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Text Rest of your article	> One of our readers has asked us by email if we know of any product or site providing GPS maps of Japan, in English. Not knowing anything special off hand, we thought it would be a good opportunity to ask the Zone81 community directly. Please reply to this topic to share any good pointer you may have. If we gather enough resources, we may compile them into a new section of the main Zone81 site! > I will kickstart this topic with some files that will interest owners of a Garmin GPS receiver and/or the associated MapSource software: > > - Here is a map that covers all of Japan except Hokkaido: "JapanRoads&Topo_v1.00_Setup.exe":http://rwsmaps.griffel.se/JapanRoads&Topo_v1.00_Setup.exe (44.92 Mb) > > - And a more detailed one, of central Japan only: "JapanMap142.exe":http://www011.upp.so-net.ne.jp/mametaro/maps/JapanMap142.exe (3.79 Mb) > > Note that without said receiver or software, these two files will most likely be of no use to you, so you may want to save your bandwidth and avoid the download. Also, these are third-party executable files. I have done a quick sanity check for you and they seem virus-free as of now, but there is no guaranty. Install them at your own risk. > > Also, for the gadget maniacs out there who happen to own said Garmin receiver, a PSP, a soldering iron, and time to spare, here is a crazy hack for you: > > - "GPS + PSP = GPSP":http://pspupdates.qj.net/2005/11/gpsp-gps-front-end-program-for-psp.html > > I guess that will be all the more interesting combined with: > > - "upcoming UMD-based mapping program":http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jp.sonystyle.com%2FCompany%2FPress%2F060201.html&langpair=ja%7Cen&hl=en&safe=active&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools (Looks like Japanese only though) > > Your turn. What have you found? Any cool resource for gaijin you'd like to share?
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