This is the most detailed vegetation map covering all of Japan. The Ministry of the Environment has been conducting the Natural Environment Conservation Basic Survey. The vegetation survey is a part of this extensive nationwide natural environment survey (http://gis.biodic.go.jp/webgis/sc-043.html).
The original data was prepared as shapefile and was divided into Japanese standard mesh areas. We downloaded all data files and merged into one GeoParquet file. During this merging process, we fixed a data schema anomaly. We also merged adjacent polygons from different mesh areas based on their attribute values.
All descriptive attribute values were in Japanese. So we extracted all unique attribute values and translated into English. We used ChatGPT4o for this translation. We cannot guarantee the translation accuracy, so please use these English descriptions at your own risk.
1/25,000 scale vegetation maps (Biodiversity Center, Ministry of the Environment) were download and processed by Pacific Spatial Solutions inc. (Vegetation map data download site)
1/25,000植生図 全県分GISデータ(環境省生物多様性センター)を使用し、Pacific Spatial Solutions 株式会社が作成・加工したものである。(植生調査(1/2.5万) 都道府県別一覧)
This data can be used in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY). When using the data, please indicate the attribution. For more detailed data usage terms, please visit the Biodiversity Center website.
本データは、クリエイティブ・コモンズ・ライセンスの表示4.0 国際 (CC BY) に従い利用することができます。データを利用する際は、出典をご記載ください。より詳しいデータの利用規約は生物多様性センターのサイトで御覧ください。