In my latest report about my ‘second hometown, Taiping. August 2025, I mentioned that I was working on a project to show my numerous photos of Taiping on a location map. That was a big job. Here is version 1.0 of my Photo map of Taiping. You can also click on the introduction page below. Here is a manual.

My first visit to Taiping was in 2002, but it was only in 2014 that I started using a smartphone with built-in GPS to take pictures. In the introduction page the left column shows the years, only 2021 is missing, because of COVID. You can select one or more years. In the right column, you can select one or more categories. In the introduction page above I have selected year 2025 and the category ‘nature’. Part of the map is show (green markers).

Here is the map for 2025 with all categories selected. There are 10 categories at the moment, all with their own color code.

Abd here is the map with all categories and all years selected. More than 1500markers. Not advisable , it gets messy, although of course you can zoom in. Loading the map will also take quite some time.

It is better to select a limited number of categories and or years. Here is a map of heritage photos. You will see that some official heritage buildings are missing, and other buildings are marked heritage, because they are old and look good. It is a bit arbitrary.

In this map, I have selected hotels/restaurants (yellow markers) and the category ‘social’ (light blue markers). This category is more personal, photos with myself in it, or friends.

Here is the map with ruins and abandoned buildings. I am a fan of ruins, and Taiping has a lot of them. For abandoned buildings, I have sometimes added a question mark. Notice the concentration of black markers around the buildings on Station Road, just left to rot, one of them the Rest House (1894).

The “Shame of Taiping”, as I call it, zoomed in. Together with other markers to show that there is more in Taiping than ruins. The white markers show museums, the blue markers are for murals.

Finally, here are the houses of worship in Taiping and its surroundings (purple), combined with the cemeteries/graves (grey).

I named this Photo Map of Taiping version 1.0 because it is still a work in progress. I am looking forward to suggestions and comments.