Map software for PSP released in Japan



Rumors have been going around stating that a new PSP firmware would be released today featuring GPS support for the PSP, but as you can see no new firmware has been released. Instead, a program called Minna no Chizu (Everyone's Map) has been released for the price of 3,990 Yen, roughly $34 USD, as was speculated earlier. Although there's still no GPS support, this program requiring the 2.60 firmware features maps of all of Japan. Major metropolitan areas can reach a zoom level of 0 (1 cm on screen equals 25 m), while some of the less populated areas can only zoom into 1 cm per 100 m, which still isn't that bad. In the future, add-on packages will be released to include points of interests like restaurants, but for now you can still view all of the names of streets. Although the GPS we've all desired still isn't here, this is definitely a step in the right direction.


Source: PSPUpdates
posted on Friday, April 21, 2006 7:55 PM by Auri

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