranging from expressways to national and minor roads, and supports analysis of roads that are likely to be water damaged by torrential rain or flooding.

In addition, the MapFan API enables you to search for routes that avoid particular areas. This feature can also be used when preparing in-advance evacuation plans.

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