“Hong Kong Guide” and “e-HongKongGuide” photomap edition 2022 available (with photos)
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The “Hong Kong Guide” photomap edition 2022 produced by the Lands Department (LandsD) went on sale today (January 25), while the electronic “e-HongKongGuide” is available for free download.
This year’s “Hong Kong Guide” features a series of orthophotos produced from aerial photographs taken in 2020 and 2021. Every single map page is preceded by its corresponding orthophoto and labelled with major places, streets and trails, thus enabling readers to have a good and quick grasp of Hong Kong’s geographic environment and the relevant spatial information.
In addition to photomaps, the new 552-page “Hong Kong Guide” provides detailed maps of Hong Kong; gazetteers of street and place names; indexes of estates, buildings and public services; and information on public transportation.
The “e-HongKongGuide”, a collection of maps in the GeoPDF format, can be read by desktop computers and applications on mobile devices in offline mode. Users can easily locate their positions on the “e-HongKongGuide” maps using free mapping applications with satellite positioning functions.
The new “Hong Kong Guide”, priced at $128, is available at all map sales outlets of the LandsD’s Survey and Mapping Office (SMO), the General Post Office, Kowloon Central Post Office, Tsim Sha Tsui Post Office, Mong Kok Post Office, Kwun Tong Post Office, Tuen Mun Central Post Office, designated local bookstores and the SMO’s online map shop (www.hkmapservice.gov.hk). Information on the SMO’s map sales outlets is available at www.landsd.gov.hk/en/about-us/sales-outlets.html. For enquiries, call 2231 3187.
The new “e-HongKongGuide” is available for browsing and free download at the LandsD’s website (www.landsd.gov.hk/mapping/en/download/ehkg.htm).
