New to Gaia - seeking tips on loading routes and printing maps
Posted: July 7th, 2018, 5:58 am
I decided it's finally time to ditch the paper map and compass and go electronic, so I downloaded the GaiaGPS app on my iphone and went through this awesome tutorial: http://www.adventurealan.com/iphone-gps ... ckpacking/
I entered a route manually for a day hike today and will try it out prior to using it for backpacking next week.
A couple of questions:
1) Manually entering the route is kind of a pain on my phone. I tried it on the laptop via GaiaGPS.com, and it worked briefly but then wouldn't load. Still can't get anything to load once I enter a trail or location name in the search bar. Do folks enter routes on their phones or laptops?
2) I'm guessing there are trusted sources for routes that people have already loaded? What's your go-to?
3) I've seen reference to downloading Gaia routes to Caltopo to print out (I want a hard copy backup in case electronics die) but I haven't been able to figure out how to do it.
Thanks for any tips you have for this GPS newbie!
Karen
I entered a route manually for a day hike today and will try it out prior to using it for backpacking next week.
A couple of questions:
1) Manually entering the route is kind of a pain on my phone. I tried it on the laptop via GaiaGPS.com, and it worked briefly but then wouldn't load. Still can't get anything to load once I enter a trail or location name in the search bar. Do folks enter routes on their phones or laptops?
2) I'm guessing there are trusted sources for routes that people have already loaded? What's your go-to?
3) I've seen reference to downloading Gaia routes to Caltopo to print out (I want a hard copy backup in case electronics die) but I haven't been able to figure out how to do it.
Thanks for any tips you have for this GPS newbie!
Karen