----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Aloha Kathy, I've never tried to contact the Geological Survey of Japan (GSJ), but have corresponded by mail in English with the GEOGRAPHICAL Survey Institute (GSI) in Japan with no problem. I also noticed that the GSJ has a web page with email/fax/ph. links to their offices in Tsukuba, Japan. Perhaps you might want to try contacting them in English via email? Check out www.aist.go.jp/GSJ/ For information about mapping and GIS in Japan, there is a really neat site by Stephan Pollard at www.cast.uark.edu/jpgis Just about everything you might want to know about current mapping (including geological and topographical) of Japan is here. Hope this was of some help. Aloha, Ross Togashi University of Hawaii at Manoa Hamilton Library - Map Collection [log in to unmask] mmm....spam sushi (no joke!) On Thu, 20 Feb 1997, Kathy Spencer wrote: > ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- > We receive several items from the Geological Survey of Japan. I have a few > questions about their maps and am wondering if any one has tried to contact > them in English? There is an address listed in English on the title page of > each quadrangle explanatory text that accompanies the map. > > Does anyone know if the CD-ROMS will provide the same coverage? KS > > Kathy Spencer [log in to unmask] > Geology Library - UND 701/777/2408 > P.O. Box 8358 > Grand Forks, ND 58202-8358 >