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(3) Movement of a base unit area 
The common boundary between two base unit areas is moved. 
In data management, the common boundary between two 
regions is eliminated and a new boundary line is generated. In 
this case, the base unit number is unchanged. 
6.3. Creation of total result data 
Total information is created after each census in accordance with 
base unit numbers. Such data corresponds to a connector for 
each item (population, number of households, etc.). In this case, 
the two-dimensional coordinate values of connectors inherit 
coordinate values of base unit numbers. 
reference point for feature space D‘, obtain the corresponding 
population Wx. Set WxN = RN Wx. 
(2) Division of a base unit area 
6.4. Example application 
By means of temporal analysis, differentials between total 
information values at two time points can be obtained. Here, we 
consider as an example the determination of changes in 
population in base unit areas using the algorithm in 5.2. First, the 
input information given below is specified. The base unit 
boundaries and population totals at the two time points T, T 1 are 
assumed to be as given in Figure 8. 
D: Feature space representing base unit areas 
P: Point inside region for which population change is to be 
determined 
T: Date of 1995 census (October 1st, 1995) 
T: Date of 2000 census (October 1st, 2000) 
By executing the algorithm described in 5.2, the output shown in 
Figure 9 is obtained. Using the output results and the feature 
space D 1 that represents population statistics, and executing the 
algorithm shown below, the change in population between the 
two time points T, T* can be obtained. 
[Step 1] 
By setting T as the system time and performing a feature 
space search using Q as a reference point for feature space 
D', obtain the population, W, at time T. 
[Step 2] 
Set T' as the system time and, for all Q', use the following 
algorithm to determine WxN. 
By performing a feature space search using Q'N as a 
T; 1995.10.1 
T: 2000.10.1 
Figure 8. Example of Census Data 
[Step 3] 
Because the population, W 1 , at time T' is given by W' = WxN 
. + WxN, the change in population between two time points T, 
T is given by W - W'. 
7. Conclusion 
We have described a spatial temporal geographic information 
system, DyMSIS. We have also made some proposals regarding 
the application of this method to management of census data. In 
the future, we intend to investigate the application of such 
models to management of local government data and sampling 
in disaster analysis. 
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