Isaan Maps

[bina]

any body have any luck with finding muu baans outside of meung korat???

looking for soeng sang: we earth googled and found chok chai, and spotted one of the dams close by, but dont get resolution to good housing details of muubaans

trying to read alt/long stuff but havent got a clue how to work out precise readings?

anybody???

anon at home not working so playing with internet...

bina

[udon]

Hi Bina,

if you want the lat & long of a place, just put your cursor on the exact location, and read off the lat n long on the footer of the page.

If you want a grid, see "view" up the top left of yr screen.

[Martin]

I, too, find it hard to relate Google Earth to maps.

Roads and railways show up so clearly on maps, but on Google they hide under trees!!

One thing that is always clear, though, is a runway (presumably because it is well-known that aircraft have an aversion to trees).

And lat/lon of an airport can always be found on the Internet.

I managed to find my village by interpolating its approximate position halfway between Udon (UTH) and Khon Kaen (KKC) airports.

Incidentally, UTH is nearly as big as LHR!!!

(Presumably it was a diversionary destination for bombers coming back from Laos and Vietnam, and a man steering a bomber with battle damage needs the reassurance that he has a lot of runway available.)

Incidentally, if there was cloud cover over their target, they couldn't bomb.

But neither could they land back loaded.

So there was an area of the hills near here that was designated as a 'bomb-throw-away' area.

As a girl, my wife used to be made quite nervous by low-flying B-52s overhead, but her buffalos never blinked. My Welsh Blacks would have taken off for the next county (or province).

Nowadays, as we manoeuvre through the potholes on our country roads, we ask why the Americans chucked their bombs on our road and not in the hills!

[udon]

There should be a link to delete the trees

[jingjoe]

There should be a link to delete the trees

Or some kind of chemical agent

[farangatm]

There are Thai military maps available in 1:50,000 scale somewhere, but check these out:

http://www.nexus.net/~911gfx/sea-ao.html

[bina]

i sent the link to my dad who is an obsessive map freak.... he has been pouring over them and having a really good time.

what i would like to know is when did satrakien become a tambon; and when did all the amphurs become amphurs. for instance, why is ban soeng sang a town here and not an amphur?? and sra takrien (unless this is somehwere else also) a village and not written as tambon takrien???

just curiosity. also, in 1975/6 -+, was there military activity in ban soeng sang area? my husband was walking somewhere as a small boy (he cant remember what age he was) and there was a BOOM! and he woke up in a military clinic or hospital with an iv in his arm. he apparently was knocked/fell and hit his head and he remembers something vaguely military about it all??

sorry i cant remember my history of what was going on at that time in that specific area (my folks following middle east stuff naturally).

sometimes its wierd to see history thru other eyes.

bina

[oevna]

Ok, all you Map wizards. My Gf's family live in Porn ja lern (sp). It's close to Bung, Beung, or Buang Kan, or Khong. Can anyone provide or point me to a map that shows the location of her town.. Thanks, Regards, BD

Sorry for the late reply. I was searching for maps of Isaan and this thread turned up, so I thought I'd stop by and add my comments!

I'm guessing this is "Porn Jaroen" (Thai: บ้านพรเจริญ), but with the "R" pronounced like an "L", as they do in Isaan.

If you search for the Thai spelling on Google, several matches turn up. Do you know what province she is from? If her English skills aren't super, the Thai word for "province" is "jang-wat" (Thai: จังหวัด). A quick look reveals that there is one in Nakhorn Phanom, one in Kalasin (both in Isaan), and one in Krabi (in the South). There are probably many more, as that is a really lucky-sounding name (it means "blessings and prosperity"). It's fairly common for many villages to share the same name, as long as they are not in the same district, or "amphoe" (Thai: อำเภอ). Although that is not unheard-of!

Cheers,

-oevna

[macb]

This link is useful

http://www.multimap.com/index/TH3.htm

[nongfrank]

Now again our Map of Sisaket made by Radar from United Knights.

Thanks to him for his work

[Dave the Dude]

There are Thai military maps available in 1:50,000 scale somewhere, but check these out:

http://www.nexus.net/~911gfx/sea-ao.html

Hi farangatm

Thanks for the link. Although I'm not a map anorak, i found the maps and related Vietnam War links very interesting. Google Earth is just too 'blotchy' for me (assuming that is a real word??)

Regards

Dave the dude

[jayenram]

Following Khun F*t G*t's map of Surin town, here's one of the outlying area also.

[jayenram]

Ooooops, forgot to highlight F*t G*t's boozer. There goes any free beer!

[lampard10]

Ooooops, forgot to highlight F*t G*t's boozer. There goes any free beer!

Lucky old you........................10 free beers for that. But of course when I add then to the eleven I subtracted for forgetting me, I make it one beer you owe me.

[jayenram]

The Southern Part of Surin Province indicating the Chong Chom Border Crossing.

[lampard10]

The Southern Part of Surin Province indicating the Chong Chom Border Crossing.

So that's wqhere you off to now, when you don't use the FC. Up near Sikhoraphum, clearly marked on the map with a red star

[Go4er]

Thanks to all for the great maps and map sources.

[nitehawk56]

Thanks to all for the great maps and map sources.

Anyone have a map of Phu Sing, in the Si-Sa-Ket providance?

[Thefinn]

There are Thai military maps available in 1:50,000 scale somewhere, but check these out:

http://www.nexus.net/~911gfx/sea-ao.html

They are available from the Thai Army Map shop in Bangkok (Tel.02-222 8844 a couple of years ago), they have an index as the whole country is 41 sheets , ask for the series L. Some sensitive areas like at the Burmese border are "out of stock". Under B100 per map. Korat is #5438 I,II,III and IV. If there have been any new roads built they will not appear on this series.

Harri. Korat.

[Krub]

The Southern Part of Surin Province indicating the Chong Chom Border Crossing.

Hi would you have the same kind of map a littlefurther east that would show the Chom Sa Ngam border crossing south of Sisaket ?

[raslin]

The Southern Part of Surin Province indicating the Chong Chom Border Crossing.

Hi would you have the same kind of map a littlefurther east that would show the Chom Sa Ngam border crossing south of Sisaket ?

Look at the nexus site above. One of their maps covers the area - a few years ago though

[AiLao]

What do you all think about this map of Lanna and Isan?

[AiLao]

Hope I don't get ban for this!

[AiLao]

[AiLao]

[AiLao]

During the visit of Thailand. Dinner at the Grand Palace. Offered by His Majesty the King of Thailand and in the honours of their Majesties the King and Queen of Laos on July 20, 1955.

[ttl]

TRYING TO LOCATE A MAP OF MUKDAHAN. On a visit 5 months back, noticed an elaborate multi level building purporting to be VISITORS INFORMATION CENTRE. Had some difficulty in making myself understood, but after visiting most of the shops in the building, got the understanding THEY HAD GONE.

Next stop the magnificient VIEWING TOWER. At the entrance level was an information counter, they had no maps but level 4 had them. Up to level 4 and was told they have never had them. Have searched several places on the net, without luck. Can anyone help please.???

WITH THE PROBABLE INCREASE IN TOURISTS WITH THE SAVANAKET BRIDGE OPERATING, SOMEONE IS MISSING OUT ON A PUBLICITY SPONSORED ITEM.

THANKS VINCE

[ttl]

Does anyone know if it is possible to get big scale maps of local areas here?

Presumably the highways departments and the 'amphoe' officers must have them, but will they sell copies and who does one ask?

I would like to know if you have had any success in getting these maps. I am also after large scale maps of the area between Mukdahan and Ubon along Route 212. I am particularly interested in the area around Loeng Nok Tha, about half way between Amnat Charoen and Mukdahan. I worked there in 1967-68 on the construction of the airfield and a rural development road. I would also be interested in making email contact with people who are currently living in the area or are familiar with it. This includes any Brit or Australian Sappers or others who worked on the airfield/road.

Aussapper

TRY GOOGLE EARTH, COMES IN VERY WELL IN THAT AREA, PIN POINT MAKHOM KAM SOI AND SCROLL FROM THERE. GOOD LUCK VINCE TTL

[stattointhailand]

This is by far the best on-line map I've found so far. It goes down to 100m guage, shows all sorts of info, hotels/bars/seven elevens/bars/nosh shops/bars/nightclubs/bars/and if your fav bars not mentioned tell them and they will put it on.

http://map.longdo.com/longdomap?lat=17.1935546875

forgot to mention, you can print it too

[Mac0779]

Thanks Guys just what i was looking for,

happy Songkran