Place Name Web Map Service

This service provides the names of prefectures and municipalities in Japan by WMS(Web Map Service).

Many GISs can include this service as a single layer. For example, if you ovelayes this service layer on FGDJ WMS which does not provides place names, you can get fundamental maps with place names.

Service URL
Layers
Styles
Sample Images
Acknowledgement

Service URL

The URL for this service is http://www.finds.jp/ws/pnwms.cgi? .

Layers

Layer Name	Description	Reciprocal Number of Scale		Color	Default Style
Layer Name	Description	Minimum	Maximum	Color	Default Style
PrefName	Prefecture Name (KANJI and KANA)	1500000	-	red	small
MncplName	Municipality Name (KANJI and KANA)	-	1500000	green	medium
AzaName	Aza, cho-moku (KANJI and KANA)	-	50000	blue	large
PrefRoman	Prefecture Name (Alphabet)	1500000	-	red	small
MncplRoman	Municipality Name (Alphabet)	-	1500000	green	medium

Styles

Style Name	Description
small	10points
smallborder	10points with border
medium	12points
mediumborder	12points with border
large	14points
largeborder	14points with border
huge	16points
hugeborder	16points with border

Sample Images

Sample images generated by QGIS are below (Fundamental Geospatial Data and Rapid Survey Map are used for the background images).

This service uses "Digital National Land Information (Administrative Area)" and "Bloc Level Location Reference Information" provided by The Internet Service, National-Land Information Office(only Japanese version).

If you distribute your works which are using this service, we are thanksful for you to involve above into them.

History

30th June, 2010: The layers showing the roman prefectures and municipalities names are available.