Re: Garmin Thailand Maps

Have a question for any readers...

I am intending to spend the winter in Thailand. I am looking for a
source of a ROUTABLE mao for my Garmin GPS's (iQue 3600 and eTrex
Venture Sx).

Anyone have experience with or knowledge of such resources?

Thanks

I. Castilio

AFAIAA no one makes (commercial) Thailand maps for Garmin units.

However there is a group of map makers who upload maps of Thailand
(and other places) on a regular basis.

http://mapcenter.cgpsmapper.com//maplist.php?lat=&lon=&text=thailand&det=on

Can't say if they will work with your units though. Most are NOT
routable.

I've used their maps to compile a complete map of Thailand for my 2610
unit but they are not always that accurate. I've found the best way is
to make my own maps from my gps track information using GPSMapEdit and
Cgpsmapper. It's rather a chore but you get good accurate maps, if not
routable.

I'm waiting for the day when Garmin makes maps for Thailand. Could be
a long wait!

Good luck!

Galoubet wrote:
Or any Asian country ... Cambodia, Vietnam, China, Japan, ... places
when perhaps you're more desperate for gps assistance because you can't
actually read the road signs!

It wouldn't be so long if they made a free and good map compiler
available, or some sort of web interface where one can upload track logs
and then name the streets - they'd have the most up-to-date maps in the
world! But - they wouldn't sell any of their mapsource products anymore.

Ray