ThinkNet - MapMagic

[Terry]

For those of you needing fairly accurate road maps - and let's face it Thailands' maps are notoriously crap - then I would recommend the above products.

I am using the Bangkok and Thailand editions - each comes with a CD ROM in English / Thai plus the standard paper map.

They have been updated each year and are based on Satellite mapping so they are quite decent.

A snip at THB 300 each.

[Winkie]

I have these too, they are very good.

You can add favorite locations on the SW Version, plan routes, search etc...

Very good, adn a new update issued each year, so they stay upto date and include all the new roads.

Can cut and paste into other applications as well

[VincentD]

Terry, is this an online update, or do you have to buy the latest edition each time? I have both, but maybe a couple of years older.

Another thing I have found with using the Thailand edition is that the resolution is not as good as the Bangkok edition.

If you have internet access, try using this website

http://www.mapguidethailand.com/home/map.php?&l=en

I found it on the thinknet.com website a long time ago; this is the one I use now. The upcountry resolution is much, much better.

[Terry]

Vincent

I am aware of this website and concurr with your comments re resolution.

I am on the third 'Bangkok' version and the 2nd 'Thailand' version of the CD as I have not found any site that can provide them as downloads.

The 'fun' starts when you compare them with Google Earth or Google Maps

[Guess]

Things are looking up but there still seems to be a lacking of hi res data and coordination between GPS data and satellite imagery in Thailand.

Personally I think the maps are more important than the images.

You can download a CD from this URL if you first install a client such as uTorrent.

http://www.mininova.org/tor/1085968