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Related Links of the Map Room

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This is a list of related links of the Map Room which introduces websites where users can view digitized maps created by mapping organizations and related entities.
Website titles with * are linked to the English pages.

1. Websites of Japanese Institutions

1-1. Mapping Organizations

  • *Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI)Leave the NDL website.
    • GSI MapLeave the NDL website. (Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI))
      Users can view GSI maps and aerial photographs with a web browser. Users can view a variety of scale maps ranging from national maps of Japan all the way down to highly detailed maps delineating buildings. Map data available is in general of the latest version, it is not possible to view maps of the past; however, users can learn the latitude, longitude, and altitude of specific geographical points, and 1:25,000 scale map titles. In addition, there are copious types of aerial photographs and other thematic maps that can be displayed and overlapped with topographical maps.
    • Map and Aerial Photograph Browsing ServiceLeave the NDL website. (Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI))
      Users can browse the digital images of aerial photographs organized by the GSI. Users can select aerial photographs from a complete map of Japan, and search by address, latitude and longitude, the year taken, etc. Users can do similar searches about maps made by the GSI in the past, but deciphering the geographic names may prove difficult because of the low image resolution.
  • *Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department, Japan Coast GuardLeave the NDL website.
    • The Japan Coast Guard Aerial Photograph Browsing ServiceLeave the NDL website. (Japan Coast Guard)
      Users can browse the digital images of aerial photographs taken by the Japan Coast Guard from 1992 to 2002. The regions covered mainly consist of Japanese coastal regions and port areas.
    • Marine CadastreLeave the NDL website. (Japan Coast Guard)
      This is a system that can display a variety of oceanic information in a single map. Users can browse information such as sociological intelligence (fishing rights, coastal preservation areas, etc.), maritime information (navigational beacons, sea routes, U.S. military exercise areas, sunken ship areas, etc.), and oceanic conditions (real time water temperature, ocean currents, depths, isobaths, etc.).
  • *Geological Survey of JapanLeave the NDL website. (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)
    • *GeomapNaviLeave the NDL website. (Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)
      Users can browse a variety of geological information on Japan including geological survey maps. In addition to browsing Japanese seamless geological survey maps (1:200,000 geological survey map) and digital images of geological survey maps on a scale of 1:50,000, a wide variety of maps other than geological survey maps are available such as mineral resource maps and active fault maps, etc.

1-2. Other Related Entities

  • National Spatial Planning and Regional Policy Bureau GIS HomepageLeave the NDL website. (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism)
  • *Japan Hydrographic AssociationLeave the NDL website. (Japan Hydrographic Association)
    Users can purchase nautical charts from the Japan Nautical Chart Web Shop, and digital images of nautical charts made at the beginning of the Meiji era and catalogs of the old editions of nautical charts are available to the public on the Nautical Chart Archive page.
  • Japan Map CenterLeave the NDL website. (Japan Map Center)
    Users can purchase not only topographical maps issued by the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, thematic maps such as geological survey maps, paper printed maps such as antique map reproductions and residential maps, but also aerial photographs, land record data, and photographic data from the Japan Map Center Net Shopping page. On the color topographical map page users can even browse color 1:25,000 topographical maps of the entire nation of Japan.
  • Japan Cartographers AssociationLeave the NDL website.
    Users can browse the text of some newsletter "Maps" issued in the past that have been digitized by J-STAGE (Japan Science and Technology Information Aggregator, Electronic) .

2. Websites of Foreign Institutions

2-1. Africa

2-2. America

2-3. Asia

2-4. Europe

2-5. Oceania