Looking for Xiazuicun in Taishan

[dragon008]

Hi,
I'm still a novice in finding villages in the Taishan/Kaiping areas and am helping a friend, in locating her Wong's village in Taishan, namely: 广東 台山 白沙 六區 壟邊(or 龚边)大隊 虾嘴村. I tried Google and Baidu maps for the village, 虾嘴村, but was not successful. However, on Baidu, I was able to find 龚边村民委员会, or something to Gongbian Village Committee Office, not far from 白沙. Since, this village committee office has the same name as her rural locality, the village, Xiazui (虾嘴村) may be nearby. Taking this location on the Baidu and plotting on Google map, the coordinates are 2.253704, 112.592711. Can someone let me know if I'm within reasonable distance to this village? Am I missing something, or I do I need to proceed further?
Thank you very much in advance.
Best Regards,
Dragon008

[Henry]

Hi Dragon008,

Looks like you are on the right track, although you left out a "2" when you typed/transposed the geographic coordinates for Gongbian 2.253704, 112.592711. The correct coordinates are: 22.272724 N, 112.603272 E.

Here is the Google link to it's map location:

www.google.com/maps/place/Gongbian,+Taishan,+Guangdong,+Jiangmen,+Guangdong+Province,+China/@22.2730024,112.5946258,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x36aa09b4525855b3:0x45901cdc2904495b!2sGongbiancun,+Taishan,+Guangdong,+Jiangmen,+Guangdong+Province,+China!3b1!8m2!3d22.253366!4d112.59285!3m4!1s0x36aa083c1321412d:0xd2f4d7194d009d3!8m2!3d22.2730035!4d112.6034018?hl=en

Here is a map of Gongbian village:



Please note that the adjacent village, just south of Gongbian, is the village of Xiaju 虾咀, I believe this is the Xiazui 虾嘴 you are seeking. While I am not Chinese literate, I cheated and looked up the Chinese character 嘴 and discovered that 咀 is a variant of the Chinese character 嘴, so it seems that the village is now known as Xiaju 虾咀 village.

Here is also a satellite image of the two villages:




Henry

[dragon008]

Hi Henry,
Thanks for your thoughtful information. Please give me a few days to digest what you did and may get back to you if I have any question.
Best regards,
Dragon008

[Henry]

Hi Dragon008,




I did some more digging and here are geographic coordinates of the two villages expressed in decimal degrees & degrees/minutes/seconds:

Gongbian

112.5985379 22.2759413
112°35′54.736″ 22°16′33.389″

Xiaju aka Xiazui

112.5985379 22.2759413
112°35′54.736″ 22°16′33.389″



Henry