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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">ISPRS-Archives</journal-id>
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<journal-title>The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">ISPRS-Archives</abbrev-journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="nlm-ta">Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.</abbrev-journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="epub">2194-9034</issn>
<publisher><publisher-name>ISPRS</publisher-name>
<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/isprsarchives-XXXIX-B4-39-2012</article-id>
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<article-title>DEVELOPMENT OF A SPATIAL INFORMATION CONSULTING METHOD FOR MERGED LOCAL GOVERNMENTS</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Oku</surname>
<given-names>N.</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Mizobuchi</surname>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Hatta</surname>
<given-names>A.</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>Kokusai kogyo Co., Ltd., 1-1-15, Nishinagasu-cho, Amagasaki, Hyogo, 660-0805, Japan</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>27</day>
<month>07</month>
<year>2012</year>
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<volume>XXXIX-B4</volume>
<fpage>39</fpage>
<lpage>44</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2012 N. Oku et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2012</copyright-year>
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<p>In Japan, the merger of local governments is progressing. Since a digital divide may exist between local governments before merging,
however, the merger may increase the gap through presenting the contrast and may provide trouble for equitably providing citizen
services that the merger should aim for. To solve this problem, we developed a spatial information consulting method for merged
local governments. The method can be classified into four phases according to its execution steps. The four phases are &quot;gap analysis&quot;
that compares the current state of merging local governments (As-Is) against the ideal state (To-Be),&quot;Scenario analysis&quot; that shows
how to realize To-Be against current issues that have been defined through gap analysis, &quot;Cost-benefit analysis&quot; that calculate costs
and benefits to verify the feasibility of the analysis-based scenario, and &quot;Roadmap formulation&quot; that reflect the results obtained by
the analysis over a yearly schedule table. In result, we have achieved the appropriate planning to integrate data and system for
merged local governments, and be introduced in a packaged framework to other local governments that have similar issues.</p>
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