China - Wanted: online interactive maps of Chinese cities

Been searching for street maps of several Chinese cities (Beijing, Nanning, Shenzhen ....) in vain. Are there anything like viamichelin and mappy for Europe; mapquest, maps.google and others for North America exists for Chinese cities? So far, I have seen pdf version of some cities as well as photograph of paper map and posted on web sites as tif or gif files. None of the above is interactive.

I think you know what I am looking for. Any assistance will be appreciated.

Been searching for street maps of several Chinese cities (Beijing, Nanning, Shenzhen ....) in vain. Are there anything like viamichelin and mappy for Europe; mapquest, maps.google and others for North America exists for Chinese cities? So far, I have seen pdf version of some cities as well as photograph of paper map and posted on web sites as tif or gif files. None of the above is interactive.

I think you know what I am looking for. Any assistance will be appreciated.

there are some decent pdf maps on the web (in both english and chinese). my formula:

-find 'em
-download 'em
-search for destinations (you need a better pdf program than acrobat reader in order to do this)

I have been looking for an interactive map of Beijing for some time now and there seems to be nothing out there unless you read Chinese.

there are some decent pdf maps on the web (in both english and chinese). my formula:

-find 'em
-download 'em
-search for destinations (you need a better pdf program than acrobat reader in order to do this)

moondog,
I used essentially the same formula, but had come up rather disappointed. Do you have specific links that might help my search? TIA

moondog,
I used essentially the same formula, but had come up rather disappointed. Do you have specific links that might help my search? TIA
The Chinese version of google maps at least for those who read chinese:
http://ditu.google.com

The Chinese version of google maps at least for those who read chinese:
http://ditu.google.com

Thanks! That's not too bad.

I always use the Ctrip map (http://www.ctrip.com/supermarket/ctripMap/mapIndex.asp)

I always use the Ctrip map (http://www.ctrip.com/supermarket/ctripMap/mapIndex.asp)I find the google maps easier to navigate, but Ctrip maps cover Macau (The only one that I have seen so far) and Hong Kong (But for HK I would rather use centamap.com, it is bilingual and zooms in to the building names).
Thanks.

www.edushi.com has 3D maps of several Chinese cities (downtown only, as far as I can tell). They have the advantage of you actually being able to see renderings of the landmarks and buildings. Mousing over then tells you what their names. They take forever to load, however. Some of them even have transport lines/bus stops listed. I believe they're only in Chinese, except for Hong Kong which is in English as well.

The Chinese version of google maps at least for those who read chinese:
http://ditu.google.com

Good job ^. This is better than none. Now I can use a pdf printout (with Romanji and Chinese) and collate some main roads, at least for Beijing.

I always use the Ctrip map (http://www.ctrip.com/supermarket/ctripMap/mapIndex.asp)

For the life of me, can't find the map link in ctrip (English). Can you re-post a map link? Thanks.

www.edushi.com has 3D maps of several Chinese cities (downtown only, as far as I can tell). They have the advantage of you actually being able to see renderings of the landmarks and buildings. Mousing over then tells you what their names. They take forever to load, however. Some of them even have transport lines/bus stops listed. I believe they're only in Chinese, except for Hong Kong which is in English as well.

This site is really interesting. Love to see maps in 3D (only if they add Romanji on top of Chinese).

I find the google maps easier to navigate, but Ctrip maps cover Macau (The only one that I have seen so far) and Hong Kong (But for HK I would rather use centamap.com, it is bilingual and zooms in to the building names).
Thanks.

Centamap site is extremely slow when try to open magnified street map! May be just the time of day when servers are overloaded with traffic.
I like to way it displays street names and points of interest in both Chinese and English.

I am going to make it 5 consecutive posts in this thread with another question.

Who knows of a good online map of Nanning, Guangxi? Please post. TIA

For the life of me, can't find the map link in ctrip (English). Can you re-post a map link? Thanks.

There is no map link in ctrip (English).

rdchen,
Thanks just the same.