Abstract
As the age of open data and data visualization arrives, the Statistics Bureau of Japan and the National Statistics Center of Japan have released a new geostatistics web service. Called jSTAT MAP, the web service can aggregate data and produce choropleth maps based on small area statistics, whether they may be census data or users' own data. jSTAT MAP has expanded horizons for the integration of statistical and geospatial information and acquired a new statistical user base in Japan. This paper describes the key elements of jSTAT MAP and reports on the impact it has brought about on statistical users.
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