Gps Maps

magicaurel · Jan 21st, 2005, 13:52

Is there any gps maps for PDA of India, or big cities... i searched on internet, but it seems that india is the only country not having detailed maps working with this devices....

ashish0608 · Jan 21st, 2005, 14:21

I don't think there are any

torryquine · Jan 21st, 2005, 14:38

It's very hard to find good maps of India in India. We wondered if this was deliberate, as we know the Survey of India creates ones like our Ordinance Survey, but you just can't buy them (at least WE couldn't - Mr TQ likes to collect that sort of thing).

The only ones we could find in bookshops were the rather inaccurate road maps.

In Sikkim especially, we noticed that some tourist offices/hotels/etc. had good topographical maps on their walls, but these were simply unavailable for sale. Same in Assam. We started to wonder if these were now banned from sale for security reasons, does anyone know?

Nick-H · Jan 22nd, 2005, 13:16

I think India is freeing up on this. Comments elsewhere about now beiunga ble to legaly take pictures from aircraft etc.

Maps of coastal areas used to be ilegal for security reasons!

All this seems to be being left behind, with Eicher producing superb detailed city atlases of major cities, and detailed maps even being available on CD.

mira4bai4 · Jan 22nd, 2005, 15:43

Give it a couple more months and the Survey of India department will be making stuff available from what I understand, there are GPS maps available as mentioned in an earlier thread, there are a couple of places in Delhi and one in Mumbai and they will all upload on to your hardware but as for quality and price well I suspect that they will be offloading stock at inflated margins for a few more months until the proper gear becomes avaialble.

Jan 21st, 2005, 13:52	#1
magicaurel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: France Posts: 14	Gps Maps Is there any gps maps for PDA of India, or big cities... i searched on internet, but it seems that india is the only country not having detailed maps working with this devices....

Jan 21st, 2005, 14:38	#3
torryquine Oilfield Trash! Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Aberdeen Posts: 700	It's very hard to find good maps of India in India. We wondered if this was deliberate, as we know the Survey of India creates ones like our Ordinance Survey, but you just can't buy them (at least WE couldn't - Mr TQ likes to collect that sort of thing). The only ones we could find in bookshops were the rather inaccurate road maps. In Sikkim especially, we noticed that some tourist offices/hotels/etc. had good topographical maps on their walls, but these were simply unavailable for sale. Same in Assam. We started to wonder if these were now banned from sale for security reasons, does anyone know? __________________ http://werenotafraid.com/

Jan 22nd, 2005, 13:16	#4
Nick-H Loud-mouthed, Noisy Bird Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 26,749	I think India is freeing up on this. Comments elsewhere about now beiunga ble to legaly take pictures from aircraft etc. Maps of coastal areas used to be ilegal for security reasons! All this seems to be being left behind, with Eicher producing superb detailed city atlases of major cities, and detailed maps even being available on CD. __________________ . Just one member of the IndiaMike Mod Team

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Jan 21st, 2005, 14:21	#2
ashish0608 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Delhi Posts: 353	I don't think there are any

Jan 22nd, 2005, 15:43	#5
mira4bai4 Lost in Space Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: ND PaharGanj Permanently/Temporarily Posts: 1,188	Give it a couple more months and the Survey of India department will be making stuff available from what I understand, there are GPS maps available as mentioned in an earlier thread, there are a couple of places in Delhi and one in Mumbai and they will all upload on to your hardware but as for quality and price well I suspect that they will be offloading stock at inflated margins for a few more months until the proper gear becomes avaialble.

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