General Discussion & Queries for Penang, Kedah & Perlis Map

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chanel
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Re: General Discussion & Queries for Penang, Kedah & Perlis Map

Postby chanel » Thu Dec 24, 2009 1:31 am

why when i use malfreemap, need to search pulau pinang, only type pulau, all the suggestion came out, like ;
1.Pulau babi, IDN 2535km (SE)
2.Pulau Kisar, IDN 2987km (SE)
3.Pulay Marisa, IDN 2678km (SE).........no pulau pinang........what the hack happen....

when use malsingmap, only can found pulau pinang.....anybody know what happen...my malfreemap version is 091019...

malsingmap is NT2009.30

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tympg
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Re: General Discussion & Queries for Penang, Kedah & Perlis Map

Postby tympg » Thu Dec 24, 2009 2:18 am

Because it's called Penang in MFM. No "hack" happened.
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Penang Chinese Heritage Road Names

Postby newtyang » Sun Dec 27, 2009 1:51 pm

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JJVC5BPK

I scanned this info from one of the articles in Oriental Daily News about Penang's Heritage.

I think a lot of us would cherish what our grandfathers or grand-grandfathers had, once upon a time, been calling these streets in George Town (or Tanjung?).

Maybe someone is willing to help to translate the literal meanings of these names so that the Non-Chinese readers can also appreciate them.

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JasonLee
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Re: Penang Chinese Heritage Road Names

Postby JasonLee » Sun Dec 27, 2009 2:10 pm

See HERE for an English version.
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tympg
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Re: Penang Chinese Heritage Road Names

Postby tympg » Sun Dec 27, 2009 2:24 pm

I've already added the inner city ones (Chinese names of streets, that is) in the POI list managed by bro fancheng:

MFM Simplified Chinese POI

As for translating the meanings, the link put out by bro Jason above should do the trick.
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Re: Penang Chinese Heritage Road Names

Postby newtyang » Sun Dec 27, 2009 3:42 pm

Thank you for the link to wikipedia. I hope my sons will read and appreciate it :D .

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Terima Kasih Buat Mapper Kedah, Pulau Pinang dan Perlis.

Postby rinazieyana » Wed Dec 30, 2009 11:43 am

Assalamualaikum dan salam sejahtera. Di sini saya ingin mengucapkan jutaan terima kasih kepada semua mapper amnya bagi kedah, pulau pinang dan perlis kerana telah berusaha track kampung saya yang sebelum ni tiada pun terdapat di dalam peta ini.

Juga diucapkan jutaan terima kasih terutamanya pada Uncle Wong yang bertungkus lumus track tempat itu.

Terima kasih semua....
Bersusah dalam mencari ilmu adalah lebih baik dari terus bersenang dalam kejahilan.

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Re: Terima Kasih Buat Mapper Kedah, Pulau Pinang dan Perlis.

Postby tlchuan » Wed Dec 30, 2009 4:38 pm

sama sama kita kan 1 malaysia
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Re: Terima Kasih Buat Mapper Kedah, Pulau Pinang dan Perlis.

Postby zamad » Wed Dec 30, 2009 4:40 pm

rinazieyana wrote:Assalamualaikum dan salam sejahtera. Di sini saya ingin mengucapkan jutaan terima kasih kepada semua mapper amnya bagi kedah, pulau pinang dan perlis kerana telah berusaha track kampung saya yang sebelum ni tiada pun terdapat di dalam peta ini.

Juga diucapkan jutaan terima kasih terutamanya pada Uncle Wong yang bertungkus lumus track tempat itu.

Terima kasih semua....
Terima kasih daun keladi... :mrgreen:
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Re: Terima Kasih Buat Mapper Kedah, Pulau Pinang dan Perlis.

Postby uncle wong » Wed Dec 30, 2009 5:40 pm

:welcome:
Harap semua yang ada di sini dapat bekerjasama antara satu sama lain , bagi memantapkan peta GPS untuk kegunaan seluruh rakyat malaysia dan seluruh dunia .
Ini adalah satu kerja amal dan hobi yang sihat .
:thumbsup:
Enjoy the GPS’s life!


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