Thailand has probably best coverage of street view on Google maps in SE Asia

[Asiantravel]

It appears to me Thailand has probably some of the best coverage by Google maps street view compared to any other country in Southeast Asia.

I was pleasantly surprised to find that even a relatively small city like CHANTABURI which is between Rayong and Trat has even been covered by street view and not only the city itself even all the way down to the beaches on the coastline.

There is no such street view coverage even in countries like Malaysia or Vietnam. Not even major cities like Beijing and Shanghai in China or even Mumbai or Delhi in India (or even Bangalore the city of technology) have been covered by street view yet.

[lomatopo]

They have five (5) vehicles (Subaru Imprezas) here and have been running them for at least three years. Google also has a subsidiary here.

https://www.google.com/maps/views/streetview/thailand-highlights?gl=us

Edited June 2, 2014 by lomatopo

[Asiantravel]

They have five (5) vehicles (Subaru Imprezas) here and have been running them for at least three years. Google also has a subsidiary here.

https://www.google.com/maps/views/streetview/thailand-highlights?gl=us

That's interesting. So we are literally years ahead of places like India and China.

I know Bangkok, Chiang Mai and even Pattaya have already been completed as well.

Do you know why they seem to have concentrated so heavily on Thailand?

[lomatopo]

Do you know why they seem to have concentrated so heavily on Thailand?

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/543007-thailand-version-of-google-street-view-launched/

Google also has a subsidiary here.

Decent mobile data, lots of smartphones, good roads, lots of people driving around. Not rocket science.

[Pinot]

Do you know why they seem to have concentrated so heavily on Thailand?

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/543007-thailand-version-of-google-street-view-launched/

Google also has a subsidiary here.

Decent mobile data, lots of smartphones, good roads, lots of people driving around. Not rocket science.

They should put their CV in for that PM position.

[BKKdreaming]

is there a way to use street view and automatically have it "drive" a route you take ?

example : Start at terminal 21 Asok and "drive" to Chinatown

maybe setting the speed at 40km or so

so put it up on the big screen for a scenic cruise

[gawaterman]

Yeah, I was surprised when my bil's house, where we stay when we visit, in the back-blocks of Sri Racha was covered.

[Tomtomtom69]

Not every part of Thailand has been covered yet, but they are working on it. As usual, Thailand is streets ahead of it's neighbors on this. I wonder why Malaysia and Cambodia (at least) don't have street view yet? Not to mention Indonesia? And with the change of government in Myanmar, they really should have Google cars mapping their roads (at least the major highways and cities) too.

Apparently some parks in mainland China (I think Xiamen and in Tianjin) now have street view, but they collectively cover less than 0.001% of the country's area.

[lomatopo]

is there a way to use street view and automatically have it "drive" a route you take ?

example : Start at terminal 21 Asok and "drive" to Chinatown

maybe setting the speed at 40km or so

so put it up on the big screen for a scenic cruise

Suspect there may be others?

https://gmaps-samples.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/streetview/streetview_directions.html

https://www.google.com/search?q=funny+street+view+images&espv=2&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=KDaNU8SNE9L8oASjy4GIDg&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&biw=1920&bih=979#imgdii=_

[bobbin]

They have five (5) vehicles (Subaru Imprezas) here and have been running them for at least three years. Google also has a subsidiary here.

https://www.google.com/maps/views/streetview/thailand-highlights?gl=us

When they were doing the Pattaya area last year, their drivers bunked up at the hotel part of my condominium.

I think I counted 14 Subaru Imprezas one night.

[lomatopo]

I think I counted 14 Subaru Imprezas one night.

OK, I saw a local TV news spot here last week, with a Google employee/Streetview driver. I must have misunderstood the reference to "five cars"?

[KhunBENQ]

Best in South East Asia?

Yes, because its basically the only country with street view in SEA

Only KL, a few more spots in Malaysia and Singapore are covered elsewhere.

Do you count Singapore for a "country" ?

Just move the "walker" over the map.

Edited June 3, 2014 by KhunBENQ

[KhunBENQ]

And still a lot to explore:

[DivinGuy]

It's very good. I can see the in-laws' house as well as the gate to a farm we bought and both are in very rural western Ratchaburi.

[Thainess]

They have five (5) vehicles (Subaru Imprezas) here and have been running them for at least three years. Google also has a subsidiary here.

https://www.google.com/maps/views/streetview/thailand-highlights?gl=us

That's interesting. So we are literally years ahead of places like India and China.

Don't get carried away. Thailand is only ahead of places like China in Google Street View. In almost every other way, Thailand is decades behind China. And now it's even falling behind places like Indonesia and Vietnam too...

[Guitar God]

I guess Ubon is on Google's bucket list. They only did one street in the entire city, Chayangkun.

[barneywill]

is there a way to use street view and automatically have it "drive" a route you take ?

example : Start at terminal 21 Asok and "drive" to Chinatown

maybe setting the speed at 40km or so

so put it up on the big screen for a scenic cruise

Suspect there may be others?

https://gmaps-samples.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/streetview/streetview_directions.html

https://www.google.com/search?q=funny+street+view+images&espv=2&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=KDaNU8SNE9L8oASjy4GIDg&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&biw=1920&bih=979#imgdii=_

For less than 2000 baht you can install CC tv in your car and have a 'scenic cruise' for every trip you make. Even put it on the big screen if you like! Handy to have when that Red Light Runner hits you and runs away.