2008 VOL.117 No.2  
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Bird's Eye View of the Tharsis Bulge and Arabia Terra

　Thanks to recent missions, the volume of data on Mars including those related to landforms has increased dramatically, and the quality of the data is also improving. In response, planetary scientists have adopted GIS as an important tool for geomorphological studies of Mars.
　This bird's eye view was constructed using GIS from a data set acquired by Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter onboard the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft launched by NASA. Vertical exaggeration is 8. The Tharsis bulge has rich evidence of magmatic and tectonic processes, and also of water that is hypothesized to have existed on the surface in great abundance. It is also classified as geologically young on Mars. This bird's eye view clearly illustrates volcanoes that are some of the largest in the Solar System, the great Valles Marineris canyon system, and outflow channels probably formed by cataclysmic flooding. Arabia Terra in the foreground is dotted with many impact craters, and is considered to be geologically old.
　Courtesy of Trent Hare, US Geological Survey.
(Explanation: Goro KOMATSU)
　  
CONTENTS Japanese
　Special Issue on “GIS”
  Yuji MURAYAMA, Yoshiki WAKABAYASHI, Takashi OGUCHI, Hitoshi HASEGAWA and Toshikazu TAMURA Preface for the Special Issue on “GIS”
307-311
　I. Development of GIS, Theory, Education, and Database
  Atsuyuki OKABE GIS Developments in the 1970s and 1980s in Japan: Dawn of GIS in Japan (Review Article)
312-323
  Kei-ichi OKUNUKI Spatial Analysis in GIS Environments (Review Article)
324-340
  Minori YUDA, Satoru ITOH, Hitoshi UCHIDA, Yoshinaga KIZU and Junya ITOU Effectiveness of the Cellular Phone GIS in Upper Secondary School Education: From Land Use Study in Geography Class (Original Article)
341-353
  Akiko TAKAHASHI and Atsuyuki OKABE Classification and Characteristics of Students Taking a GIS Laboratory Teaching Course Using an Online Learning System (Original Article)
354-369
  Hiromasa WATANABE, Yuji MURAYAMA and Kazufumi FUJITA Development of “Historical Regional Statistics” and Utilization of the Data: Focusing on Japanese Modern Era (Original Article)
370-386
  Hiroshi UNE Digital Japan and Global Mapping: Role of National Mapping Organizations in the Era of GIS (Notes)
387-400
　II. Physical Geography
  Goro KOMATSU Application of GIS to Geomorphological Research on Mars (Review Article)
401-411
  Hiroya YAMANO Islands without Maps: Integrating Geographic Information on Atoll Reef Islands and its Application to their Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation to Global Warming (Review Article)
412-423
  Daichi NAKAYAMA, Daisuke MORINAGA and Hiroshi MATSUYAMA Evaluation of the Evacuation Route Availability Based on an Inundation Flow Simulation (Original Article)
424-438
  Mamoru KOARAI Geographic Information Analysis of a Hazard Map of Bandai Volcano Using a Landform Classification Map and Digital Elevation Models (Original Article)
439-454
　III. Human Geography
  Hiroyuki KOHSAKA and Tomoko SEKINE Business Applications of Geographic Information Technology (Review Article)
455-463
  Keiji YANO, Tomoki NAKAYA, Yuzuru ISODA, Yutaka TAKASE, Tatsunori KAWASUMI, Keigo MATSUOKA, Toshikazu SETO, Dai KAWAHARA, Akihiro TSUKAMOTO, Manabu INOUE and Takashi KIRIMURA Virtual Kyoto: 4DGIS Comprising Spatial and Temporal Dimensions (Review Article)
464-478
  Koichi TANAKA The Changes in Urban Density and Land Use in Tokyo 23 Wards in the 1990s: A Case Study of Office Buildings and Multiple Dwelling Units (Original Article)
479-490
  Yuichi HASHIMOTO Spatio-temporal Structure of Buildings and Reconcentration of Dwelling Space in Sapporo City (Original Article)
491-505
  Tomoki NAKAYA and Keiji YANO Spatio-temporal Three-Dimensional Mapping of Crime Events: Visualising Spatio-temporal Clusters of Snatch-and-run Offences (Original Article)
506-521
  Koshiro SUZUKI and Yoshiki WAKABAYASHI Spatial Analysis of Tourist Attractions Listed in Japanese and English Guidebooks to Tokyo (Short Article)
522-533
　IV. Application to Environment and Area Studies
  Kazuhisa OHBI Landscape Characteristics from the Viewpoint of River Systems in Watersheds: A Case Study of the Nakagawa, Kasumigaura, Kinugawa, and Kokaigawa Watersheds in the North Kanto Region, Japan (Original Article)
534-552
  Sonoko D. KIMURA and Masanori OKAZAKI Relation between Land Use and River Water Quality of the Tama River Watershed (Original Article)
553-560
  Haruhisa ASADA, Jun MATSUMOTO, Zhou LIN and Takashi OGUCHI Relationship between Distribution of Residential Areas and Topographic Factors in the Sagarmatha Zone, Eastern Nepal (Short Article)
561-567
  Yuichiro NISHIMURA, Kohei OKAMOTO and Somkhit BOULIDAM Daily Activity Survey in Lao Suburban Village Using GPS and GIS (Short Article)
568-581
 
Book Reviews
582-586
Notice of Revisions upon Submitting Your Article to the Jounal of Geography
587
Information from the Editorial Board of the Journal of Geography
587
News
588-591
　Pictorials
  1: Regional Structure of Central Japan in the Middle Meiji Era (Hiromasa WATANABE, Yuji MURAYAMA and Kazufumi FUJITA)
 ix
  2: The Cause of Flooding at Fongafale Islet, Tuvalu, Revealed by Reconstructing Historical Maps (Hiroya YAMANO)
x
  3: Geographic Information Analysis of a Hazard Map of Bandai Volcano Using a Landform
Classification Map and Digital Elevation Models (Mamoru KOARAI)
xi
  4: Distribution of Land Use, Soil Type and Average Nitrate Concentration in 2003 in the Tama River Watershed (Sonoko D. KIMURA and Masanori OKAZAKI)
xii