This folded paper street map shows eight areas of Hong Kong island. I've scanned them and added them to Gwulo's online maps as a single layer: 1980 HK
Here's a video introduction to the new map (if you don't see the video below, please click here to watch it on Youtube):
It was originally published in 1980 as "Sun Sun's latest street map of Hong Kong":
Main Page Quick Access
A few weeks ago we looked at how the 1920 map of Kowloon was added to Gwulo. Today we'll take a closer look at the map itself, and see what stories it has to tell of early 20th-century Kowloon.
The Lands department has recently upgraded its online Mapping Service system, significantly increasing the availability of products and services. Previously useful access to many of these products required a trip to the Mapping and Survey office in North Point or elsewhere. . I have summarised a few of the most useful parts of the new service to people researching Hong Kong History below.
The HK Mapping service website can be reached here
Looking for some help dating a couple of old maps of HK. Any help is apprecaited
Thanks in advance
Hi all,
For years(actually from childhood) I can't help but notice that there is a lot of confusion on the geographic divisions of neighbourhoods in Hong Kong. The more research I did, the more I have found there has been a vast amount of manipulation from the Establishment (real estate developers, the government, the MTRC, etc.) on our perception of this space that we live in. It is chaotic and full of contradictions at the moment, and actions should taken to protect our heritage.
Maps of Hong Kong drawn in the late 1930s can be viewed here
Here's a detailed, zoomable, scrollable, clickable map of Hong Kong from 1924, showing Central to Kennedy Town: (Show me) <= Click the 'Show me' to update the map above to show the 1924 overlay.
How to use the map
