GPS for udorn

Post by **wilson_smith** » August 23, 2006, 7:13 am

[quote="lee"]IMHO you don't really need GPS to find Tesco Lotus or Big C, they are all on the ring-road and hard to miss. If you look at the map on this site you will find Tesco is at grid ref J2, Big C is at X18, Homemart & Global House T4, Tool Pro Plus N1 and Home Pro Plus T6.

Thanks for the GPS coordinates LA. These could prove to be useful after a night out on the grog, however trying to operate a GPS unit under the influence may prove to be more of a challenge.[/quote]

I am new to the town, and get lost easily, so its helpful!

I dont know how to get off from the roundabout things! I went around 3 times

Post by **lee** » August 23, 2006, 10:02 am

wilson_smith wrote:I am new to the town, and get lost easily, so its helpful!

I dont know how to get off from the roundabout things! I went around 3 times

It may help to pick up a map when you're in town or download it via this website. All the major supermarkets are on the ring-road and listed on the map so they're really easy to find.

Post by **wilson_smith** » August 23, 2006, 4:45 pm

[quote][quote="lee"][quote="wilson_smith"]I am new to the town, and get lost easily, so its helpful!

I dont know how to get off from the roundabout things! I went around 3 times

[/quote]

It may help to pick up a map when you're in town or download it via this website. All the major supermarkets are on the ring-road and listed on the map so they're really easy to find.[/quote][/quote]

thanks, I do have the map, and downloaded the online map. I bought the GPS specifically for getting around Udon, and for when I plan to make a long trip by tuktuk.

tesco lotus: n 17*28.890
e 102*47.252

Post by **BKKSTAN** » August 23, 2006, 5:03 pm

When I was first learning my way around Bangkok,I would jump on various buses,ride all around the city,Great way to learn my way around.Personally,I don't like tuk tuks,to hot and I can't see well enough!Now an aircon van with a driver?That would be my style for a town like Udon!

Post by **Kudjap or Bust** » August 24, 2006, 8:19 am

Hey Fried Rice

Kudjap's not hard to find without a GPS.......Go along the ringroad to Harry's, at the lights take the road that goes away from Udon.....Easy..

But if you need the co-ordinates their 17:12' 11.06 N 102:34' 11.91 E well thats what Google Earth says

Post by **Kudjap or Bust** » August 24, 2006, 8:25 am

Does anyone know if there is good quality mapping software for the new style GPS units. I have one that I left with my Sister because I couldn't get mapping for this area at the time.

laphanphon · Post by **laphanphon** » August 24, 2006, 9:29 am

apparently one company has the info, without further investment of money or more detailed mapping, but no market, so they don't offer anything to be purchased, but if buying their product, a freebee. not to say one might be bought if asked. i'll see next time in bkk.

http://www.geocities.com/bkkriders/gps/

Post by **Bump** » August 24, 2006, 10:18 am

Please share what you find wiht the rest of us, before I run out of bread crumbs

Post by **BKKSTAN** » August 24, 2006, 10:35 am

LA,your new avatar picture doesn't look REEal!Is it ''spiritual?lol

laphanphon · Post by **laphanphon** » August 24, 2006, 3:51 pm

some more locations by request, although, Ree said i made a mistake, not sure, didn't think so, but if there is one, shouldn't be major. these are large, well marked and easily located via udon map. actually, if you need the coordinates to find these places, maybe you shouldn't be allowed out unsupervised.

global 17' 25.57 102' 48.69

big c 17' 23.25 102' 49.50

makro 17' 23.50 102' 49.03

rock ice 17' 24.63 102' 49.07

home pro 17'25.21 102' 48.84

homemart 17'25.35 102' 68.77

tool pro 17' 26.08 102' 47,82

lotus already posted, and we were almost the same, so settings must be the same, which are: datum WGS84, DEGMIN, East Asis/Thailand

Post by **FunIsAll** » October 13, 2006, 12:37 pm

Can somebody tell me where one can buy car navigation (i. e. from Garmin) and/or maps in Udon or maybe Khon Kaen.

Thanks.

laphanphon · Post by **laphanphon** » January 20, 2007, 12:18 pm

ok, as pointed out, my settings may be off, as tried couple different maps and my bed is in nong bua lamphu on one. so i'm guessing the default settings, though saying asia/thailand aren't exactly correct.

if someone knows what datum thailand uses, it would be greatly appreciated. i have a magellan 310, entry level gps.

change it to deg/min/sec an numbers are getting closer w/default settings. but have to recheck and verify. if anyone knows for sure, please let me know.

datum setting choices are:

default: WGS 84

available choices:
NAD 27
AUST 84
RT 90
KKJ
GRB 36 (guessing UK)

there are other, but obviously not for asia

thanks for any help.

Post by **ting_tong** » January 20, 2007, 2:59 pm

If anybody has the co-ordinates for phu failom, the mountain, please post them.
thanks!

laphanphon · Post by **laphanphon** » January 20, 2007, 3:10 pm

very easy to get to, well signed all the way, 2 ways to go, off route 2 khon kaen rd or route 210 nong bua lamphu rd. no more than a hour away from udon.

Post by **Mainer** » January 20, 2007, 4:39 pm

laphanphon wrote:ok, as pointed out, my settings may be off, as tried couple different maps and my bed is in nong bua lamphu on one. so i'm guessing the default settings, though saying asia/thailand aren't exactly correct.

if someone knows what datum thailand uses, it would be greatly appreciated. i have a magellan 310, entry level gps.

change it to deg/min/sec an numbers are getting closer w/default settings. but have to recheck and verify. if anyone knows for sure, please let me know.

datum setting choices are:

default: WGS 84, available choices:
NAD 27
AUST 84
RT 90
KKJ
GRB 36 (guessing UK)

there are other, but obviously not for asia

thanks for any help.

Here is what I use.
Map Datum = WGS 84
TIme zone = Bangkok
UTC Offset = +07:00
Daylight savings = No

See the "Sat Nav" post regarding a map of Udon I have been working on.

Post by **beer monkey** » January 20, 2007, 5:32 pm

ting_tong wrote:If anybody has the co-ordinates for phu failom, the mountain, please post them.
thanks!

la wrote:very easy to get to, well signed all the way, 2 ways to go, off route 2 khon kaen rd or route 210 nong bua lamphu rd. no more than a hour away from udon.

easy enough agreed,i took the 210 route and came back khon kean road route, nice drive too, one thing i did notice was when you go through the small town/village the English signs stop appearing, then the signs are in thai writing on the blue background signs, and if you did'nt have a thai with you might be more harder, but pretty hard to get totally lost all the same.
Plus that's a BIG mountain range to miss.

Post by **jetdoc** » January 20, 2007, 7:39 pm

ting_tong, This is just a wag for the co-ordinates for phu failom.

lat 17.161014
lon 102.6982180

Iwas up there once but did not make a way point. I used google earth for the wag;o)

Post by **ting_tong** » January 21, 2007, 12:27 pm

jetdoc wrote:ting_tong, This is just a wag for the co-ordinates for phu failom.

lat 17.161014
lon 102.6982180

Iwas up there once but did not make a way point. I used google earth for the wag;o)

khob koon mak!

it will sure be nice to have the little arrow pointing the way to go, and i can get a speed reading off the gps too, I dont know how fast my pimped out tuktuk is.

ting

laphanphon · Post by **laphanphon** » January 22, 2007, 9:57 am

Did a little research, very little. Checked and verified 3 locations on a map and gps designed for Thailand, and what I confirmed:

DAMN, I'M GOOD

Also know why some disagree with my long/lat numbers for Udon locations. When I originally took readings, my gps unit was set to DEGMIN, which gives you a different reading than DEGMINSEC, which I recently used to verify the location of 3 prominent intersections on the new software, I borrowed, thank you Ray.

So if you set your GPS unit to DEGMIN, the lat/long locations below should be accurate. (apparently others, including google earth default degminsec)

Took the liberty to copy/paste lat/long here, so those interested don't have to look for them.
[quote]GPS LOCATIONS - UDORN THANI
Latitude N Longitude E
My Bed 18

Post by **jetdoc** » January 22, 2007, 10:52 am

LA, I'm not a GPS expert by any means, but have been using one for the past 15 years are so. The accuracy of the particular unit depends largely on how accurate the the timing device is. The more accurate units used by surveyors for instance have extremely accurate timing devices thus yielding accuracies of inches/mm. Wether we express the location in degrees and a fraction, or degrees-minutes and fraction, or degrees, minutes and seconds the location is the same point once we do the math. If you put your unit on a table and set it to lay a bread crumb, you will find after an hour or so your unit will have appeared to be walking around a bit, This is due to the limits of the timing device, assuming the unit did not revert to 2D navigation;o)