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Japan GIS/Mapping Sciences Resource Guide
(Third Edition)
Digital Geospatial Data
NATURAL PLACENAME DATABASE
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Copyright © 1996, 1997, 1998 Stephan PollardPage Last Modified: June 28, 1997
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DIRECTORIES | GEOSPATIAL DIGITAL DATA | IMAGERY
GOVERNMENT PUBLISHED MAPS
Natural Placename Database
Romanized Pronunciation: Shizen Chimeishu
Coordinate System: n/a
Format: CVS MSDOS (DOS/V) text file, both Shift JIS and JIS codesets are used for kanji
Coverage: Entire country
Cost: ¥20,600
Released:
Notes:
- This data set appears on the current Japan Map Center distributed price table of digital map information as "1:200,000 Composite Map with Basic Physical Geographical Names." Though it appears the product is a map with place names it is not, but rather simply a textual database of placenames.
- This data set contains over 20,000 annotations from the 1:200 000 Topographic Regional Map series.
- Included with individual placenames are: 3rd level mesh codes, the 1:200 000 sheet name, the 1:500 000 Topographic District Map name, ken code, and classification codes (no lat./longs.)
- The data comes compressed with uncompression software on a single 1.2 MB diskette formatted for Japanese DOS. Partial extraction of data is possible with ken-code (prefecture-code) or classification code.
- The data is importable to Japanese versions of EXCEL, Lotus1-2-3 etc. spreadsheets.
- Hardcopy of data is available.
- Use restrictions may apply to this data. The user is strongly urged to contact the Geographical Survey Institute for further information. Application for permission to use data may be required.
Publisher:
Geographical Survey Institute (GSI) (Kokudo Chiri'in)
1, Kitasato
Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki-ken 305
Japan
Tel:
81-298-64-1111 Ext. 7154 for data inquiries
81-298-64-1111 Ext. 2153 for data use regulation inquiries
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
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