I recently bought a 2din cd/dvd/gps/bt for my car (7" lousy lcd but 800x480, 12500 Thb total) and it came with original papago x8.5. Papago looks like an iGO clone to me, however provided maps and even the latest Thailand map is far from complete. I use Sygic on my iPad 1 and it is much better in terms of maps coverage and pois. However, there is no Sygic for PNA / PND / Car gps devices that run on WinCE 6.0.

I have option to install other gps software on my device, such as Igo primo 2.0 but I want to know which map (that can work with lets say, iGO) is better for Thailand, especially for rural areas. As far as I know, igo is compatible with Tomtom and Navteq maps.

What?

Common sense and a sense of direction/adventure are all you need! If you don't have those but are able to speak, try asking .... much more enjoyable than trying to rely on 'the latest' technology ..... and, the next time you have to go there you will more than likely remember! Try it, you might enjoy even enjoy it.

Reminds me of a TV program I saw some months ago. Forget the name now but it was a series of "reality" shows where a ordinary family would do adventurous things.

In this episode a family would drive from somewhere in South Africa to somewhere else weeks away and we, the viewer, would see how they got on.

So the first part of the program was buying a suitable 4x4 then loading it up with all the necessary survival equipment for such a perilous journey across the African bush.

Well they eventually set off fully loaded with enough equipment and gear to handle any obstacle or emergency that they might encounter on this adventurous trip of a life time and just a few hours out on a dirt road they hit a curve overturned and wrecked the 4x4 because the driver was looking at his SatNav instead of watching the road.

Not like the good old days when the best African maps were the Michelin series and you had to actually look at the road.

Edited January 30, 201214 yr by Daffy D

Common sense and a sense of direction/adventure are all you need! If you don't have those but are able to speak, try asking .... much more enjoyable than trying to rely on 'the latest' technology ..... and, the next time you have to go there you will more than likely remember! Try it, you might enjoy even enjoy it.

No thanks, I don't view being lost in the middle of Bangkok and ending up going in circles for hours at a time any fun. If it's the same to you, I'll rely on my GPS plus a handheld spare in the glove box.

Common sense and a sense of direction/adventure are all you need! If you don't have those but are able to speak, try asking .... much more enjoyable than trying to rely on 'the latest' technology ..... and, the next time you have to go there you will more than likely remember! Try it, you might enjoy even enjoy it.

Yeah, but, see, this is the GPS topic area, so people are going to be posting about GPS usage, NOT sense of direction, and asking directions. You need to post in the "I am a technophobe, and enjoy doing things the hard way" topic...

Reminds me of a TV program I saw some months ago. Forget the name now but it was a series of "reality" shows where a ordinary family would do adventurous things.

In this episode a family would drive from somewhere in South Africa to somewhere else weeks away and we, the viewer, would see how they got on.

So the first part of the program was buying a suitable 4x4 then loading it up with all the necessary survival equipment for such a perilous journey across the African bush.

Well they eventually set off fully loaded with enough equipment and gear to handle any obstacle or emergency that they might encounter on this adventurous trip of a life time and just a few hours out on a dirt road they hit a curve overturned and wrecked the 4x4 because the driver was looking at his SatNav instead of watching the road.

Not like the good old days when the best African maps were the Michelin series and you had to actually look at the road.

Oh yeah, like manipulating a folded paper map is so much more conducive to safe driving, compared to a GPS a couple of degrees out of your line of sight through the windshield...

Good one.

You actually look, I just listen to the nice ladies voice... and keep eyes on the road.

MioMap has good Thailand maps and works on WinCE devices.

Common sense and a sense of direction/adventure are all you need! If you don't have those but are able to speak, try asking .... much more enjoyable than trying to rely on 'the latest' technology ..... and, the next time you have to go there you will more than likely remember! Try it, you might enjoy even enjoy it.

No thanks, I don't view being lost in the middle of Bangkok and ending up going in circles for hours at a time any fun. If it's the same to you, I'll rely on my GPS plus a handheld spare in the glove box.

I have some experience of this today. ESRI 12.01 on Garmin refused to take me over the Bhumibol Bridge. In fact its routing seemed pretty screwed around that area and it sent me in circles until I crossed the Rama IX bridge. On the way back it was a bit better but I had to fool the GPS to take me to the middle of the bridge. So in complex cities like Bangkok, using a GPS is not necessarily straightforward or accurate!

UPDATE: Just tried the route on Sygic and I manage to force it to go over the right bridge. Should have used that... Avoid toll roads. Grrr

Edited February 26, 201214 yr by MaiChai

Common sense and a sense of direction/adventure are all you need! If you don't have those but are able to speak, try asking .... much more enjoyable than trying to rely on 'the latest' technology ..... and, the next time you have to go there you will more than likely remember! Try it, you might enjoy even enjoy it.

No thanks, I don't view being lost in the middle of Bangkok and ending up going in circles for hours at a time any fun. If it's the same to you, I'll rely on my GPS plus a handheld spare in the glove box.

Common sense and a sense of direction/adventure are all you need! If you don't have those but are able to speak, try asking .... much more enjoyable than trying to rely on 'the latest' technology ..... and, the next time you have to go there you will more than likely remember! Try it, you might enjoy even enjoy it.

Yeah, but, see, this is the GPS topic area, so people are going to be posting about GPS usage, NOT sense of direction, and asking directions. You need to post in the "I am a technophobe, and enjoy doing things the hard way" topic...

Brilliant answers!. Exactly what I was thinking.

To the OP. It is possible to hack Garmin XT to work on WinCE devices and then you can use the ESRI map which is the best by far. Google it.

PS. Obviously I am suggesting that you legally purchase Garmin XT first.