Launch of products and services under a value-added strategy for mapping and travel information

「For retail products, the Company launched Super Mapple Digital 26, the latest PC mapping software incorporating various types of data, including digital maps, addresses, POIs (search data), administrative boundaries, road networks and tourist areas. For commercial products, it released the new Digital Tourism Map service to accelerate tourism DX.」

「For the inbound tourism market, which is rapidly expanding due to the weaker yen, the Company is focusing on increasing orders related to tourism DX. For retail products, it launched Super Mapple Digital 25, the latest version of its PC mapping software, equipped with new functions leveraging open data to support management and analysis operations.」

「As part of its efforts to achieve carbon neutrality, the Company entered into an agreement with Chiba Prefecture to promote the introduction of EV charging facilities. Since January 2024, as part of that initiative, it has operated the Charging Tourism Map website, which provides extensive information on charging stations in Chiba Prefecture and tourist spots suitable for driving.」

「For the School Route Safety Support System, which supports safety measures on routes to and from elementary and junior high schools, the Company launched a renewed version with new functions, including data-sharing functionality, in response to requests from schools and PTAs using the system.」

「As the invoice system was scheduled to begin on 1 October 2023, inquiries increased from customers seeking to smoothly match the qualified invoice issuer list published by the National Tax Agency with their business partner lists. To meet this need, the Company commercialized the Address Cleansing Tool, a product specialized in address standardization.」

「The Company launched the latest version of its digital mapping software, Super Mapple Digital 24, and, as part of its efforts to achieve carbon neutrality, entered into an agreement with Chiba Prefecture to promote the introduction of EV charging facilities.」

「As part of its initiatives toward a decarbonized society, the Company began jointly providing EV charging stations and the residential energy storage battery mapple GX battery with ヘッドスプリング株式会社. In addition, it began developing functions using accident data held by Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company, Limited, in collaboration with the company for the School Route Safety Support System, which inspects and manages dangerous locations on school routes on a map. The Company is pursuing new business development and product feature enhancements.」

「The Company launched the latest system products and services leveraging the Group's core competencies, including the digital mapping software Super Mapple Digital 23, the web-based Mapple Map Creation Tool, which allows users to extract maps to suit their preferences, the Commercial Car Navigation SDK Ver.7.0, the Route Search Module Ver.3, and MappleAPI Route Search API, a web API based on that module's engine. As part of its initiatives toward a decarbonized society, the Company also began providing EV charging stations jointly with HeadSprings Inc. In addition, it began developing functions using accident data held by Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd. jointly with that company for the School Route Safety Support System, which inspects and manages dangerous locations along school routes on maps, and pursued new business development and product enhancements.」

「As part of its initiatives toward a decarbonized society, the Company began providing EV charging stations jointly with HeadSprings Inc. It also began developing functions using accident data held by Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd. jointly with that company for the School Route Safety Support System, which inspects and manages dangerous locations along school routes on maps, and pursued new business development and product enhancements.」

「The Company has also begun initiatives contributing to the realization of a decarbonized society, including a business partnership with ヘッドスプリング株式会社 to jointly develop energy storage systems and various solutions, and the release of the EV Charging Station Map on the demonstration website Mapple Lab as one example.」

「The Company continues its sales efforts for new solution products, including the Thermal Camera, a product of a business partner; the School Route Safety Support System, which inspects and manages dangerous locations along school routes on maps; and Travelers’Mind, which enables objective analysis of travelers' interests and activities at their destinations.」

「The Company also monitored needs in the post-COVID era and, to support the tourism industry, which is currently being seriously affected, launched the new Travelers’Mind service, which enables objective analysis of travelers' interests and activities at their destinations.」

「The Company also focused on needs in the post-COVID era and, to support the tourism industry, which is currently being seriously affected, launched the new Travelers’Mind service, which enables objective analysis of the tourist spots that travelers are interested in and the areas in which they intend to travel.」

「The Company has also begun developing, procuring and providing new products and services addressing needs in the era of living with COVID-19, including the School Route Safety Support System, which supports split-attendance schooling; the Thermal Camera (body-temperature detection camera), a product of a business partner; and the Sales Forecasting AI Modeling Service for the food-service and retail industries, which are currently facing difficult conditions. The service uses AI to develop optimal sales forecasting models for client companies and provides simulator tools for their use.」

「The Company focused on winning orders from government offices and local governments, including police and fire departments, whose demand is less affected by economic trends, and on steadily renewing contracts for subscription-based products for private-sector corporations. In addition, it expanded sales of new solutions for commercial navigation systems to offset declines in portable navigation devices (PNDs) and retail navigation systems, and began developing and providing new products and services addressing needs in the era of living with COVID-19, including the School Route Safety Support System, which supports split-attendance schooling.」

「First, in April, the final month of the Heisei era, the company launched “平成31リターンズ” as a convenience-store-exclusive product under the concept “Let's take a quick look back at the Heisei era before Reiwa.” In May, Guam Ocean Park Corporation, a local subsidiary positioned at the forefront of the Group's “during the trip” business strategy, held the grand opening of the marine activities facility “Guam Ocean Park.” In June, as a new product for the “before the trip” business, the company launched “Re,” a new travel guidebook series for older adults to rediscover the enjoyment of travel, publishing 6 regional editions—Hokkaido, Tohoku, Tokyo, Hokuriku Kanazawa, Kyoto, and Okinawa—at major bookstores nationwide.」

「The Company is launching products and services based on a value-added strategy that combines map and travel information with new concepts, brand value, customized and solution value, reassurance and safety value, and real-service value, among others.」