Sunday, August 31, 2008

Tokyo City Street Map

Tokyo is a huge metropolitan area. The 23 special wards of Tokyo prefecture (which are collectively considered to be Tokyo City proper)have a combined population of over 8.5 million, making it slightly more populous than New York City. Tokyo prefecture has a population of over 12 million, and the Greater Tokyo conurbation including the urban areas in neighbouring prefectures like Kanagawa and Chiba, has a population of over 35 million people. It is the most populous metropolitan area in the world.

This mammoth size can make Tokyo confusing to navigate, especially since the street name and address system is very different from what you may be used to. Hope this Tokyo City Street Map can help you get around without trouble.


Large detailed Tokyo City Street Map.

Large and detailed Tokyo City Street Map, including adjacent cities in Metro Tokyo's neighbouring prefectures.

I hope you found these Tokyo City street map downloads useful. If you have any maps more useful than these, I'd love to get my hands on them so I can add them to the collection.

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Saturday, August 30, 2008

City And Parish Map Of Louisiana

Louisiana is a state in the southern USA, located east of Texas and west of Mississippi. Its capital city is Baton Rouge, while its largest city and metropolitan area is New Orleans.

Unlike other US states, Louisiana is not divided into counties, but rather "parishes", a term originally used for church administrative areas.

It's not easy to find a combined city and parish map of Louisiana. But I found a couple that were helpful to me. The first one is a road map that shows the cities and parishes of Louisiana in great detail.




The second one shows the parishes of Louisiana, but only the major cities. This is useful if you're more interested in the general picture.

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I hope you found these city and parish map of Louisiana helpful. If you can find a better one, please let me know and I'll add it to this collection.

Detailed Street Map Of Manila

Metro Manila is a massive metrolpolis consisting of Manila City, the national capital; Quezon City, the nation's most populous city and former capital; and 14 other cities and municipalities. Metro Manila has a population of over 11 million. If the nearby suburbs in neighbouring provinces are included, then the greater Metro Manila conurbation has around 22 million people.

This extensive sprawl is well connected by its road network.

First for perspective, here's a simple printable map of Metro Manila with no roads shown.

Simple map of Metro Manila no road.

Here's a detailed road map of Metro Manila, or the National Capital Region (NCR) as it's also known.

Detailed road map of Metro Manila, showing the capital and its suburbs.

Another basic road map of Metro Manila.

A detailed street map of Manila City itself.

Detailed Street Map of Manila in English and Korean.

Another detailed street man of Manila and its suburbs.

Detailed street map of Manila City

Manila City by itself is not so big in size. But it is densely populated.

A detailed street map of Manila and its surrounding suburbs.

I hope you found this detailed street map of Manila City and road map of Metro Manila useful. I'm very interested in Southeast Asia, so I plan to be uploading more maps from the Philippines and elsewhere very soon. Be sure to check back for updates!

City Map Philippines Luzon

If you're looking for a city map Philippines Luzon

Luzon is the largest island in the Philippines, and its most politically and economically important. The capital city of Manila is located on Luzon, as is Quezon City - the most populous city in the Philippines and an integral part of Metro Manila.

As the world's 15th largest island, Luzon's total area is 104,688 square kilometers. It is the 5th most populous island in the world, with a population of 39,500,000.


Major city map Philippines Luzon island.

Main city map Philippines Luzon Island.

Capital region city map Philippines Luzon island.

I hope this made use of these city map. Philippines' Luzon island is an exciting place to visit, and I hope you will have a chance to visit too. I add new map themes all the time, so be sure to bookmark or subscribe and check back often for new map uploads. See you next time!

Map: Beirut City

If you are looking for a downloadable Lebanon map Beirut City, you can find some here.

Beirut is the capital and major city of Lebanon, an Arabic nation in the Middle East, bordering Israel to the south and Syria to the north and east. It has a population of 2.1 million in the metro area, and consists of different ethnic/religious neighbourhoods, including Christian, Muslim, and Druze areas, as well as 4 recognized Palestinian refugee camps.

Beirut is one of the cultural and economic centers of the Arab world, though that status has been harmed by a devastating Lebanese civil war and war with Israel.



Lebanon Map Beirut City center.

Lebanon map beirut city ethnic enclaves and divisions.

Detailed map Beirut city Lebanon, an Arabic speaking nation in the Middle East.

I hope you found use in these Lebanon map. Beirut city is an exciting and beautiful place in times of peace. Let's hope it is blessed with peace for a long time to come.

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Friday, August 29, 2008

Political Physical Maps Of Japan

Here you can find political/physical maps of Japan.

There are 8 clearly defined regions in Japan: Hokkaido, Tohoku, Kanto, Chubu, Kansai, Chugoku, Shikoku, and Kyushu & Okinawa. But in terms of political divisions, Japan is made up of 47 prefectures, each with an elected governor and legislature.

Political physical maps of Japan showing landforms and elevation.

Political physical maps of Japan and Korea showing borders major cities etc.

Political physical maps of Japan and its 47 prefectures.

Political physical maps of Japan showing administrative regions, prefectures and their major cities.

Political and physical maps of Japan and its regions. I live in the Kinki region, also known as Kansai.

Political physical maps of Japan showing all the prefectures written in Japanese.

Administrative regions and major cities shown in this political physical map of Japan.

I hope these political physical maps of Japan useful. I add new map themes frequently, so make sure to bookmark or subscribe and check back often for updates! See you again!

Physical Features Map Of Japan

Here you can find a physical features map of Japan for download or printing. Japan is an archipelago consisting of more than 3,000 islands in the Pacific Ocean, in Northeast Asia. Its 4 biggest islands are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku.

Japan lies to the east of Korea and China, and to the southeast of Russia. The southermost Ryukyu islands of Okinawa prefecture are very near the Republic of China (Taiwan). And the island of Hokkaido borders Russia in the Sea of Okhotsk, where Russia currently occupies the southern Kuril islands that the USSR seized from Japan in WWII, subsequently expelling the Japanese residents.

Japan's total land area is 377,873 km² (145,883 square miles), though 70-80% of the country is mountainous uninhabitable land. That gives Japan's mainly coastal inhabitable areas an extremely high population density, with 130 million people squeezed into limited space. The coastal strip around Osaka Bay, extending from Hyogo Prefecture through Osaka and Wakayama Prefectures, is like one sprawling megacity with no uninhabited areas. I should know, because I live here! (^0^)/
Greater Tokyo is even more massive and densely populated.

Large physical features map of Japan.

Physical maps of Japan showing elevation.

Physical features map of Japan showing elevation and major landforms.

Physical features map of Japan from satellite image.

Large physical features map of Japan showing geographical formations and details.

I hope these found these physical features map of Japan images useful. Be sure to bookmark/subscribe, because I add new map topics all the time. See you next time!

Thursday, August 28, 2008

Map of the Week-Children are Colorful and Beauty

Every couple of years the International Cartographic Association organizes the Barbara Petchenik International World Map Design Competition for children 15 and younger. Entries are archived online by the Carleton University Library in Ottawa, Canada. You can see all kinds of fun maps on this page. Many of them are cliched and similar looking but there's also lots of clever ideas in these young minds.

This entry is entitled "The world is colorful and beauty" and was done by Ferina Tjahyana from the Pelita Harapan Junior High School in Tangerang, Indonesia. She was 13 at the time this map was done (2003).

Ancient Map Of Japan

If you are looking for an ancient map of Japan, you can find a few here. I'm no expert on pre-Meiji Restoration Japan, so I won't B.S. about old Japanese history. But I do work in Nara prefecture, which used to be called "Yamato" province and was the center of rule in Japan for several hundred years in ancient times, from approximately 250 CE to 710 CE. So while I don't know the history in detail, I do walk in the footsteps of that history every day. (^-^)

Map of Japan in the 7th century during the Yamato Period, when Japan was ruled form Yamato province (in present-day Nara prefecture).

Ancient map of Japan as Yamato in the 7th century.

Map of Japan's administrative areas in the 10th century.

Ancient map of Japan in the 10th century.

A thorough map of the provinces of ancient Japan in the Sengoku Jidai, "The Warring State Period".

Ancient map of Japan in the sengoku jidai warring states period.

Here's another great map of Japan in the sengoku jidai, but it is labelled entirely in Japanese characters.

Ancient map of Japan in warring states period: the Sengoku Jidai.

I hope you found an ancient map of Japan that was suitable for your needs. Please feel free to have a look at the other map collections I have posted. I post new map collections almost every day, so check back often! See you soon.

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Geographical Maps of Korea and Japan

Here you can find geographical maps of Korea and Japan, two neighbouring countries and peoples that have a lot in common. There has most definitely been a lot of historical migration between the two countries because of their close proximity. This is evident in the linguistic similarity between the Japanese and Korean languages, which share an almost identical grammatical system (though the vocabulary is almost entirely different).

Today's Japanese people are certainly partially descended from Korean migrants, though they are thoroughly blended into the nation's people and not identified. There is today, however, a significant minority of ethnic Koreans living in Japan without Japanese citizenship. These people are mainly descendants of those brought to Japan during the colonial times from 1910 to 1945.

Japan is an archipelago consisting of over 3000 islands, including the 4 main islands of Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku, and Hokkaido. Its total land area is 377,873 km², roughly 1/10 these size of the United States. Japan's population is approximately 128 million.

Korea is no longer a state, but the Korea Peninsula is shared between two states, South Korea and North Korea. It's total land area is 220,186 km², and the combined population of both states is 72,014,000.

Relief Geographical maps of Korea and Japan showing elevation.

Geographical maps of Korea and Japan, showing major physical features.

Geographical maps of Korea and Japan showing elevations and landforms. Both North and South Korea shown.

I hope these geographical maps of Korea and Japan were useful. I add new printable map themes, both physical maps and political maps, frequently so be sure to bookmark or subscribe to the feed and check back often!

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Maps of Rivers in China

On this page you can locate and download maps of rivers in China, one of the biggest potential producers of hydro power with a huge river system.

The two most major rivers being Huang He (Yellow) River and Chang Jiang (Yangtze) River. But China has over 50,000 rivers (!), with an average catchment area of 100 square km each. All the rivers in China together have a total length of 226,800 km. They have a total flow of 2.6 million cubic meters.

The first of these maps is the most detailed and best labelled one.

Maps of rivers in China marked and labelled in professional detail.

Maps of Rivers in China with rivers marked in blue.

PRC Maps of Rivers in China like the Mekong River, Chang Jiang, etc.

Maps of rivers in China like the Yellow River, Yangzi River, Huai River, Wei River, etc.

Maps of rivers in China throughout the provinces and administrative regions.

Maps of rivers in China extending across the country.

Maps of rivers in China such as the Brahmaputra River, Yellow River, Mekong River, Yangtze River, etc.

Maps of rivers in obscure region of China.

Thorough maps of river basins in China.

Outline maps of rivers in China with no labelling.

I hope you found these maps of rivers in China useful. I plan to be posting loads more maps of China, Asia, and regions all over the world. So be sure to bookmark or subscribe, and check back often for new map uploads and updates. See you again soon!

Monday, August 25, 2008

China Map Printable

If you are looking for a China map, printable maps can be found on this page. These printable China maps do not show physical features or excessive detail, so that they can be easily printed with no clutter. I hope you find them useful.

China, at 9.6 million square kilometers, is the 3rd or 4th largest country in the world (depending on some territorial disputes), after Russia and Canada--and maybe the USA. A huge population of more than 1.3 billion people live in China. Its capital city is Bejijing (formerly known as Peking), but its largest metropolis and business center is Shanghai. As of 2002, there were 171 cities in China with populations of over 1 million!! Amazing.

These are the ten largest cities with their populations:

Shanghai 9,838,000
Beijing 10,300,000
Taipei 7,400,000 (note that this is in Taiwan/The Republic of China, not Mainland China)
Guangzhou 6,560,500
Shenzhen 6,200,000
Tianjin 6,000,000
Xi'an 6,000,000
Shenyang 6,000,000
Nanjing 5,900,000
Wuhan 5,000,000

China is a country of massive proportions.

Note that I've shrunken some of these maps on the screen but they will look full size when you download them (download by right-clicking as choosing "save as").

China map printable blank white outline.

China map printable image showing all municipalities, provinces, and autonomous regions.

China map printable image showing provinces in low detail.

China map printable showing major cities only.

China map printable yellow image also showing neighbouring Asian countries.

China map printable with provinces color distinguished, and makor cities labelled.

China printable maps of all provinces and administrative regions in color code.

China map printable with little detail, only main physical and political features.

China map printable outline black and white image. Good for school study and tests.

I hope you found these China map printable downloads to be useful. I'll be adding new maps and geographical themes frequently, so bookmark or subscribe to this feed and check back often. See you next time!