Google Thai Maps Also: Google Moon Ko Samui? - October 19, 2006 Rene reports: Koh Samui ?????? No , it is Koh Samet !!!!!!! Google Earth Placemark Pointasia.com - August 31, 2006 Pongthai writes: Not sure you have posted this item onto 2bangkok: check this out www.pointasia.com. It’s a google earth-like application developed by Thais. More detailed satellite image than in Google earth for Thailand. * Jamie points out that Google Earth is not the same as Google Maps. Google Earth has higher resolution data of Bangkok that does not appear on Google Maps yet--including sensitive areas downtown. * Looking at the overall maps of Thailand, only the brown maps are zoomable. Remember, to save a link to an image, copy the link info from "Link to this page" on the right side. * MSN, spurred on by Google Maps, now has its own map utility, MSN Earth. However, there is no close-up imagery of the Bangkok area yet. * Earlier: Thai military upset by Google satellite pictures - Reuters, September 6, 2005 Thailand, afraid that detailed satellite pictures available on the Internet threaten its national security, may ask Google Inc. to block images of important government buildings vulnerable to attack... * Email us your links or post them on the forum and 2Bangkok.com will collect all the notable image links on this page. (Source: Google Maps) Bangkok Bangkok Mouth of the Chao Phraya River Ayuttahya Erawan Elephants Northern Bus Terminal Central Lat Phrae Jatujak Market An eastbound BTS train leaving Phrom Phong station Carrefour, Robinsons, (in the upper left) and the Thai Cultural Center (in the bottom right) Subway depot Artnarong-Raminthra and Sirat (Rama IX) Expressway Interchange RCA Avenue and Hopewell pillars Khlong Phrakhanong and Chao Phraya River Makkasan Depot Fire on farmland Muang Boran Wat Phra Thammakai Ramkhamhaeng University and Rajamangkala Stadium The Mall Bangkapi Central and southeastern Thailand Massive refineries U-Tapao Some kind of mining in the Chonburi area A green lake near Chonburi? Another mining area? What is this? I Another mine is the west Some mining in the west Chanthaburi U Thong Airstrip near Road 3040 Bangkok-Chonburi Motorway rest area near Bang Pa Kong Unopened Highway 7 Intersection outside Pattaya featured on the 2Bangkok Sattahip Naval Base (with rail connection) Interesting fishing piers Interesting military islands (?) - what is this bare area on the island? (Source: Google Maps) (Source: Google Maps) Northeastern Thailand Korat Korat Airport Korat Railway Station (one of the biggest in the country) Korat Bus Terminal A funny looking piece of forest east of Korat Military airstrip in a forest further to the east of Korat (?) Pa Sak Jolasit Dam and the railway across the lake Maha Sarakham Northern Thailand Green and brown rivers converge - Ping and Nan (forming the Chao Phraya) at Nakhon Sawan Ancient ox-bows More oxbows Nakhon Sawan - is this a Chinese Cemetery? Chiang Mai Doi Sutep Chiang Rai Interesting road through the mountains Phayao Golden Triangle Andaman coast Phi Phi Island Interesting farming on an island east of Maprao Island Golf course under construction in the heart of Phuket (there seems to be a lot of construction and denuded land in this area) Phuket farms bordering a forested area Phuket: What is this? The South Ko Phangan Ao Harin Inner, deforested areas on Ko Phangan Tinasulanond Bridge across Songkhla Lake The region The entire region Area around Rangoon Rangoon Burmese farms and villages (Source: Google Maps) Missing island - April 14, 2006 If you compare Google Maps (below) with the usually superior Google Earth (above) you discover a missing Phi Phi Island. More Thai projects from the air - June 23, 2005 Suvarnabhumi Airport - Bay of Pattaya (south) - Laem Chabang Port (north) (right, with massive man-made features) Earlier: Mae Mo Lignite Mine from the air - June 21, 2005 After seeing Sprol.com's satellite photos of polluted areas in the U.S., Nils found this view of Mae MO Lignite Mine from the air. The earth from space - September 27, 2005 Stuart McDonald: I came across this story on the Register today and thought it may be of personal interest given the google map stuff you've run on the site previously -- while not asia focussed, it is google maps of military installations (including nuke silos!) across US and Europe. (There are four pages of photos including the plane graveyard.) Dave Milam adds: Check out www.cactuswings.com for info on the plane graveyards. (Photo: GlobeXplorer)