MapFan DB

Guidance map database

We provide a variety of guidance data, including road guidance data that enables car navigation-quality route guidance, guidance illustrations that can handle highway interchanges and complex intersections, and voice data containing place names from all over Japan.

Guidance map database
Achieves car navigation-quality route guidance.
  • This data includes road guidance information and lane information for approximately 1.3 million km of roads nationwide.
  • Directions and instructions are available in English and Japanese.
Illustration data that visually and intuitively represents highway junctions, entrance/exit points, ETC toll gates, service/parking areas (SA/PA), and complex intersections according to actual real-world conditions.
  • Illustrations that visually represent highway junctions, entrance/exit points, Rest Area/Service Area (Electronic Toll Collection) systems, service areas, and complex intersections in a way that is easy to understand and tailored to the actual conditions of the location.
  • It provides clear guidance on which lane to follow and which lane to use at complex intersections.
  • The facilities and locations of service areas and parking areas are clearly indicated.
Voice data such as place names and intersection names suitable for navigation.
  • Voice data containing nationwide place names, station names, road names, highway facilities, and intersection names
  • This is a general-purpose voice data primarily intended for use in car navigation functions, including prompts such as "Turn right at the next traffic light."
  • English voice guidance is also available for select general-purpose voice data.
Auxiliary speech recognition data containing nationwide spot data
  • Contains phoneme data for nationwide spot data (general facilities, railway station facilities, highway facilities, intersections, addresses).
  • In addition to the name and pronunciation, phoneme data for partial match is included to improve the accuracy of voice searches.
  • It can be used for various purposes, such as searching for locations using speech recognition, finding routes from your current location, and input assistance.
  • It can also be used as teacher data for 'deep learning.'
  • Supported languages (Japanese, English)
Auxiliary data for TTS (text-to-speech) containing names from all over Japan.
  • Contains nationwide phoneme data for speech for road-related names (highway facilities, directions, intersections, toll roads, and highway names)
  • It also includes nationwide location-related names (stations, addresses, general facilities)
  • It also includes nationwide location-related names (stations, addresses, general facilities)
  • Enables Text-to-Speech (TTS) engines to read aloud with natural intonation and accents that closely mimic human speech.
  • Ideal for various mapping solutions, including turn-by-turn voice guidance, voice search talkbacks, and POI name readouts.
  • Supported Languages
    Road Network (Japanese & English)
    Spot Data (Japanese)

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