The MAP system is a Geographic Information System (GIS) whose principal purpose is to manage equipment and facilities. Introduced company-wide in 1986, the MAP system contains a database with map data on approximately 50,000 km of gas networks in 6 prefectures of the Kinki region of Japan. This is the equivalent of about 21,000 maps at a scale of 1/500. The introduction of the MAP system has enhanced safety and increased work efficiency in a number of areas, such as producing and managing drawings, and managing and processing work plans, design tasks, control measures and right-of-way information. The system also proved invaluable in restoration work following the Great Hanshin/Awaji Earthquake.
In 2003,the MAP system was restructured to work on intranet / extranet. Thereby greatly expanding its applications by enabling pipeline drawings to be accessed and used on the Web.