Asia-Pacific Regional Mapping Conference

Japanese: アジア太平洋地域地図会議 - あじあたいへいようちいきちずかいぎ
Asia-Pacific Regional Mapping Conference

...In Japan, the Hydrographic Department of the Japan Coast Guard is an active member of these organizations. There are also organizations within the United Nations, such as the Asia-Pacific Regional Cartographic Conference, which is involved in the standardization of international control points for land and sea maps and cooperation in map production. It meets once every three years to make recommendations and issues covering a wide range of topics from control points to map printing, as well as issues such as economic and technical cooperation and the adoption of new technologies. In Japan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs serves as the contact point, and the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan and other government agencies related to maps attend the conference. ...

*Some of the terms used in the Asia-Pacific Regional Mapping Conference are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…日本では海上保安庁水路部がこれらの組織の一員として活躍している。また陸海の地図に関する国際的な基準点の統一や地図作成のための協力などの組織としては,国際連合の組織として,たとえばアジア太平洋地域地図会議などの組織があり,基準点から地図印刷までの広い範囲にわたり,また経済技術協力から新技術の採用などの問題も含んで,3年に1度会議をもち,いくつかの勧告などを議決している。日本では外務省が窓口となり,国土地理院はじめ地図に関連する政府機関がこの会議に出席する。…

※「アジア太平洋地域地図会議」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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