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Bangkok Handy Atlas
Bangkok Handy Atlas from the Thai publishers Thinknet, in an A5 paperback format, presenting the metropolitan area at 1:71,000, central Bangkok at 1:19,000, and seven of the city’s most visited areas at various much more detailed scales with manes of individual buildings and/or various facilities. All names, both of streets or districts, buildings and institutions, train stations and other transport information, various facilities including hotels, restaurants, banks, etc. are bilingual in Thai and English.Both the Metropolitan Bangkok section and the more detailed maps of the city’s central districts are annotated with symbols and names of numerous institutions, facilities and places of interest. Street names are in the Thai and Latin alphabet; names of businesses are in Thai and English, as is the map legend. Very extensive index lists streets/roads plus in separate sections hotels, department stores, markets, public transport stations and piers, temples, tourist attractions, etc.More detailed mapping at various scales is provided for the city’s most visited areas: the historic Rattanakosin district further enlargements for the Chinatown (Yaowarat) and for Khaosan Road area, plus Sukhumvit Road, Silom Road, Sian-Ratch Damri area, and the Chatuchak Weekend Market. These maps additionally show bus route numbers and name numerous individual buildings, businesses and institutions; the plan of the Chatuchak Weekend Market indicates what goods are sold in each of its sections. The atlas is fully indexed with additional lists of stations and piers, embassies, hotels and other accommodations, department stores, government institutions, medical and emergency facilities, etc. Also provided are diagrams of metro/skytrain and river ferry services.Also provided is a diagram of the BRT, MRT, rail, river boat, etc network.