Singapore – The Map Room

Southeast Asia Historical Maps

Jonathan Crowe — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 14:05:48 +0000

Mercator, Insulæ Indiæ orientalis præcipuæ, 1606.

Mercator, Insulæ Indiæ orientalis præcipuæ, 1606.

The Digital Historical Maps of Singapore and Southeast Asia project, hosted by (the soon-to-be-defunct) Yale-NUS College in Singapore, curates a collection of pre-1900 maps of southeast Asia. The maps are drawn from the Bodleian, Beinecke and Leiden libraries, as well as Singapore’s National Library Board. [Maps Mania]

Apple Maps Updates: Germany, Singapore and U.S. Cycling Directions

Jonathan Crowe — Sun, 24 Apr 2022 18:31:40 +0000

Justin O’Beirne notes that Apple’s new maps—which, remember, were first announced in 2018, so: for certain values of new—have arrived in Germany and Singapore. Also, he observes that Apple is adding cycling directions in roughly the same order the new maps rolled out in the United States: they were added to the Midwest in mid-April, and northeastern states at the beginning of the month.

Jug Cerović Maps the Singapore MRT

Jonathan Crowe — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 13:16:51 +0000

Jug Cerović’s map of the Singapore MRT is a gem—literally. (Compare with the official version.) [Transit Maps]

James Clark’s Revised Map of Current and Proposed Railways in Southeast Asia

Jonathan Crowe — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 18:30:14 +0000

James Clark

James Clark

James Clark has updated his map of current and proposed railways in southeast Asia (see previous entry). The new version clearly delineates between current and proposed lines. “The black lines on the map represent railways that are currently operating, while the red lines are proposed lines. As with the subway map, proposed can mean anything from lines currently under construction, in feasibility study stage, or an on-the-record election promise from a pork-barrelling politician.”