List of Japanese Map Symbols (地図記号?)

Official symbols according to the conventions of the Geographical Survey Institute of Japan appear with a circle below.

Symbol	GSI	Meaning	Unicode	Description
◬	○	Base triangulation surveying point	U+25EC	Dot in upward-pointing triangle
	○	Electronic triangulation point		Dot in upward-pointing triangle with flag
⊡	○	Benchmark	U+22A1	Dot in square
☼	○	Factory	U+263C	White sun with rays
文	○	Elementary or junior high school	U+6587	Kanji bun
	○	High school		Kanji bun in a circle
	○	University		Kanji bun with a smaller kanji 大 (for daigaku) in brackets on top
	○	Technical college		Kanji bun with a smaller kanji 専 (for senmon gakkō) in brackets on top
〶	○	Post office	U+3036	Down tack (T-shape) with overbar in circle
〒	×	Sub post office (not distribution centre)	U+3012	Down tack (T-shape) with overbar
⊗	○	Police station	U+2297	Diagonal cross (saltire) in circle
×	○	Koban (police box)	U+00D7	Diagonal cross (saltire)
⊕	○	Public health centre	U+2295	Greek cross in circle
	○	Hospital		Greek cross in shield
	○	Prefectural Office		Oval bullseye
◎	○	City hall	U+25CE	Bullseye
◉	○	Ward office	U+25C9	Fisheye
○	○	Town hall	U+25CB	Circle
卍	○	Buddhist temple	U+534D	Manji (Sauwastika)
⊥	○	Cemetery	U+22A5	Up tack (inverted T-shape)
♨	○	Onsen (hot springs)	U+2668	Oval with three vertical wavy lines
∴	○	Historical landmark	U+2234	Therefore symbol
▴	○	Summit	U+25B4	Small black upward-pointing triangle
ж	○	Forestry station	U+0436	Seal script kanji for tree

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