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Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 13:47:00 +1000
From: Brendan Whyte <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Malaysian maps
Sender: Brendan Whyte <[log in to unmask]>



Whoops, seems I left out the important bit...
Still, I've discovered how many people actually READ this list!
Try this:

http://www.jupem.gov.my/duct_f.htm

It can be a bit slow, and you may need totry 2 or 3 times before the
browser decides the address isn't an error...
Click on "mapping products" bottom left, then will appear 'aerial photos'
and 'maps' centre left. Choose which you want. From maps, a list centre
left of map types appears, click on these to get listing, prices, etc.
Click on the red dot on each index at the pagetop to see a sample image.

Apart from regional maps, there is no topo mapping of Sabah or Sarawak.
Their 1:750 000 sheets are ok, but are blank beyond Malaysia's borders (no
Brunei or Indonesia info). TPCs are thus the best available. For the
peninsula, there is a 2 sheet 1:500 000 Malaysian map, but again TPCs are
better, if a little out of date in places. The Malaysian regional maps show
district and mukim boundaries.

1:250 000 mapping of the peninsula is not publically available, tho the
JOGs available in Thailand cover the Malayisan areas on the Thai-Malaysian
border. Such JOGs are 110Baht in Thai bookshops or from the Royal Thai
Survey office in Bangkok, or more expensively from map wholesalers outside
Thailand. Some Thai 1:50 000 mapping is available from the 2 large
bookshops in Chiangmai over the counter, mainly covering the NW area around
Chiangmai. The Bangkok survey office says all the 1:50k are restricted, but
go north and they are on the shop shelves... Thai mapping has both Thai
script and Romanisation at both scales.
Brendan
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        The following site (not on Oddens?) is the Malaysian govt survey and
mapping dept homepage. They offer city maps, a limited range of 1:50 000
topos of the Peninsula (about 1/4 of the total), and even 4 1:25 000 sheets.
        Prepayment is required, but they accept bank drafts in US$ (to which the
Ringgit is pegged at R3.8 = US$1) as outside Malaysia the ringgit is no
longer traded. Current economic journals suggest the ringgit is way
undervalued at present, so it is a good time to stock up on the shets at
R10 each (less than US$3 each).
        The website has sample images of the various maps, and a listing of what
is available, dates, and details, and an almost unreadable index map of the
1:50k.

Brendan Whyte
University of Melbourne
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