Maps Maps And Maps

Hi,
I am planning an extensive trip through most of south india during this summer.

I am trying to find maps online, but it seems to be an ever elusive goal.

Any help will be appreciated.

thanks
daniel

Bingo I just remembered who done the excellent Trekking map I saw of the Garwhal Kumaon region!!
The Survey Of India produce the best detailed maps of India, however getting your hands on them can be a pain in the butt I'm told
I first learned of this in a book I read on the Great Trunk Road. The author had all kind of trouble buying maps from the Survey people in Calcutta!!
They just didn't want to part with their maps using all kind of excuses from security to out of print!!
A friend had the same experience at thier offices on Janpath Delhi and according to this Article from their head office in Dehradun the picture is little altered!!!!

It's a shame they do produce good maps, so here's the details from their website on how to obtain maps!!

Edit I've just noticed the OP is looking for online maps sorry!!! I'll leave the post here since it might be usefull to others looking for info on maps!

For online maps you could try Mapsofindia
From the Survey of India website:
Survey of India

Maps published by the Survey of India are available for sale with authorised Map sales Agents in major cities & towns and can also be obtained from the address given below:-

Note: For supply of maps actual cost, with details of maps, as desired is required to be sent in advance by the Bank draft should be in favour of "Senior Accounts Officer, Central Pay & Accounts Office, Survey of India, Dehra Dun (Uttaranchal)"Postage/Packing charges will be extra.

Officer-in-Charge, map record and issue office (B & PD), Survey Of India, P.B.No 28, Hathibarkala Estate, Dehradun -248001, (Main Supplier of Maps) Tel No. (0135) 2747051-58.

Officer-in-Charge, Map Sales Office, Survey of India, Janpath Barrack 'A', Ist floor, New Delhi - 110001, Tel No. (011) 23322288.


Officer-in-Charge, Map Sales Office, Karnataka GDC, Survey of India, P.B. No. 3403, Sarjapur Road, Koramangala, II Block, Banglore - 560034,Tel No. (080) 25534482

Director, Eastern Printing Group, Survey of India, No.14, Wood Street, Kolkata - 700016, Tel No. (033) 2475731-34

Officer-in-Charge, Map Sales Office, Southern Printing Group, Survey of India, UPPAL, Hyderabad-500039, Tel No. (040) 27202059.

Officer-in-Charge, Map Sales Office, Madhya Pradesh GDC, Survey of India, Z-14, Zone 1, M.P. Nagar, Bhopal-462011, Tel No. (0755) 2575728.

Officer-in-Charge, Map Sales Office, Orissa GDC, Survey of India, Lewis Road, Bhubaneshwar -751014, Tel No. (0674) 2581755.

Officer-in-Charge, Uttar Pradesh GDC, Survey of India, PICUP Bhavan, B-2 Block, IInd Floor, Vibhuti Khand Gomti Nagar, P.B. No. 328, Lucknow - 226010 Tel No. (0522) 2391934.

Officer-in-Charge, Map Sales Office, Punjab and Chandigarh GDC, Survey of India, Survey of India Complex, Sector 32-A, Dakshin Marg, Chandigarh - 160026, Tel No. (0172) 2607420.

Officer-in-Charge, Map Sales Office, Rajasthan GDC, Survey of India, 34 Muktanad Nagar, Gopalpura bye-pass, Jaipur-302018, Tel No. (0141) 2551065.

Officer-in-Charge, Kerala and Lakshadweep GDC, Survey of India, C.G.O. Complex, Punkulam, P.O. Vellayni, Trivandrum-625522 Tel No. (0471) 2481852.

Director, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh GDC, Survey of India, Bonnie Brae Estate, P.B. No. 89, Shilong-793001, Tel No. (0364) 224937.

Officer-in-Charge, Maharashtra and Goa GDC, Survey of India, Phule Nagar, Alandi Raod, Pune-411006, Tel No.(020) 6694535.

Officer-in-Charge, Western Printing Group, Survey of India, Western Zone 4-Wing-4,Ground Floor, R. K. Puram, New Delhi-66 Tel No.(011) 6178605.

Officer-in-Charge, Assam and Nagaland GDC, Survey of India, Ganeshguri, Chariali Dispur, G.S. Road, Guwahati-781006, Tel No.(0361)261725.



Maps of The RESTRICTED Zone

Maps on scales larger than 1:1 million of certain areas ,published by the Survey of India are classed as RESTRICTED. The limit of such areas has been shown by thick line on the index maps. Restricted maps are issued to Govt. Officials, Educational and Scientific Institutions and Semi-Govt. Organizations including public undertaking for bonafide purposes. Applications for such maps must, however, be made on Form 0.57(a) obtainable from any of the Survey of India, Maps Scale Offices mentioned at serials 1, 3, 4, 5 & 14 above. Issues of Maps are subjects to the conditions mentioned in the form and these are liable to be revised by the Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India. Every indent should clearly indicate the purpose for which the maps are required. Private individuals and organisation/commercial firms can also obtain RESTRICTED maps subjects to there demand being approved by the Ministry of the Defence, Govt. of India, through the state Govt. to whom they should apply.



Geodetic, Geophysical, Trignometrical & Height Data

For Geodetic and geophysical data request should be made to the Director, Geodetic and Research branch, Survey of India, 17E.C.Road, Dehra Dun. For Trigonometric and Height Data request be made to the Director, Geodetic and Research branch or the Director, Regional Circle of Survey of India. Data of certain accuracy is restricted and can be supplied only after getting clearance from the Ministry of Defence.


Please let us know if any of you actually manage to extract some maps!!!

Then, I'm certainly better to buy a good Goodyear India map with all the highways, etc, before departure?


Fred

No, decent road maps are available in India it's just the better small scale maps that are difficult to find!
Though buying before you go is also an option!

okay thank


Fred

I'd recommend the 'Lonely Planet Atlas of India and Bangladesh', if you can still find one now that its out of print. Its an excellent book, and shows minor and major roads, railways, cities, towns, and even quite small villages. City maps too, and a good index. I'd be lost without mine (sometimes literally!)

Tim Makins.

Cyberhippie, I think that Dan is looking, online, for maps; not looking for online maps! Great Post, it is a major reference source and I hope people will be finding it for a long time to come.

For an online source of maps, try this link: Maps of India

EDIT: Oh sorry, Cyberhippie included that info already.

Yeah the maps are great if you can actually get your hands on them!!!!

Hi,

Actually i am looking for a digital map, so that I can pay, download and print it, preferably a A2 or A0 size.

thanks
dan

Ah, ok... my misunderstanding.

In that case This product won't be any good to you, but, if you haven't seen it already it might be interesting.

Actually,lit looks as if MapsOfIndia do do downloadable stuff...

Here's a link that I suspect I got from IM some time back. You might find it to be of at least academic interest.

Not necesarily what the OP was looking for but I fugure the title of the thread makes this a perfectly decent place to post this link:

http://www.belicek.cz/indie/staty.html

Not the higest quality, these (i assume scanned in) images are more detailed than most of what you find for free on the web.

try
www.maptell.com

Cheers

WOUah, it seems exactly what I need for only a couple of bucks on Amazon


Thank for the suggestion, it's already on the way!


Salutations,


Fred

Any idea if they will publish a new edition?