Directory A–Z - Tibet - page 623

The Tibet and Adjacent Areas under Chinese Communist Occupation is an unusual map
that covers the entire Tibetan world. It uses traditional Tibetan place names, which not
everyone in Tibet (certainly not the many Chinese immigrants) will know.

Gecko Maps
( www.geckomaps.com in German ; formerly Karto Atelier)
Produces an excellent general Himalaya-Tibet map, as well as trekking and panoramic
maps of Mt Kailash. Also has a 1:50,000 Kailash Tibet map and a 1:600,000 East Tibet
map covering Lhasa to Chéngdū. Website is in German but English maps are available
from outlets such as Amazon.com.

MAPS

Google Earth
( www.google.com/earth )
Offers fascinating detail on Tibet, including many monasteries and several treks.
However, road names and even town names are often incorrect.

MAPS

ITMB
( www.itmb.com )
Publishes a good and (usefully) waterproof Tibet map (1:1,850,000; 2006).

MAPS

Reise Know-How
( www.reise-know-how.de in German )
Perhaps the best overview is this 1:1,500,000 scale Tibet map. Website is in German so
order from Amazon.com.

MAPS

TerraQuest
( www.terraquest.eu/en/Maps )
TerraQuest do a useful laminated 1:400,000 Tibet map, with inserts covering the Friend-
ship Hwy, Nam-tso and Central Tibet.

MAPS

Tibet Map Institute
( www.tibetmap.com )
Try this website for detailed and downloadable online maps of Tibet.

MAPS

Maps of Lhasa
Gecko Maps produces The Lhasa Map. The map has architectural detail of the old town,
which helps identify which buildings are genuinely old and which are merely facades, but
it's getting a bit dated. More offbeat, and also dated these days (published in 1995), is the
Amnye Machen Institute Lhasa City (1:12,500).