Thailand Maps Development

[KC*]

Just noticed last night that the S Thailand map is up!

Looking really good for a first step. REALLY GOOD!

THREE CHEERS FOR ALL INVOLVED!!!

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[maxjohn]

Hi all Sifu,
Anyone have map for Betong Thailand?

[alyem]

Hi all Sifu,
Anyone have map for Betong Thailand?

Betong map is oledi in our Latest map. But we need you to give us all the information that you can have when you are in Betong.

Road names, POIs, new tracks, etc. etc. etc..

[maxjohn]

[KC*]

GE does not have high resolution of many parts of Thailand. For such areas, I often look to PointMe (a Thai website) for reference.

http://gw.pointasia.com/pointme3/home.aspx

For those of you who are mapping Thailand, you may find this a useful source of information. For areas that are covered in high resolution by GE, it is still more reliable and clearer.

[alyem]

Bro KC.

Thanks for usefull info..
Any English version???

[KC*]

Afraid not. Sigh... I dun understand Thai either.

It is tedious to use but since it is georeferenced I use the following steps:

1. print-screen to capture a bmp image
2. Open it in OziExplorer
3. Using corresponding landmarks on the bmp and screen coordinates, I would calibrate the map
4. Save in .map
5. In MapEdit, I'd add the map image, then drag it to fit my tracks / existing polylines (to correct offset)

This was what we used to do previously before MapEdit auto-inserts GE.

Hope this helps.

[keong8260]

Very very useful... thanks KC.

[JasonLee]

Dear Bro Keong8260,

You have done an incredibly great job mapping Hat Yai. In comparison, my effort on Phuket pales because I have limited track logs and I have used them all and GE is most of the time blocked and besides I have been out of the country quite a bit. Will try to catch up.

My last weekend's trip to Hat Yai was to bring my wife and her friends there to shop and eat so I had hardly any chance to move about with the GPS and besides, all the roads I travelled on, you have already mapped so my track logs can only serve to help you do alignment.

Got just a few POIs not found in your map and the tracks in the attached gdb file.

Cheers.