To provide a positional information providing system which allows a user out from the home to easily obtain a map showing the neighborhood where the user is right now without using a personal computer.

Based on positional information of a portable terminal unit 5 which accessed the positional information providing system, a facsimile machine which is located near the portable terminal 5 is searched for, information concerning the map showing the neighborhood where the portable terminal 5 is located being transmitted from a serve computer 2, with the information regarding the neighborhood printed output from the facsimile machine 11. With this, the user can obtain the map of the neighborhood for example, going to a convenience store where a facsimile machine 11 is placed even if the user doe not carry a personal computer.