Talk:Ko Samui
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[edit] small suggestions
Some small suggestions for improvements:
- A map of the region would really help (showing the island wrt either the province or the country). The easiest way to do this is to find whoever drew the country map (User:Ahoerstemeier in this case) and ask them for a blank one (one without all the highlighted sections). Then you can put a dot or whatever on the region of interest.
- Good idea, I've just stuck a note on his page. :)
- Equally the lat/long can be very useful
- Done.
- It's often worth searching NASA's earth-observation photo websites (for shuttle and satellite images) - these are usually (it depends...) uncopyrighted, and a nice orbital shot can make a world of difference (cf Kansai International Airport). ESA have some nice stuff too, but theirs is copyright (grrr).
- I can't seem to find anything, but maybe I'm not looking in the right places.
- you should probably mention that it's in Surat Thani province, and that it's an administrative subdivision (Amphoe Ko Samui) in its own right
- as Surat Thani seems to be both a city and a province, when you mention the city it's probably a good idea to say "the city of Surat Thani" to make it clear which you're talking about.
- Done and done.
- "the southern peninsula" - I'm assuming you don't mean the Malay Peninsula, but rather that little bump NE of the city of Surat Thani. Doesn't it have a proper name?
- Actually I think I just made a mistake. Thailand does have a southern peninsula, but it's not there! It's off the east coast of the Kra Isthmus. Updated accordingly.
But all in all it's a vast improvement over what was there before. Well done. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 00:56, 1 Jun 2004 (UTC)
[edit] accuracy
The island can't have appeared on Ming Dynasty maps as far back as 1687 because the Ming Dynasty was replaced by the Qing Dynasty in 1644. Either the maps mentioned are earlier, or they are Qing Dynasty maps. Sorry if this sounds pedantic, but could the point be clarified by somebody in the know? (I'm user WJL but I've forgotten my password so this is going to be an "anonymous" comment).
