beb Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 I drove up to Chiang Dao last week and traveled west around the mountain to a remote village here https://www.google.co.th/maps/@19.3842525,98.7207612,15z?hl=en I forgot to note the name of the village while there and looking at the map cannot find anything definitive. I've looked up Mueang Khong based not the school name but that appears to be a village here http://www.maplandia.com/thailand/northeastern/chaiyaphum/ban-muang-khong/ Does anybody know the name of the first place? I think there are probably more than one village in this valley but not sure. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinnieTheKhwai Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 I think it's just called Ban Muang Khong? http://www.muangkong.go.th/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beb Posted January 6, 2015 Author Share Posted January 6, 2015 Thanks! That appears to be it. I guess the difference is, in spite of the spelling on the map, they don't have the "h" like the other. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekong Bob Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 correct spelling (using standard RIT romanization) is Ban Mueang Khong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beb Posted January 7, 2015 Author Share Posted January 7, 2015 correct spelling (using standard RIT romanization) is Ban Mueang Khong See this is where the problems come in. That spelling leads you to here http://www.maplandia.com/thailand/northeastern/chaiyaphum/ban-muang-khong/ which is not the same place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesbrock Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 The sign for the school says the name of the village is Ban Mueang Khong. I wouldn't trust Maplandia place marks, it's been wrong on many occasions; even Google gives the location on the Maplandia site as Ban Phet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beb Posted January 13, 2015 Author Share Posted January 13, 2015 The sign for the school says the name of the village is Ban Mueang Khong. I wouldn't trust Maplandia place marks, it's been wrong on many occasions; even Google gives the location on the Maplandia site as Ban Phet. Yeah, I think it's an issue of transliteration with google. A search directs you to this other place. Another example http://www.citymaphq.com/thailand/korat/ban_muang_khong.html Every google link I follow, with this spelling or the one Google tries to change it to, takes you to this place. There's an Island in southern Thailand that shares spelling with another Island in Thailand. I remember some confusion while planning a trip there a couple of years ago. Thanks bb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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