Searching in Japan

Japan is among the countries in which the new address geocoding system of Tagzania works (explained here). Initially, the geocoding feature for Japan only works with addresses written in Kanji.

You may find 〒110-8718 東京都台東区上野公園 7-20 but not 7-20 Ueno Park, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-8718 . The Google Maps API is not prepared for these Latin addresses.



However, the ajaxian posting interface of Tagzania also performs searches through Geonames, and with general Japanese placenames thus works both in Kanji or Rōmaji, the latin transliteration of Japanese. You may search for Tokorozawa or所沢市, Narita International Airport as well as 成田国際空港, and you get results both ways.

tagzania - Wed, 14 Feb 2007 07:00:09 -0500

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