Trying to find village on US Army Map service maps?

[kimmy]

Hi Everyone! Nice to see the village database is back up and running! I know it had been down a while ago. I'm trying to figure out how to find a village on the US Army Map Service maps referenced in the database. I was able to find some good copies of the maps here.

The village I'm looking for is "Lung On Li" (龍安里) for the 周 surname. According to the database, the village is in "Area 2", Map Location FQ 0775. I'm not really sure what Area 2 is referring to, though. I cant seem to find any reference to area numbers on the US Army maps. I think I figured out how to decipher the FQ 0775 on the map, but there's no mention of Lung On Li or anything similar. I'm not sure if all the villages are shown on the map and I'm just looking in the wrong place, or if I'm actually in the right spot but the village just isn't labelled. I think the village should be somewhere on this map? Section FQ is in the lower right portion. Does anyone have any further insight into these maps? Or is at all familiar with this village? I'm really hoping to eventually find coordinates to this place!

Thanks in advance!

[lachinatown]

The UT maps are not that useful. They do not go into details. The US Army Map references are on a different set of maps that Henry Tom has obtained a copy. The areas are just shown as index as to the general location. We provided the approximate coordinates for the areas were shown in our own site. When we locate the more precise coordinates, we listed them. But unfortunately, the site is no longer available.

As for your village, you need to specify the Administrative chain.
Your village: 開平 / Hoiping, Area 2, 裡謳鄉 / Li Au Heung (42 villages), 龍安里 / Lung On Lay (周 / Chow).

By inputing 開平 龍安里 you should be able to locate it village. Google map only show label at certain level. The coordinates: 22.336433, 112.579224. It is located at the Northeast of the intersection of X555 and 325 Highway in Kaiping, Jiangmen, Guangdong, China.