The Geological maps below are available as Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Web Map Services (WMS) and Web Map Tile Services (WMTS).

Web Map Services (WMS) / Web Map Tile Services (WMTS)

Quadrangle series 1:50,000

Map Index

Seamless Digital Geological Map of Japan (1:200,000)

WMS   capabilities : basic version / detailed version
WMTS   capabilities : basic version / detailed version
detailed

1:1,000,000 Geological Map of Japan

WMSWMS capabilities
https://gbank.gsj.jp/ows/GSJ_Combined_Bedrock_and_Superficial_Geology_and_Age/wms
WMTSWMTS capabilities
https://gbank.gsj.jp/tilemap/geologicmap/wmts/1.0.0/JPN_GSJ_1M_Combined_BLT_SLT_BA/default/{TileMatrixSet}/{TileMatrix}/{TileRow}/{TileCol}.png

1:2,000,000 Geological Map of Japan

WMSWMS capabilities
https://gbank.gsj.jp/ows/geologicmap2000k_en
WMTSWMTS capabilities
https://gbank.gsj.jp/tilemap/geologicmap/wmts/1.0.0/geologicmap2000k/default/{TileMatrixSet}/{TileMatrix}/{TileRow}/{TileCol}.png

1:2,000,000 Digital Geologic Map of East and Southeast Asia

WMSWMS capabilities
https://gbank.gsj.jp/ows/GSJ_CCOP_Combined_Bedrock_and_Superficial_Geology_and_Age/wms
WMTSWMTS capabilities
https://gbank.gsj.jp/tilemap/geologicmap/wmts/1.0.0/JPN_GSJ_1M_Combined_BLT_SLT_BA/default/{TileMatrixSet}/{TileMatrix}/{TileRow}/{TileCol}.png

1:2,000,000 to 1:200,000 Seamless Geological Map of Japan

WMSWMS capabilities
https://gbank.gsj.jp/ows/geologicmap_multiscale_en
WMTSWMTS capabilitiles
https://gbank.gsj.jp/tilemap/geologicmap/wmts/1.0.0/geologicmap_multiscale/default/{TileMatrixSet}/{TileMatrix}/{TileRow}/{TileCol}.png

Bouguer Anomalies in Japan

WMSWMS capabilities
https://gbank.gsj.jp/ows/gravdb_en
WMTSWMTS capabilities
https://gbank.gsj.jp/tilemap/gravdb/wmts/1.0.0/BouguerAnomaly200/default/{TileMatrixSet}/{TileMatrix}/{TileRow}/{TileCol}.png
(This service includes several layers. For a listing of available layers, please click the capabilities button. )

Geochemical Map of Japan

WMSWMS capabilities
https://gbank.gsj.jp/ows/geochemmap_en
WMTSWMTS capabilities
https://gbank.gsj.jp/tilemap/geochemmap/wmts/1.0.0/geochemmap_Al2O3/default/{TileMatrixSet}/{TileMatrix}/{TileRow}/{TileCol}.png
(This service includes a large number of layers. For a listing of available layers, please click the capabilties button. )

Geological Map of Fuji Volcano

WMSWMS capabilities
https://gbank.gsj.jp/ows/miscellaneous_00012_en
WMTSWMTS capabilities
https://gbank.gsj.jp/tilemap/miscellaneous/wmts/1.0.0/miscellaneous_00012/default/{TileMatrixSet}/{TileMatrix}/{TileRow}/{TileCol}.png

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Raster-based Web Map Tile Services (WMTS)

A lage number of published maps is available on WMTS.

• Geological Maps of Japan
  https://gbank.gsj.jp/geonavi/maptile/wmts/1.0.0/WMTSCapabilities.xml (in Japanese)
  Images can be checked in the map browser " GeomapNavi".

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How to Use

WMS and WMTS are available in some GIS applications such as ArcGIS, QGIS, Google Earth, etc.

Web applications such as OpenLayers can view the maps of WMS and WMTS within your website.

• Sample WMS view using OpenLayers
• Sample WMTS view using OpenLayers


Sample view using OpenLayers

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Terms of Use

The license of the geological maps of WMS / WMTS is Government of Japan Standard Terms of Use (Version 2.0) .

If you need to contact us, please use Inquiry Form.

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