My wife is now seriously looking for a house in Pattaya and greater surroundings - where prices are still "affordable" like on the Darkside. Land 1-2 Rai with one finished house with at least two baths and a BIG kitchen.

 

To prevent to buy property that is prone to be flooded some time the topology of the land is of importance. Does anybody know if a map exists which shows flooded areas in the past years (there were several events flooding large landscapes due to rain and water excess carried from the north - I remember all the cars parked on the bridges of BKK and we were nearly cut off in the south as well). And if there is excess water accumulating, then it is in Pattaya, even a short shower has quite some impact.

Google Earth can be your friend. Hover over any location and it will tell you the elevation of the land.

 

For example, my property on the darkside is 50m above sea level and never floods. 1km down the road, near the corner of Kao Talo and the railway road it floods all the time and the elevation is only 22m.

 

You can see the elevation at the bottom right of the desktop version, just to the left of the eye altitude.

I lived near The Caddie Shack and I know at the back of the land office it floods. 

23 minutes ago, Woof999 said:

Google Earth can be your friend. Hover over any location and it will tell you the elevation of the land.

 

For example, my property on the darkside is 50m above sea level and never floods. 1km down the road, near the corner of Kao Talo and the railway road it floods all the time and the elevation is only 22m.

 

You can see the elevation at the bottom right of the desktop version, just to the left of the eye altitude.

Great idea and your indications may even serve as some sort of calibration. Google Earth is my friend already and thank you to you, Woof999, too. Now what is only needed is the property. Please everybody with a nice house, some land which may be used to plant fruits, vegetables, plants (my wife loves it) needing cash immediately apply if they pass the Google test (elevation > 50m) ????

Any hints on how to get Google Maps giving you the elevation. It does not seem to work on my version. Do I need to download something ?

 

An other questions is, what would be the reference point for the elevation. 

 

Thanks....

35 minutes ago, Halfaboy said:

Any hints on how to get Google Maps giving you the elevation. It does not seem to work on my version. Do I need to download something ?

 

An other questions is, what would be the reference point for the elevation. 

It's not on Google Maps. Its on Google Earth. Install Google Earth Pro desktop (its free) and it shows elevs and profiles as well as 3D imagery.

 

The elevation reference is the mathematical model of mean sea level. It will be every approximate as its measured by satellite, but should give a good idea.

 

 

https://en-gb.topographic-map.com/maps/s3ma/Pattaya/

 

Might be useful.

1 hour ago, moogradod said:

Great idea and your indications may even serve as some sort of calibration. Google Earth is my friend already and thank you to you, Woof999, too. Now what is only needed is the property. Please everybody with a nice house, some land which may be used to plant fruits, vegetables, plants (my wife loves it) needing cash immediately apply if they pass the Google test (elevation > 50m) ????

Yep it's a really useful tool. Just remember that elevation relative to the surrounding land is just as important as the actual elevation of your property. The bottom of a valley can flood even well above sea level. Here I'm towards the top of a hill, so when it absolutely chucks it down we see torrents of water on their way to flood somewhere else ????

2 hours ago, nupersoodles said:

https://en-gb.topographic-map.com/maps/s3ma/Pattaya/

 

Might be useful.

Indeed. Thank you. Will combine the map with the other method of Google Earth.

12 hours ago, Halfaboy said:

An other questions is, what would be the reference point for the elevation

Likely sea level.

A lot of the dark-side floods and another problem is with the installation of drainage, that moves around a bit too. 

I live on the Darkside, when the big rain comes, flooding mostly occurs on Khao Talo and Khao Noi.

 

 

45 minutes ago, bbko said:

I live on the Darkside, when the big rain comes, flooding mostly occurs on Khao Talo and Khao Noi.

 

Didn't a rather long stretch of the Railway Line Bypass Rd end up deep underwater about 2 years ago.... seem to recollect a story of a vehicle being swept away.