It all started in 2000, when we moved to Sri Lanka with the family. After 30 years of hiking in the ‘west’ with excellent topomaps, I was shocked not to find decent maps for many parts of Asia. Only a couple of months after the US govern-ment had switched of the ‘noise’ on all GPS signals, I arrived in a region where there wasn’t even a decent road map!
Since that time we started an insane quest: making our own maps, based on available material (satellite imagery, local maps, GPS tracklogs from friends) and logging all our own trips anywhere with a GPS.
It took us 4 years to map Sri Lanka, including street maps of some urban areas. Next came the Maldives (even most marine maps are wrong!), then the Indian Himalayas (for which even the famous US military maps are grossly incorrect). Currently we’re uncovering the secrets of Oman. And Nepal and (Chinese controled) Tibet are also well under way, and some parts of Borneo are finished.
Dear Alfonso, This fantastic! Thanks very much indeed for this. I can truly need it as I’m in the middle of preparing a new book on the Western Himalayas.
Dear Alfonso, this is again amazing stuff. Thanks so much for all this. I am amazed that so muc is known when so little maps are available.
Would it be much of a problem for you to furnish a map of the entire area of my book? After what I’ve seen I could think of nobody better.
I would, if I may, certainly forward these maps to the cartograper as references as this is the best I have seen so far and give you a truly deserved credit for your work in my book.
Bonjour. Merci bcq pour la carte du Ladakh. Si vous avez…
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