Detailed maps

steven_ber · May 5th, 2003, 03:25

Lonely Planet's 'India & Bangladesh Road Atlas' 1:1 250 000 is good.

I have found a lot of mistakes, but for £10 ($16) i think it is very good.

It is about 23 cm by 16 cm and about 1 cm thick. 120 pages of maps (170 pages in book)

A link to the book

steven_ber · Jun 4th, 2003, 03:19

There has been a slight update on the excelent map site brought to our attention by vistet.

The initial India map on the site has been made a lot clearer.

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/india/250k.html

steven_ber · Jun 18th, 2003, 03:12

Over the last 6 months I have found a few useful maps of cities in India.

If you are like me and normally rip the map out of the guidebook you may find printing some of these maps more convenient.

I don’t know how accurate they are or when they were produced. There may be more than 1 map for each city.

Maps of Agra, Bangalore, Calcutta, Chennai, Delhi, Dhaka, Goa and Jaipur.

Very good maps of Mumbai.

Very good maps of all places in Goa.

The best I could find on Varanasi.

Bangalore.

Clickable map of Mysore.

Another Delhi.

Yet another Delhi.

Connaught place, Delhi.

Guwahati.

Very good 'clickable' map of Hyderabad.

If I find any more I will add them to this post.

vistet · Jun 28th, 2003, 05:25

I`ve been browsing the AMS maps of the Indian Himalayas again. The main problem is finding the right map behind the cryptic files marked NI44.5 etc. , so Ive started to make a simple index. This is a beginning : the map covering Leh is called NI 43.8 . Starting from this map (crude re-rendering of rivers+ some names, see below ) the adjacent maps are :

North : 43.4 Chulung : Upper reaches of Nubra River towards Siachen Glacier. K2 in the norhwest corner, the Yarkand caravan trail in the northeast. Keyphrase : "no vegetation area exists in this sheet"
East : 44.5 Shyok : Shyok river
West : 43.7 Kargil . Kargil in the east, Baltistan in the west. Lots of guns in between.
South : 43.12 Martselang : Zanskar. Markha Valley(center north), Indus (northeast quadrant) where the trail (pre-Manali-Leh -road) from Baralacha La joins the river. Confluence Zanskar-Stod-Tsarap Chu.Phugtal Gompa.
South-east :44.9 Indus River and Panggong Tso crossing the Tibetan border.

Will make a clickable map of all of this , eventually.

steven_ber · Aug 23rd, 2003, 15:39

There have been improvements on the following map site:

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/india/250k.html

The map is now clickable and I'm sure they have cleaned up a lot of the maps.

But, be warned, these maps are massive and will take a long time to load if you have a slow connection.

steven_ber · Oct 25th, 2003, 21:05

I managed to get the Nelles Southern India map (£5.95) at Stanfords in central London today; it hasn't been available for the last year.

It has been updated and improved slightly, but it is not worth getting it in place of your old one (I give the old one away in India but can remember it well).

Sadly, the Nelles maps are still the best 'fold up' maps available (I have no experience of the trekking maps), though I would guess they are only about 90 % accurate, a look through the other fold up maps in Stanfords (the best selection in London by far) is quite frightening, I would not like to have to rely on most of them.

There are 5 Nelles maps that cover India all are 1:1,500,000, the five are, Northern India, North Eastern India + Bangladesh, Western India, Eastern India, Southern India (South from Mumbai).

+ One for the Indian Subcontinent at 1: 4,000,000

Yatri · Oct 25th, 2003, 22:58

You get maps of the Survey of India upto 1:25.000. Sadly all the maps are surveyed up to 30 years back, they r often from the early 70th. There are Map Sales Offices in the major cities, run by the Survey of India. Their headquater is in Dehra Dun.

steven_ber · Oct 25th, 2003, 23:27

Hi Yatri

Are the Survey of India maps similar to those at the following site?

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/india/250k.html

Are they more up to date?

Does the Survey of India company have a website?

Thanks.

IVAN · Jul 22nd, 2004, 20:43

Clickable Online Map

latisharma · Aug 12th, 2004, 20:16

too bad the maps on mapsofindia are no longer free ...

traveller2003 · Oct 11th, 2004, 04:28

http://www.mapmyindia.com offers detailed clickable maps of all of india, from each village to the streets of the largest cities.

if you've used mapquest or yahoo maps, you'll realize that mapmyindia offers the same never-before-seen facilities in india.

http://www.mapmyindia.com

P.S - you can search for any place, see road and rail routes between places, also see places of interest such as hotels, restaurants, airports etc. in any area. it is truly a paradigm change in the way people will see geographic information in india

steven_ber · Oct 11th, 2004, 05:03

traveller2003

You seem to be promoting http://www.mapmyindia.com

The maps need improving, I want to find a village in upper Assam, can you help me?

traveller2003 · Oct 11th, 2004, 10:00

which village are you looking for?

steven_ber · Oct 11th, 2004, 15:02

Quote:

which village are you looking for?

Tippong.

A few corrections for your maps: -

The train stations of Ledo and Digboi are in the towns, your maps seem to indicate otherwise.

The train line stops at Ledo and no longer runs to Lekhapani.

On closer inspection, I realise that your maps are more detailed than first appears, so I've edited my comment in an earlier post, I apologise.

It is a good effort, though I feel they need to be improved a lot before I would be willing to buy the CD version.

tok · Mar 6th, 2005, 16:12

Komplement to vistet. Just ordered these:

DehraDun and west Utt. NH44 sheet5
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu:8085/india/250k/nh44_5.jpg

Darjeeling and West Nepal NG45 sheet 3 http://sunsite.berkeley.edu:8085/india/250k/ng45_3.jpg

These and Leomann series sheets 7+8 will be our guides this summer.
All ordered from (For those of you in Europe like us):
https://www.themapshop.co.uk

Don't know if everybody already have these, but just in case.

Jun 18th, 2003, 03:12	#18
steven_ber Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: London, England. Posts: 8,646	City maps Over the last 6 months I have found a few useful maps of cities in India. If you are like me and normally rip the map out of the guidebook you may find printing some of these maps more convenient. I don’t know how accurate they are or when they were produced. There may be more than 1 map for each city. Maps of Agra, Bangalore, Calcutta, Chennai, Delhi, Dhaka, Goa and Jaipur. Very good maps of Mumbai. Very good maps of all places in Goa. The best I could find on Varanasi. Bangalore. Clickable map of Mysore. Another Delhi. Yet another Delhi. Connaught place, Delhi. Guwahati. Very good 'clickable' map of Hyderabad. If I find any more I will add them to this post. Last edited by steven_ber : Oct 25th, 2003 at 02:42.

Jun 28th, 2003, 05:25	#19
vistet Maha Guru Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Umeå , Sweden Posts: 1,687	I`ve been browsing the AMS maps of the Indian Himalayas again. The main problem is finding the right map behind the cryptic files marked NI44.5 etc. , so Ive started to make a simple index. This is a beginning : the map covering Leh is called NI 43.8 . Starting from this map (crude re-rendering of rivers+ some names, see below ) the adjacent maps are : North : 43.4 Chulung : Upper reaches of Nubra River towards Siachen Glacier. K2 in the norhwest corner, the Yarkand caravan trail in the northeast. Keyphrase : "no vegetation area exists in this sheet" East : 44.5 Shyok : Shyok river West : 43.7 Kargil . Kargil in the east, Baltistan in the west. Lots of guns in between. South : 43.12 Martselang : Zanskar. Markha Valley(center north), Indus (northeast quadrant) where the trail (pre-Manali-Leh -road) from Baralacha La joins the river. Confluence Zanskar-Stod-Tsarap Chu.Phugtal Gompa. South-east :44.9 Indus River and Panggong Tso crossing the Tibetan border. Will make a clickable map of all of this , eventually. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by steven_ber : Aug 23rd, 2003 at 15:29.

Oct 25th, 2003, 22:58	#22
Yatri Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Bangalore Posts: 62	Survey of India You get maps of the Survey of India upto 1:25.000. Sadly all the maps are surveyed up to 30 years back, they r often from the early 70th. There are Map Sales Offices in the major cities, run by the Survey of India. Their headquater is in Dehra Dun.

Jul 22nd, 2004, 20:43	#24
IVAN status unknown Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Croatia Posts: 614	Clickable Online Map __________________ Humor is Freedom Check my Links -> http://www14.brinkster.com/jnana/links.htm cum grano salis

Aug 12th, 2004, 20:16	#25
latisharma Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 35	? too bad the maps on mapsofindia are no longer free ...

May 5th, 2003, 03:25	#16
steven_ber Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: London, England. Posts: 8,646	Lonely Planet's 'India & Bangladesh Road Atlas' 1:1 250 000 is good. I have found a lot of mistakes, but for £10 ($16) i think it is very good. It is about 23 cm by 16 cm and about 1 cm thick. 120 pages of maps (170 pages in book) A link to the book

Jun 4th, 2003, 03:19	#17
steven_ber Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: London, England. Posts: 8,646	There has been a slight update on the excelent map site brought to our attention by vistet. The initial India map on the site has been made a lot clearer. http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/india/250k.html

Aug 23rd, 2003, 15:39	#20
steven_ber Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: London, England. Posts: 8,646	There have been improvements on the following map site: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/india/250k.html The map is now clickable and I'm sure they have cleaned up a lot of the maps. But, be warned, these maps are massive and will take a long time to load if you have a slow connection.

Oct 25th, 2003, 21:05	#21
steven_ber Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: London, England. Posts: 8,646	I managed to get the Nelles Southern India map (£5.95) at Stanfords in central London today; it hasn't been available for the last year. It has been updated and improved slightly, but it is not worth getting it in place of your old one (I give the old one away in India but can remember it well). Sadly, the Nelles maps are still the best 'fold up' maps available (I have no experience of the trekking maps), though I would guess they are only about 90 % accurate, a look through the other fold up maps in Stanfords (the best selection in London by far) is quite frightening, I would not like to have to rely on most of them. There are 5 Nelles maps that cover India all are 1:1,500,000, the five are, Northern India, North Eastern India + Bangladesh, Western India, Eastern India, Southern India (South from Mumbai). + One for the Indian Subcontinent at 1: 4,000,000

Oct 25th, 2003, 23:27	#23
steven_ber Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: London, England. Posts: 8,646	Hi Yatri Are the Survey of India maps similar to those at the following site? http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/india/250k.html Are they more up to date? Does the Survey of India company have a website? Thanks.

Oct 11th, 2004, 04:28	#26
traveller2003 Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: New Delhi Posts: 5	mapmyindia.com : interactive, detailed maps of india http://www.mapmyindia.com offers detailed clickable maps of all of india, from each village to the streets of the largest cities. if you've used mapquest or yahoo maps, you'll realize that mapmyindia offers the same never-before-seen facilities in india. http://www.mapmyindia.com P.S - you can search for any place, see road and rail routes between places, also see places of interest such as hotels, restaurants, airports etc. in any area. it is truly a paradigm change in the way people will see geographic information in india

Oct 11th, 2004, 05:03	#27
steven_ber Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: London, England. Posts: 8,646	traveller2003 You seem to be promoting http://www.mapmyindia.com The maps need improving, I want to find a village in upper Assam, can you help me? __________________ . How to get helpful replies to your transport/Itinerary questions. Train information. Last edited by steven_ber : Oct 11th, 2004 at 15:22.

Oct 11th, 2004, 10:00	#28
traveller2003 Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: New Delhi Posts: 5	which village are you looking for? which village are you looking for?

Mar 6th, 2005, 16:12	#30
tok Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Uppsala, Sweden Posts: 47	Komplement to vistet. Just ordered these: DehraDun and west Utt. NH44 sheet5 http://sunsite.berkeley.edu:8085/india/250k/nh44_5.jpg Darjeeling and West Nepal NG45 sheet 3 http://sunsite.berkeley.edu:8085/india/250k/ng45_3.jpg These and Leomann series sheets 7+8 will be our guides this summer. All ordered from (For those of you in Europe like us): https://www.themapshop.co.uk Don't know if everybody already have these, but just in case.

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