Is the Navigon Windows ce based. if so then either garmin xt or Igo/Powermap might work. But if i were you i would sell the Navigon in the US and get ya self a Garmin. That way you are sure of a map.

Allan

Is the Navigon Windows ce based. if so then either garmin xt or Igo/Powermap might work. But if i were you i would sell the Navigon in the US and get ya self a Garmin. That way you are sure of a map.

Allan

Yah... that is the way i am leaning... as i don't want to be dependent on thai hacks for the life of the device...

zippy

i have a nokia 5800. Installed Garmin XT and with the internal built in GPS, it works flawlessly. I do not see the need for a proper dedicated GPS such as Nuvi. The phone has 640x360 screen resolution. Wide screen! sure its a phone but have been using it and is surely accurate. Using it with Thailand Street Map

The Nuvi series are great as long as you have the ESRI Thailand map installed. Any GPS is only as good as the map that is on it.

I have tried both the ESRI Thailand map and Rotweilers All Thailand Map and Rotweiler wins hands down, It's coverage of all Thailand is far more detailed and accurate on my Nuvi 200W

I have both the Rotweiler maps and ESRI. If you think the Rotweiler maps are better, then it is obvious you have never used them in Bangkok. The Bangkok portion is quite old, for example it does not even have the Kanchanaphisek Bridge, N13 38.005 E100 32.337. Rotweiler maps do have the advantage of working on your GPS and your PC.

I have just ordered the V9 ESRI update but the older version I have now has that bridge on it. It is important to me to be able to trust my GPS and to do that, the map MUST be up to date. I don't mind paying 1,100 baht for the annual updates to the ESRI map.

Nuvi 760 U$199 (discontinued model)

60Csx U$299

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Gadgetrend will install the newest ESRI map on your Garmin for 4,500 baht. That includes one free update and updates after that are 1,100 baht. Gadgetrend support is first rate and a guy named Art is very helpful and speaks VERY good English. Prices are coming down. The Nuvi 203 is 9,900 baht from Gadgetrend.

i have a nokia 5800. Installed Garmin XT and with the internal built in GPS, it works flawlessly. I do not see the need for a proper dedicated GPS such as Nuvi. The phone has 640x360 screen resolution. Wide screen! sure its a phone but have been using it and is surely accurate. Using it with Thailand Street Map

hello i have the 5800 too

can u tell me do you need to use the garmin XT maps loaded on their chip or can you just load them in?

thanks

I have had the Nuvi 200 for about a year. Purchased from MBK at about 9600 B (I think).

I have found that it takes a while to locate satellites and usually I am 10 mins into my journey before it can navigate.

My car is parked underground, so its out of satellite communication while parked.

Has anyone else has this issue? Is it normal? Does anyone know of any fix whereby it can locate the satellites more quickly?

No GPS can locate the satellites unless it can see them. It is also common to lose the signal while on the lower level of a highway when there is a highway above you. It's also possible to lose the signal when you are surrounded by high buildings. Some car window films are metallic and the GPS can't see through the film. This is just normal.

Edited June 14, 200917 yr by Gary A

anyone know of a good GPS system for Thailand (Bangkok) that speaks english?

and how much it would be

Thanks

I bought a Asus Mobilephone including GPS Software, for 11'900 Baht in Tukcom. It works perfect in English and Thai Lengague. Can use Internet as well without computer or Laptop.

I bought a Besta, it is great and does both Thai and English. Only problem ever was in Pattaya where it does not know the one way streets between Beach Road and 2nd road but it is not a problem there of course. I bought the big screen that mounts on my windscreen above the dash for about B14,000, smaller screen is B9,000..............good thing is I can pinpoint my favorite restuarants and key them in and send my driver to get me dinner with my order

One issue that came up when we discussed the options on a previous thread was whether Garmin is infact still using the ESRI map in its products. I bought the Garmin SE Asia map (which includes Thailand) on micro SD card just over a year ago to use with my NUVI 250, and I am not quite sure what I have. While the map seems okay in cities, it isn't very good at distinguishing paved roads from semi-impassible mud tracks out in rural provinces and I very often over-rule its directions. I've heard that even the single Thailand NT map now supplied by Garmin is not the ESRI map (i.e. this is a different rumour from the one that said the Garmin map was always one year behind ESRI). Does anybody know the current position?

Edited June 15, 200917 yr by citizen33

anyone on this board using this Garmin Nuvi device??

any feedback would be appreciated

I'm using a Garmin Nuvi 205 with Thailand Street Map V9.0 loaded. Auto-routing works as advertised, gets me where I want to go. GPS lock and sensitivity good when out in the open and moving. Paved, named or numbered roads are mapped, dirt tracks mostly not mapped. Takes a bit of playing around with before you get accustomed to using it. Get the Carrying Case (for storage) and Portable Friction Mount (for dashboard use) accessories. You'll need a good quality USB to Mini-USB cable to charge the Nuvi from your laptop, or transfer files. Cheap cables will charge the unit but the Nuvi won't show up as an external drive on your computer.

anyone on this board using this Garmin Nuvi device??

any feedback would be appreciated

I'm using a Garmin Nuvi 205 with Thailand Street Map V9.0 loaded. Auto-routing works as advertised, gets me where I want to go. GPS lock and sensitivity good when out in the open and moving. Paved, named or numbered roads are mapped, dirt tracks mostly not mapped. Takes a bit of playing around with before you get accustomed to using it. Get the Carrying Case (for storage) and Portable Friction Mount (for dashboard use) accessories. You'll need a good quality USB to Mini-USB cable to charge the Nuvi from your laptop, or transfer files. Cheap cables will charge the unit but the Nuvi won't show up as an external drive on your computer.

I have telenav with AT&t and I can't live without it, literally. I have had a Garmin nuvi 750 and TomTom GO 720, and Telenav literally has at least twice the POI. I remember those expensive map updates too, telenav has FREE map, poi, voice, etc updates. I first saw telenav mentioned in the New York Times and then I went to their website: telenav.com $10/month is a great deal, especially considering it offers more features than a $600 standalone unit.

I have telenav with AT&t and I can't live without it, literally. I have had a Garmin nuvi 750 and TomTom GO 720, and Telenav literally has at least twice the POI. I remember those expensive map updates too, telenav has FREE map, poi, voice, etc updates. I first saw telenav mentioned in the New York Times and then I went to their website: telenav.com $10/month is a great deal, especially considering it offers more features than a $600 standalone unit.

Does it work in Thailand?

What maps does it use for Thailand?

Tom Tom is great in Aus but useless in Thailand!

My Thailand Street Map V9.0, used with Garmin Nuvi, has so many POI that the display can get overcrowded at times making the roads difficult to see. I find myself changing the map scale just to eliminate the POI from the display. I can't imagine having twice as many POI, talk about information overload.

My Thailand Street Map V9.0, used with Garmin Nuvi, has so many POI that the display can get overcrowded at times making the roads difficult to see. I find myself changing the map scale just to eliminate the POI from the display. I can't imagine having twice as many POI, talk about information overload.

Any advantage of V.9.0 over 8.1?

One map vendor mentioned that 8.1 was more popular than the latest version.

One issue that came up when we discussed the options on a previous thread was whether Garmin is infact still using the ESRI map in its products. I bought the Garmin SE Asia map (which includes Thailand) on micro SD card just over a year ago to use with my NUVI 250, and I am not quite sure what I have. While the map seems okay in cities, it isn't very good at distinguishing paved roads from semi-impassible mud tracks out in rural provinces and I very often over-rule its directions. I've heard that even the single Thailand NT map now supplied by Garmin is not the ESRI map (i.e. this is a different rumour from the one that said the Garmin map was always one year behind ESRI). Does anybody know the current position?

Garmin stopped to use ESRI maps. About 1 1/2 years ago.

They now use Teleatlas.

My Thailand Street Map V9.0, used with Garmin Nuvi, has so many POI that the display can get overcrowded at times making the roads difficult to see. I find myself changing the map scale just to eliminate the POI from the display. I can't imagine having twice as many POI, talk about information overload.

Any advantage of V.9.0 over 8.1?

One map vendor mentioned that 8.1 was more popular than the latest version.

V9.0 has more roads (updated), noticeable improvement in visual map quality, and POI added. Additionally, V9.0 seems to have fixed (at least for me) an annoying quirk whereby, on rare occasions, indicated turns would not be announced by 'the voice'; i.e., the routing would indicate a turn ahead, but no spoken directions to coincide with that turn.

I had emailed Art at Gadgetrend regarding V9 vs V8.1. He told me that the V9 had many changes and improvements. I went ahead and updated but have not traveled enough yet to notice any major differences other than icons are more descriptive such as gas station brands and car dealer brands. V 8.1 lacked many of the highway exits and recently completed roads.

I'd say that if you are not going to travel much in Bangkok, you won't need to update.

My Thailand Street Map V9.0, used with Garmin Nuvi, has so many POI that the display can get overcrowded at times making the roads difficult to see. I find myself changing the map scale just to eliminate the POI from the display. I can't imagine having twice as many POI, talk about information overload.

Any advantage of V.9.0 over 8.1?

One map vendor mentioned that 8.1 was more popular than the latest version.

V9.0 has more roads (updated), noticeable improvement in visual map quality, and POI added. Additionally, V9.0 seems to have fixed (at least for me) an annoying quirk whereby, on rare occasions, indicated turns would not be announced by 'the voice'; i.e., the routing would indicate a turn ahead, but no spoken directions to coincide with that turn.

Thanks for that info. I'll go for 9.0

Garmin stopped to use ESRI maps. About 1 1/2 years ago.

They now use Teleatlas.

It seems from a quick web search that this is probably correct and that Garmin's Thailand map provider (via Teleatlas) is Mappointasia. This is so despite the fact that Garmin lost the bidding war with Tom Tom for Teleatlas in 2007, and still has a long-term contract with the rival Navteq for maps for many countries. It would be useful to know how the Mappointasia GPS map stacks up against the ESRI map.

Garmin stopped to use ESRI maps. About 1 1/2 years ago.

They now use Teleatlas.

It seems from a quick web search that this is probably correct and that Garmin's Thailand map provider (via Teleatlas) is Mappointasia. This is so despite the fact that Garmin lost the bidding war with Tom Tom for Teleatlas in 2007, and still has a long-term contract with the rival Navteq for maps for many countries. It would be useful to know how the Mappointasia GPS map stacks up against the ESRI map.

I had a link to the Thailand portion of that map but can't find it back. I looked at the area where I live and either the map was not working properly or about all that is covered are the major highways. A paper road map would do just as well. In any case we are lucky to have the ESRI maps here. I think they are quite good with the exception of searching for addresses and I doubt that is entirely the maps fault. I can always get where I want to go without that function.

Agreed, searching for a specific location in the Garmin Nuvi datebase is a real chore. Takes a good deal of finesse. Once you've been to a location, you can save that location to 'favorites'. Also, Thailand Street Map is a ESRI map, don't know about Garmin units sold worldwide, but in Thailand the ESRI map comes preloaded.

Many times I am able to get coordinates from Google Earth. Sometimes you get lucky and someone is able to give you the coordinates for the location you want. A friend of mine in Udon Thani marked exactly where his home was on Google Earth. I would have NEVER found it because it was in a maze of small and dead end streets. I was able to go right to the front of his house. Maybe some day people and businesses will start putting coordinates on their addresses.

Gary said: "Maybe some day people and businesses will start putting coordinates on their addresses"

Yes, as essential as a mobile number & email address.

I can't wait to get my Garmin 60 handheld, so that I can reg the location of various plant vendors at SL2 & JJ market.

These places are like rabbit warrens & I couldn't find my way out of a paper bag.

My name cards already have my co-ords.

Helmut had no problem finding me.

Garmin stopped to use ESRI maps. About 1 1/2 years ago.

They now use Teleatlas.

It seems from a quick web search that this is probably correct and that Garmin's Thailand map provider (via Teleatlas) is Mappointasia. This is so despite the fact that Garmin lost the bidding war with Tom Tom for Teleatlas in 2007, and still has a long-term contract with the rival Navteq for maps for many countries. It would be useful to know how the Mappointasia GPS map stacks up against the ESRI map.

I had a link to the Thailand portion of that map but can't find it back. I looked at the area where I live and either the map was not working properly or about all that is covered are the major highways. A paper road map would do just as well. In any case we are lucky to have the ESRI maps here. I think they are quite good with the exception of searching for addresses and I doubt that is entirely the maps fault. I can always get where I want to go without that function.

The Thai version has the address search function,don't know why the English version doesn't have it.Probably has to do something with the fact that it would be useless anyway due to the spelling differences.

The Thai version has the address search function,don't know why the English version doesn't have it.Probably has to do something with the fact that it would be useless anyway due to the spelling differences.

The English version has the same address search function. You have to know the exact name, spelling, word and soi number sequence as it appears in the database. Not very useful for us 'farangs' who are not familiar with Thai addresses.

Hi . . just install v9 Thai maps for Garmin on my Nokia N95-2 , But.... i dident get any POI ...... any 1 had same problem ?