Introduction. A tool for creating pseudo-3D spaces with hyperphoto: An application in ethnographic studies. A laser-scanner system for acquiring archeological data: Case of the tyre remains. A laser-scanner system for acquiring walking-trajectory data and its possible application to behavioral science. A method for constructing a historical population-grid database from old maps and its applications. Urban employment areas: Defining Japanese metropolitan areas and constructing the statistical database for them. Data modelling of archaeological sites using a unified modelling language. How to find free software packages for spatial analysis via the Internet.

A toolbox for examining the effect of infrastructural features on the distribution of spatial events. A toolbox for spatial analysis on a network. Estimation of routes and building sites described in premodern travel accounts through spatial reasoning. Computer-simulated settlements in West Wakasa: Identifying the ancient tax regions - The go-ri system. Site-catchment analysis of prehistoric settlements by reconstructing paleoenvironments with GIS. Migration, regional diversity, and residential development on the edge of greater Cairo - linking three kinds of data - census, household-survey data, and geographical data - with GIS. Effect of environmental factors on housing prices: Application of GIS to urban-policy analysis. Estimating urban agglomeration economies for Japanese metropolitan areas: Is Tokyo too large? Evaluation of school redistricting by the school family system.

A method for visualizing the landscape of old-time cities using GIS. Visualization for site assessment. Visualization of the Mental Image of a city using GIS.