English address lookup on Japanese maps.

[nickmay]

Hello all,

This is part shameless plug (with the admin's permission, I hasten to add) and part a request for help.

I have just put a website live that lets you look up a Japanese address in English and plot it on a map. The map is a Japanese map (generated through the google maps api), but with some English labels. (About 120,000 across Japan).

You can find it here: http://diddlefinger.com

However, google does not cover Okinawa very well I am told. That may mean that you won't find Okinawa addresses on diddlefinger.com.

Basically - does anyone know how good google maps coverage is of Okinawa? Can you find most Okinawa addresses on my site?

I guess we are missing a lot of major towns but my wife is not confident of the reading of some of the placenames....

Best wishes

Nick May
http://diddlefinger.com
Fukuoka.

[dk]

Welcome Nick. I hope some of our users can provide some positive feedback. :)

[P_chan]

Well I noticed that you can find things on google earth as long as it's south of kadena. The nago area is somewhat clear but after that it's all blurry.