– Completion of a new 1:200,000 high-resolution seamless geological map of Japan based on new classification – The Committee on the Compilation of the 1:200,000 Seamless Geological Map of Japan ...

During the latter part of the Edo period (1603–1868), geographical surveyor Inō Tadataka (1745–1818) set to work charting the coastline of Japan, a mammoth undertaking that consumed the last decades ...

The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) published a nation-wide map that uses colours to show the probability of activity in major active faults within the next ...

Japan's topography is more than 70 percent mountains, and famous peaks like Tokyo's Mt. Takao attract hordes of hikers for their natural beauty and historical sites. However, more remote destinations ...

Googleは2026年3月12日、地図サービス「Googleマップ」に生成AI「Gemini」を活用した新機能を導入すると発表した。対話形式で場所探しを支援する「Ask Maps」と、運転中の表示を刷新する「Immersive Navigation」を追加し、地図検索やナビゲーション体験を刷新する。

An ancient map titled "Nihon fuso koku no zu" is seen at the Hiroshima Prefectural Museum of History. (Photo courtesy of the museum) FUKUYAMA, Hiroshima -- The Hiroshima Prefectural Museum of History ...

Prior to the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011, the Japanese electric utility company once wrote a web service that "has visualized where" what type of power plant and what power plant was ...