Navigation
The version 4.0 map uses Japan Digital Road Map Database published on March 2011 by Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. This map is made for the car navigation.
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Navigation Features
- The Japan roads network of the roads wider than 3.0m are available for navigate on compatible Garmin GPS units.
- Please be aware that the smaller alleys less than 3.0m and trails are also available as "lines drawings." Those smaller roads comes from Japan GSI 1:25000 digital map that CANNOT be used for the automati navigation on the device.
- Unlike the previous version, highway ramps exit and enterance are now fully supported for smooth navigation. Note that only divided roads and highway roads/ramps have one-way road restrictions. The small roads do not have road restrictions, such as one-way restrictions. Please carefully follow the road restriction when you are driving.
Search Functions
You can search places in Japan if you know the "CHOME" address from the city category (Where To->Cities) on your GPS (Where To->Addresses will NOT work).
Search places from the City category
The version 3.0 is now possible to search by the Japanese 7 digits postal code.
Searching on Garmin Dakota
Postal code search on MapSource software
Samples
Navigation sample on Garmin NUVI. You can find the major street name on the map.
Navigation sample on Garmin Dakota