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Home » Reader question » Reader question: Experience with TomTom maps of Thailand
Dear readers,
Who can tell me about his/her experience with TomTom maps of Thailand?
As far as I know, TomTom does not have a separate Thailand package, but a combined package with other countries in South-East Asia.
Have quite a lot of experience driving in Thailand, and especially in the countryside it is sometimes difficult to find the right way. I am very curious about experiences because I am considering purchasing this package.
Thanks in advance!
Yours faithfully,
Bohpenyang
I've been using Waze for a long time, it's free, runs on your smartphone.
Has many advantages over a "real" GPS. If you search for a name in a real GPS, and you write a letter different from what is in the database, it will not be found. If something you're looking for isn't in Waze's database, it will automatically search Google and still be found.
Success.
I had before (still on my old 3s iphone) Tomtom Thailand, worked pretty well, just NEVER choose the “shortest route” in options, this will take you to the middle of nowhere. Now I have the new Asia version on my iPhone 2s for about 4 years, because the old one does not run on this version.
Works better than the old one, especially in Bangkok under the concrete lanes better reception, but also the same, always choose the "ecoroute" or the fastest. Furthermore, a nice and easy app, you don't have to have a navi in your car, or separately to purchase.
Positive for me.
Success.
Lunghan
Bought this map of Southeast Asia in June 2014 for roughly 50 euros. Fine cards. My advice: do it. It's well worth the money.
I bought the map of Thailand from TomTom last March. Excellent to find my routes deep into the Isan. Even the most bad, unpaved roads are on it. Map can be downloaded immediately after payment via “My TomTom” on the device.
I've been using a Tom Tom live with a Thai card on it for 5 years.
Works fine and sometimes make trips of 5000 Km through Isaan and the whole of Thailand.
Definitely recommended.
realist
I also have TomTom and use it with great pleasure and comfort! A must for Bangkok! I live in the Isaan and find my way everywhere!
Buy I would say!
Jan
Sawang Daen Din
Sakon Nakhon
Works well with regard to (highway) roads, but at street level (eg in Phuket) it is make do.
Don't think about it just buy it! I've only been using maps from TomTom here for 5 years and they are very accurate everything is in it from temples to hotels etc. Very worth it! And indeed on the newer Toms only available as a Southeast Asia package. I've never had a problem or couldn't find anything. Sometimes you get the most beautiful roads as an alternative and you can of course first see which route the Tom will take 😉
Also available on smartphone also works perfectly!
I agree with previous commenters: really worth the money. What is sometimes a problem with all navigation systems is the spelling of place and street names. Knowing the geographical coordinates of your destination is a big advantage, because they are always correct. These are often easy to find via google maps.
It is also very useful to set your overnight stay as a home point. Going for a nice drive without paying attention to how you drove exactly, and then let yourself be accompanied home comfortably. With such a tomtom map you are less anxious to take roads of which you do not know where they go.
In terms of travel time, Thailand is less predictable than NL and you will notice that in the estimate of your tomtom. If I say it very roughly: For highways you can take 3/4 of the estimated time, for mountain roads at least one and a half times the estimated time.
Have not used TomTom for several years, but in the past (the cracked version) suited me just fine.
I have been using HERE & Google Maps for quite some time now. Both free and reasonable but difficult to enter the correct name.
The advantage of HERE is that you can navigate off-line, although that is disappointing, especially in Bangkok if you do not have a clear GPS view. By the way, data usage when online is not that bad.
Amazing has never let me down not in Bangkok, Pattaya, Chiang Mai, Isaan etc.
Use it almost daily and an estimated 10.000 km per year, also regularly visit Indonesia, Java and Bali. Tom Tom is also excellent.
Also features Sygic, has a nicer interface, but is decidedly less practical than TomTom.
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Got a map supplied as standard with the car (Mitsubishi) In Thai and English version. But an address can't find the device because it has a 'predict' function that doesn't give me the right path as my data is usually different. So be careful with standard package. If we can't figure it out, we just use Goggle maps and it works fine every time.
Had bought a tom tom in Belgium, only suitable for Europe, once in Thailand I gave it in tukom; where they changed it for Thailand, works fine and in Dutch.
Hi, I'm Alex from Belgium, and I've been living in Bangna, Bangkok for 4 years, I bought a tom tom in Belgium and it works perfectly here in Thailand, you just have to ask yourself which model is suitable to install an Asian map. about 50€, and works perfectly for me all over Thailand
Currently in Thailand and have the
Tom could use Tom again. I bought this in Belgium so that it also says everything in Dutch. Have even used it in central Bangkok. For me this one works well.
I just use the basic app “maps” on my ipad, based on Tom Tom maps. Easy to just be online via the internet. Only in Bangkok on the toll roads can he send you off and then refer you back to the toll road. For the rest: Great!
The Southeast Asia map has been in use for two years now. Worked perfectly in Isan and the far north. Relatively small investment, which is well worth the money. 4
only find it difficult to search for attractions or some places because of the spelling.
I often search the internet for the GPS coordinates for my destination.
I'm still looking diligently for an offline GPS app for the iphone that not only has thailand but also cambodia. More for walking than driving. come out on viewranger so far (uses openmap maps)
tomtom is great, but not cambodia
suggestions?
Hello Gerard van Heyste. I've been looking for that case in tukcom for a while. can you explain which floor.because i can't find it.gr.
used the tom tom card during my holiday in thailand last december. I have only been unable to find something once, but that was due to the Hotel, which had recently changed names. If I had searched under the old name of the hotel, I would have driven there in one go.
If you want to use a smartphone, which is more convenient than a clumsy classic navigation device anyway, I advise you to first test the free (Nokia) Here maps (don't forget to download the maps for TH) before you pay for something like TomTom.
From my own experience I have to say that this works just as well and is simply free.
I have been using HERE on my phone for a long time and I am very pleased with it
I use my iPhone with the Tom Tom navigation app on it. from Thailand purchased in the Belgian apple store and have been using it for a few years now and never had any problems finding my way … especially useful in hectic Bangkok …
The app. supports several languages including flemish or dutch and thai which is useful for my wife…sometimes there are updates that are offered for free.
In short, a must if you work with a smartphone.
Tomtom does indeed have its own map for the navigation devices. That card costs € 29,95, but by the time new cards are in stock you often get a 30% discount. That's a good deal, because a lot never changes.
Indeed, only a “Southeast Asia” map is available for smartphones (iOS and Android).
I use both and am very happy with them. Without TomTom I wouldn't dare to drive in Thailand as much as I do now.
In general very good, with the following negatives:
– On the “outer ring” of Bangkok you always get the unnecessary message to “in 800 meters keep left, then keep left”. In practice, that means just following the road
– The maps are obviously copied from satellite maps. Very occasionally this results in situations where you are directed into people's yards, while the actual road/street is 20 meters away and is unpaved.
My advice: Just buy it for that € 30!
Also check out here.com. Via an app you can download maps – including those of Thailand – which you can use to navigate offline (i.e. without a telephone or internet connection).
Brief summary:
Nokia owns Navteq. Navteq maps are the basic maps (nokia)Here but also for Google, Garmin, …
TomTom owns TeleAtlas. TeleAtlas maps are therefore the basic maps of TomTom gps's
So just find out who (for your area) provides the best base maps and use a GPS with those maps.
Paying or not, this will make no difference in terms of the correctness of the cards.
Navteq and Google do not use the same (basic) maps (see also Wiki).
Just put the maps of HERE and Google Maps on top of each other….huge differences.
Additional advantage: Sometimes one is better, sometimes the other.
And both HERE and Google Maps are free.