Road Database
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Our road network data has an extensive track record in a wide range of applications. This database, collected by road surveys throughout the country, contains approximately 1,200,000 kilometers of roadways, and is always kept up to date through regularly scheduled releases.
![Road Network](/en/assets/images/db/road/road_img01.jpg)
Road Network
We offer 1,200,000 km of high quality, high accuracy and up-to-date road data throughout Japan
- A rich lineup of in-link data, such as streetlights, lanes, number of lanes, direction information, road types, etc.
- Extensive data for traffic restrictions are featured, including no entries, one way roads, roads with time-specific restrictions, no turns allowed, etc.
- New roads and roads under repair throughout Japan are regularly updated
- Optional information is available for tolls (e.g. ETC), traffic restrictions by vehicle type, 30 km/h zones, stop signs and maximum speeds
![Road Elevation](/en/assets/images/db/road/road_img02.jpg)
Road Elevation
Detailed road elevation data is provided for individual road segments, including streets, throughout Japan
- Available for highways, national routes and streets
- Elevations are calculated with precision measurement equipment
- Includes elevation data not covered by the Digital Elevation Model (DEM), such as inside tunnels, bridges and grade separations
- Elevation data can be simulated in various ways by using road slopes
![Road travel photos](/en/assets/images/db/road/road_img04.jpg)
Road Travel Photos
Includes an archive of road photos taken during ongoing road surveys covering 1,200,000 km of roads throughout Japan
- Photos are continuously taken of the front and rear road views from a survey vehicle using a vehicle-mounted camera, with positional information attached to each photo
- Photos cover all roads throughout Japan down to the street level
- An archive of prior image data is also available
- A set of the photo archive and a special API for photo retrieval are available along with the archive
![Kilometer Posts](/en/assets/images/db/road/road_img05.jpg)
Kilometer Posts
Point data on highway location markers obtained by GeoTechnologies survey vehicles on highways
- Information on location markers on each highway is stored at intervals of 100 meters
- Kilometer posts are available for highways on which we maintain data (not available for urban expressways, non-high-standard roads and high-standard major roads that are not connected to highways)
![List of new road information](/en/assets/images/db/road/road_img06.jpg)
List of New Road Information
Road change information is provided up to three years in advance
- Covers information about the opening of new roads, widenings, road alignments,
toll elimination and opening of new road facilities
- Includes position information, such as start and end points of a road for each geodetic system
- In addition to current new roads, information is provided for new roads planned up to three years in advance
Map Display
![Map Display](/en/assets/images/common/fig_db_display.png)
For diversified devices such as car navigation systems, PCs and smartphones
Road
![Road](/en/assets/images/common/fig_db_road.png)
Road data collected throughout the country by GeoTechnologies survey vehicles
Address
![Address](/en/assets/images/common/fig_db_address.png)
Address data covering the whole country plays an important role
Point of Interest
![Point of Interest](/en/assets/images/common/fig_db_point.png)
Point of interest data can be used for all types of mapping purposes
Multilingual
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The industry's first map database service that supports 14 languages