South India Map

Sama

FYI, I just got the Rough Guide Map of South India and it looks really good. what's cool is that it is a "rip-proof waterproof plastic map".

some features:

• GPS compatible with longitude and latitude
• topographic mapping
• very legible
• large scale, good detail
• a GAZILLION place names

now if I can only put it back together...

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CliveG

I got this one as well - it doesn't fall apart when I spill beer all over it. It's a good map.

Nick-H

What is the scale? YG?

Mine is Nelle's map, 1:1,500,000, but it is falling apart now and I could do with a replacement.

I'll try Higginbothams, but these things may be better obtained outside India.

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Sama

Nick, the scale is 1:1,200,000


is that good? DUH!

if you can wait, I can bring you one in December...along with any more eye drops and anti-itch creme!

rangss

Funny, I was just ranting with Steven on the hopelessness of Indian Government's attitude towards providing free access to topographic data.

I would agree with you. These things better be obtained outside India.

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Sama

OK, I'll bring you one too, rangss!

rangss

Read this one...and get me ones with contours...

http://www.telegraphindia.com/103022...ry_1688210.asp

steven_ber

I can't remember what I didn't like about that map, but for me not to buy it is kind of strange, I love maps.

If I remember correct, it had nothing my Nelles maps haven't got, I would have looked at the rail lines first, and they couldn't have been correct or I would have bought it.

It doesn't bother me if I have too many maps, I've already got every area of India covered at least 8 times over (if you include Google Earth, Maps of India and the 250 series of old, detailed maps)

To me, the strong selling point of the Nelles maps are their readability, they're very easy on the eye and everything seems the right colour and well presented, I never tire of looking at them, they also have lots of tourist places highlighted, many not even mentioned in the guide books ('Magnificent Gorge' about 4cm north of Rajamundry started me on a love affair with an area I've still not visited).

Another great thing about the Nelles maps, the same maps are available for all areas of India (& Pak, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, many parts of China), and they all follow the same pattern and are the same scale.

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Nick-H

That's just what us guys are always accused of thinking about all the time

The smaller the number the more detail, ie the bigger the number the more is crammed into the same area of paper.

Steven can probably give a proper answer...

Is there much difference, in practice, between 1:1,200,000 and 1:1,500,000? Steven?

Rangss... isn't only recently that the Indian government allowed maps, at least of border areas? --- and border areas included the whole coastline.

steven_ber

Is size important? my GF re-assures me that it isn't. (and wants to know who I'm talking to, so Nick, you're a tall blonde today )

I've seen some larger scale maps that seem to be going for that one thing, a larger scale, hoping it will be a good selling point, others concentrate on quality.

Other larger scale maps, normally mountain region maps concentrate on accuracy and terrain, but they're extremely boring to look at (but if you're life depended on it, it's ideal).

So the answer is, depends on what you want out of a map, if it feels right, go for it.

Nick-H

I guess I'm tall and blonde every day, Steven!

Except I have that hair colour which, on women, is sometimes called 'mousey'.

But unless you get a really huge scale map of Chennai you'll never see it.

But have you seen the stuff Google is doing in USA, I think they call it street view, sending cameras around the streets. You can actually see in people's windows!

Yogagal... have they got your street covered yet?

CliveG

Technical comparisons are all very well but are they beer proof?

Sama

I hope not! I'll send you photos instead!