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Japan GIS/Mapping Sciences Resource Guide
(Third Edition)
Government Published Maps
GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY INSTITUTE
1:3,000,000 JAPAN AND SURROUNDINGSAll Rights Reserved
Copyright © 1996, 1997, 1998 Stephan PollardPage Last Modified: June 25, 1998
URL http://www.cast.uark.edu/jpgis/jpgsitopoJS.html
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HANDY REFERENCES
Paper Sizes
Japanese Year Conversion
"Have Computer Will Travel" by Erik Kassebaum
Universal Currency Converter by Xenon Laboratories, Inc.
Glossary/Punctuation Guide: English - Japanese (Romanized)
Japan Time and Business, Banking, and Government Office Hours by FinDat.com
Front Page | Table of Contents
DIRECTORIES | GEOSPATIAL DIGITAL DATA | IMAGERY
GOVERNMENT PUBLISHED MAPS
1:3,000,000 Japan and Surroundings
SAMPLES (links to GSI images): Sapporo Sendai Hiroshima Fukuoka composite image
Romanized Pronunciation: San byaku man bun no ichi no nihon to sono shuhen
Language(s): Japanese
Notes:
- Includes Japan and its peripheral areas in order to depict the relative geographic position.
- There are two editions, a layer tinted edition and a hill shaded edition.
Scale vs. Actual Distance: On paper 1cm = 30,000m On ground
Projection: Oblique Conformal Secant Conic
Datum: Tôkyô 1949
Ellipsoid: Bessel 1841
Index Contour Interval: -
Intermediate Contour Interval: 200m, 500m, 1000m, 2000m,3000m
Supplementary Contour Interval: -
Map Accuracy:| Cumulative maximum | | | displacement | Drawing Errors | |---------------------|---------------------| 1:3,000,000 | Minimum essential | +-5.00m | -----------------------------------------------------------| |(Within 0.1mm on map)|Coverage: All of Japan, Korea and parts of China (1 sheet)
Publisher:
Geographical Survey Institute (GSI) (Kokudo Chiri'in)
1, Kitasato
Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki-ken 305
Japan
Tel:
81-298-64-1111
Fax:
81-298-64-8087
Distributor:
Japan Map Center (Nihon Chizu Senta)
4-9-6, Aobadai
Meguro-ku, Tôkyô 153
Japan
Tel:
81-3-3485-5414
Fax:
81-3-3465-7689
Contact:
firstres@po.iijnet.or.jp
Ordering Remarks (As of March 1, 1998):
Size Note Type of Map Code Colors Sheets Price Code ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1:3,000,000 Japan and Surroundings | 3 | 12 | 1 | ¥890 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Size Codes (sizes rounded) -------------------------- 3. 79cm x 109cm (31.1" x 42.9") flat sheetWhen requesting an index of base maps or simply ordering send requests to the distributor and you will receive notification of payment method and total charges including shipping.
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