GeoDosu Kyoto Geocoder Provided by Locazing Inc. and ANNAI LLC

Kyoto has two address systems Postal Addresses Defined after World War II Not used in daily bases in Kyoto Street based address Originally defined in 794 Used in daily bases in Kyoto

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GeoDosu Kyoto Street based Address Latitude, Longitude

Basics of Street Based Address Shijodori Higahsiyama Nishi-iru Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto 　Shijo-dori Higashioji Nishi-iru Agaru means go to North Sagaru means go to South Higashi-iru means go to East Nishi-iru means go to West

Shijo-dori Higashioji Nishi-iru Higashioji-dori (Higsshioji St.) Shijo-dori (Shijo St.)

“dori” (means “street”) suffix may be omitted Shijodori Higashioji Nishi-iru Shijo Higashioji Nishi-iru

Order of street name can be changed Shijodori Higashioji Nishi-iru Higashiojidori Shijo Nishi-iru

Street may have Alias Shijodori Higashioji Nishi-iru Shijodori Higashiyama Nishi-iru Higashiyamadori is an alias of Higashiojidori

Direction part can be combined Higashi iru agaru Kawaramachi Shijo(dori) Kawaramachi dori Shijo dori

Rules It is a “direction” rather than “address”. There is no specific rules. GeoDosu is continuing to cover currently used street based address

Advantages of GeoDosu １．Focus only Kyoto’s addresses To optimize algorithm to detect Kyoto addresses

２．On daily bases, Collect currently used data from 　 Web, Magazine, Guide Field Survey, Inquiry Advantages of GeoDosu

３．Supervisors who was born and grow in Kyoto 　　　　　 For appropriate judge and advice in ambiguous cases Advantages of GeoDosu

Kyoto is the largest city for tourism in Japan where 50 million people visit a year GeoDosu will make GIS/LBS enable for Kyoto region

GeoDosu Web API GeoDosu provides free Web API for non-commercial use

GeoDosu Paid Services Web API Services(>50000 query/day) Integrate GeoDosu system with any system List of Data

GeoDosu Geo - Geocoding (convert address to coordinates) Dosu - auxiliary verb of assertion in Kyoto dialect