GPS in Japan

greenwire · 06-03-2005, 10:35 AM

I´m going to be travelling to japan, and i´ve got my laptop and GPS with me.. i´m curious if anyone knows what a good package for navigating japan is.

MatrixPC · 06-03-2005, 11:10 AM

Only good if you can read Japanese
I don't know any "good" package, but I am sure that all the street names are in Japanese including tourist areas.

greenwire · 06-04-2005, 04:59 AM

maybe i should have said ANY package, because i can´t find anything at all that works in japan at street level

Jahntassa · 06-04-2005, 07:37 AM

It looks like you can find maps for Garmin units..but I doubt you'll find anything in english for Japan.. At least not easily..

Marvin Hlavac · 06-04-2005, 09:38 AM

Japan is not easy, but do check >>here<<

skippy911 · 06-04-2005, 02:24 PM

Off topic, where in Japan will you be going? I am going to tokyo in june and I know for a fact they have gps units there. Might try looking in akihabara area for a good set of maps. btw　日本語ができませんか？？

greenwire · 06-09-2005, 08:53 AM

I´m going to be in Japan from June 23rd to July 2nd. Hopefully i´ll be able to find some sort of software for a PC in english...

If not, does anyone know of any software that does real time desktop translation? like, a babelfish for windows applications?

nl4jy · 06-09-2005, 03:26 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by greenwire

I´m going to be in Japan from June 23rd to July 2nd. Hopefully i´ll be able to find some sort of software for a PC in english...

If not, does anyone know of any software that does real time desktop translation? like, a babelfish for windows applications?

NJStar might have something for that. I know a few chinese people use that to translate the english windows menu to chinese.