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Here is a list of Shanghai Online Maps.
Google Maps (Global Sattelite Image)
There is only image, with no road and map information. It is very useful if you know an area well, and want to see the details (buildings, streets), but not useful for a stranger to find the right road to take.
Move the needle on the left side to zoom in. It only has Chinese version. The data is powered by mapabc.com
The head to head competitor of Mapabc is mapbar.com. It is widely used by other Chinese local website. Check this sample page. For me, it has better functions, and more accurate data.
As I just mentioned, it has exactly the same data as Google China. However, they still uses the Java technology, and requires browsers to have Java installed. So I don't use it.
eDushi has a visionary idea - to draw 3-D map of all major cities. They have completed Hangzhou, Shanghai, Qingdao, Shenzhen, Wenzhou, Xi'an, Changsha, Guangzhou, Chengdu, and many other cities. All the buildings were drawn by hand! What an effort!
Real photo based map.
Hehe. Didn't forget to mention my little map view. It is just a simple application with no map data. So... Just for fun...
Above are all the major map providers on the market I am familiar with. For English maps? I don't see any really good one yet.
Updated with kind notification of Fenng.
by Jian Shuo Wang on August 12, 2006 under Map
city8(http://www.city8.com) is very impressive with its interactive 3d scene.
Posted by: wind on August 12, 2006 5:43 PMwww.uumap.com
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it have no relationship with uuzone.com
mao
Posted by: mao on August 12, 2006 5:44 PMEnglish language:
http://www.smartshanghai.com/maps/smsh_map.php
Posted by: Micah on August 12, 2006 7:39 PMhttp://www.gsuo.com/
The most accurate traffic advice I have been seen, but Chinese version only.
anothor Shanghai map backed by local gov.
http://www.jt.sh.cn/trafficmap/trafic.htm
Posted by: think2 on August 13, 2006 1:26 PMAnd Gsuo ( http://www.gsuo.com ) deliver maps of Shanghai , Wuhan , Hefei , Wuxi , Changzhou , Wenzhou , Xiamen , Ningbo , Shenzhen , Nanjing , Suzhou , Hangzhou and Guangzhou at present.
Posted by: Mediaclick on August 13, 2006 8:03 PMAnother one which I used some times is this pdf map:
http://www.shanghaiguide.com/map/shanghai.pdf
Posted by: Jie Lun on August 14, 2006 10:08 PMThanks for sharing the great resources with us.
Posted by: Jian Shuo Wang on August 14, 2006 11:44 PMComing to Shanghai next week, can anyone tell me where i can get a old map, like the Shanghai or Peking in '20 or '30 or earlier for my wall decoration, not necessary authetic, a framed replica is preferred. Any advise?
Posted by: stephen on October 24, 2006 12:28 AMStephen,
I have seen some replica map from the '20 and '30 in the old town. it was on fangbangshong lu very near the entrance gate. Over there you should be able to find some but don't forget to negotiate as much as possible as they will ask you for some crazy price at the beginning. Otherwise you should be able to find some on Dongtai lu ("antique" market).
Thanks greg, any chance you can tell me fangbangshong lu and Dongtai lu in chinese character so I can relay the same to the taxi driver. Many thanks.
Posted by: stephen on October 24, 2006 11:11 PMSo far, this is the best online english shanghai map i can find. Check page two. You can save a copy ;)
http://www.cityofnanaimo.com/asia/China/Shanghai.pdf
Posted by: kamote on February 24, 2007 4:52 PMThis is another google based map, but its different because it has lots of markers on it. First browse to for example malone\s american cafe here:
http://www.smartnamecard.com/Pages/ViewOrganization.aspx?OrgID=133
then use the map to drag and zoom.
also works for hangzhou, beijing, chengdu and some other cities...
cheers!
Posted by: darter on April 20, 2007 6:38 AMHere is an English language map of Shanghai just rolled out
http://www.shanghaiexpat.com/map.phtml