Visio Guy 
Map of Asia & Australia
Posted by Visio Guy on October 31st, 2006 4064 views
Nia hao ma and g'day mates! This week, we've got a Map of Asia & Australia for you to download. This complements the Map of North America, Map of Europe, and Map of Central & South America that we've offered you earlier.
(Download map_AsiaAustralia.zip)
To help the folks out in search land, this drawing contains Visio shapes of the following countries:
EN: Afghanistan, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, North Korea, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Russia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam
DE: Afghanistan, Armenien, Australien, Bangladesch, Bhutan, Brunei, Kambodscha, China, Georgia, Indien,  Indonesien,  Japan, Kasachstan, Nordkorea, Südkorea, Kirgistan, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolei, Myanmar, Nepal, Neuseeland, Pakistan, Papua-Neuguinea, Philippinen, Rußland, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tadschikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Usbekistan, Vietnam
November 12th, 2006 at 12:06 am
I just started with Visio and thought I had to do it (=lager maps) all on my own, when I stumbled over this side. (I was looking for the missing country-shapes). Good work, thanks a lot!
My plan is do do a map covering the world, but when I tried to merge them they won’t fit 100 %. Can you give my a tip? I used protection (ratio) when scaling, but…
Christoph
November 12th, 2006 at 1:45 pm
Hey Christoph,
I’ll probably put up a map of the whole world fairly soon, but until then…
Did you try the right-mouse menu on the shapes that you have? There are options: Arrange To Shape and Arrange To Page that put the shapes together automatically.
I’m not sure if the various separate maps work together or not, and I think I broke a few of the shapes when I chopped off parts of the countries (like all the northern islands in Canada and Russia.
November 23rd, 2006 at 3:10 pm
Greetings to the “Visio Guy”,
well, meanwhile I tried to build a map of my own when I realized that some countries were missing (India, China, etc.). So I used your shapes but at the edges they won’t fit, so I stopped the whole mapping project and now I am waiting for your new map. (I was thinking about using the freeware “General Mapping Tool (GMT)”, but it seems to be difficult to install…)
Christoph
January 8th, 2007 at 12:22 am
I too am dismayed at the lack of India & China stencils. Any chance you’ll be posting a complete ‘world map’ anytime soon? Will a donation help?
January 8th, 2007 at 6:52 pm
Hey Jake,
Well we’re just starting a trip around the world and will be heading Down Under and to Asia, so we too are getting inspired. It is my intention to get the whole world ready for downloading. We’ve just been busy packing! : )
Ciao,
Chris
February 5th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
Map for India
Thanks for this map,but can u post India (with detail state) map.
Any help is appreciated.
February 13th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
Hi Omkar,
Check back once in awhile. I’ll add more maps when I get time.
- Chris
February 20th, 2008 at 6:59 pm
You would think that with China and India being one of the four BRIC countries, that Microsoft would have these countries included in the stencils! I guess Microsoft don’t do any business in these countries then!!
Thanks for creating this, as I really needed these countries.
February 20th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
Hi Jono,
Glad you found these countries of Asia & Australia Visio shapes useful!
MS does do business in these countries, which is why they didn’t add the shapes. They didn’t want to get sued over stubborn border-politics issues. Not that you need to shed tears for Microsoft, but I can see how it gets hard being the Big Man on Campus. Every little move they make becomes a potential “deep pockets” lawsuit.
By the way, here’s a Wikipedia definition of BRIC Countries, for those who are interested!
- Chris
March 16th, 2008 at 6:00 pm
Thanks for this map. I’ll use it at my website. http://www.downunder-dago.com