japanese map software

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Unless you actually speak Japanese you're out of luck. None of the
packages that are available in Japan are available in English.
OziExplorer can be taught to recognize a map and give you a "where am I"
fix, but it woun't route or find an address for you.

I've been looking for a few months but found nothing. The closest I've
come is a Tokyo map calibrated for Ozi, but it too is in Japanese. I'm
stitching together an English map, but it will still have to be
calibrated and I'd need to buy additional software to do it, not cost
effective for the week I'll be there.

If I could read/speak Japanese I'd probably have a lot less need for a
GPS system.....

Larry

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Hey, can you elaborate on this? It might not be cost effective for one week
there, but I am looking at traveling there extensivly over the next four or
five years. Anywhere from one month to three months at a time. I might
possibly be there for over a year. I am new to pocket pcs and mapping/gps
systems in general. I know a little from the time I spent on the interenet,
but even with that I am still a novice. How do you stitch together an
english street map of Japan? How accurate is it? What software do I need to
stitch and to view the map? Can you give me some more information? Thanks.
Jim2@ascnetsolutions.com

Andrew

"L N" <ironchef@mungedrocketmail.com> wrote in message
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> Unless you actually speak Japanese you're out of luck. None of the
> packages that are available in Japan are available in English.
> OziExplorer can be taught to recognize a map and give you a "where am I"
> fix, but it woun't route or find an address for you.
>
> I've been looking for a few months but found nothing. The closest I've
> come is a Tokyo map calibrated for Ozi, but it too is in Japanese. I'm
> stitching together an English map, but it will still have to be
> calibrated and I'd need to buy additional software to do it, not cost
> effective for the week I'll be there.
>
> If I could read/speak Japanese I'd probably have a lot less need for a
> GPS system.....
>
> Larry
>