MapFan DB
Spot map databases
We offer a wide variety of spot (POI) data, including public,accommodation,
tourist, and transportation facilities, chain stores,
commercial complexes, road facilities, parking lots, frequent traffic
accident point data, and future change information.
- General facility (public)
- General facility (shop)
- General facility (navigation)
- EV Charging Station
- Station and station entrance/exit POI data
- Expressway facility data
- Intersection data
- Parking lot POI data
- Truck Station POI Data
- MapFan Directory (phone book-based search data)
- Frequent Traffic Accident Point data
- Facility alteration information
- New road information list
Spot data for public facilities nationwide
- Classified into approximately 180 genres, including public, leisure, tourist, accommodation, and transportation facilities.
- Contains name, reading (yomi), address, telephone number, and latitude/longitude coordinates.
- Multilingual data in English, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), and Korean is also available.
- It can also be used for marketing, trade area analysis, and other purposes.
Case Study: Advanced Media, Inc. AmiVoice a voice recognition engine for navigation systems.
Spot data for commercial facilitys (shops and chain stores) nationwide
- Contains name, reading (yomi), address, telephone number, and latitude/longitude coordinates of chain stores nationwide
- Multilingual data in English, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), and Korean is also available.
- It can also be used for marketing, trade area analysis, and other purposes.
Case Study: Advanced Media, Inc. AmiVoice a voice recognition engine for navigation systems.
Nationwide spot data for car navigation destination searches
- Nationwide spot data for car navigation systems, covering public and commercial (shop) facilities.
- Contains latitude and longitude coordinates optimized for route calculation, directing vehicles to the ideal entry point of each facility.
- Also contains name segumentation data to improve search accuracy.
Case Study: Sharp Corporation EMOPA
Enables searching for EV charging stations nationwide
- Location data of charging stations nationwide, containing detailed information such as charger type, output (kW), and number of units.
- You can implement various search functions using detailed information.
- We maintains high quality by adding newly established facilities and removing closed locations.
Data on stations and underground mall entrances and exits nationwide
- This data set includes station information and station entrances/exits (underground shopping area entrances/exits).
- Each station spot can be distinguished by railway company and railway line.
- It also includes translation data for English, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), and Korean, making it suitable for use in the inbound tourism sector.
Case Studies
Sharp Corporation EMOPA
Advanced Media, Inc. Voice Recognition Engine for Navigation AmiVoice
Highway spot data such as interchanges and toll booths
- Spot data containing highway facilities such as interchanges, junctions and toll booths.
- Highway-specific information such as entrance/exit, northbound/southbound, and direction are included.
- It also includes comprehensive information on facilities within the service area.
Contains names and latitude/longitude coordinates for intersections across Japan
- This includes the name, pronunciation, latitude and longitude, postal code, and address information for each intersection.
- This data can also be used to search for intersections with traffic lights.
Case Study: Advanced Media, Inc. AmiVoice a voice recognition engine for navigation systems.
Parking spot data containing business information and pricing information
- We cover parking locations nationwide, primarily focusing on coin-operated parking lots.
- This includes the name, pronunciation, latitude and longitude, address, and detailed information (opening hours, fees, height restrictions, etc.) for each parking lot.
Case Study: Advanced Media, Inc. AmiVoice a voice recognition engine for navigation systems.
Spot data containing information for truck drivers
- This database includes attribute information that truck drivers need, such as the availability of bathing/shower facilities and whether large vehicles can be parked at gas stations, convenience stores, roadside rest areas, and truck stations nationwide.
- It can be used in logistics systems, etc.
A large volume of search data combining telephone directory information and chain store information.
- It is classified into over 1,000 types of industries and over 3,500 types of chains.
- It can be used for a variety of purposes, from car navigation systems to various location-based services.
- Multilingual data in English, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), and Korean is also available
Information on locations nationwide prone to traffic accidents
- Data on locations across Japan where traffic accidents are likely to occur, including intersections on general roads, urban expressways, and intercity expressways
- It can be used for accident prevention planning and environmental improvement planning.
Includes future information up to three years in advance, such as store openings, relocations, and closures
- This data includes highly accurate new information directly used in map development, as well as future information collected up to three years into the future.
- A comprehensive list covering facility openings, rebuilds/renovations, relocations/mergers, temporary closures, permanent shutdowns, demolitions, and urban development projects.
- It can be used in the fields of area marketing and urban planning.
Includes road openings, alignment changes, and facility information for the next three years
- In addition to highly accurate new information directly used in map development, we collect forward-looking information for up to three years in advance.
- Comprehensively covers information on road openings, widenings, alignment improvements, toll removals, and establishment of road infrastructure.
- Origins and destination location coordinates for each geodetic system are also included.
