GaiaGPS Alternatives?

[kepPNW]

Have you tried this? https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/map-plus/id438868200

No. Looks like Apple only?

My reply was for aiwetir. I use Android running OruxMaps.

Whoops! Sorry. But wow, good mistake... Might give that OruxMaps a try, thanks!

[aiwetir]

Have you tried this? https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/map-plus/id438868200

Ding! Ding! Ding!

I think we have a winner. This checks a lot of boxes and more. It's complicated but I can manage it.

[Webfoot]

You're welcome.

[retired jerry]

With my Garmin 60CSx I can download Northwest Topos. Pretty much all of Oregon and Washington. Equivalent to high res USGS topo maps.

Does Gaia or alternatives do that?

I believe the Garmin download is some sort of vector representation so it doesn't take up too much memory. Maybe with jpg it takes a lot more memory? Maybe with modern smartphones it doesn't matter?

[adamschneider]

With my Garmin 60CSx I can download Northwest Topos. Pretty much all of Oregon and Washington. Equivalent to high res USGS topo maps.

Unfortunately, NWTopos never gets updated. But you can also get the latest OpenStreetMap data into your Garmin: check out http://garmin.openstreetmap.nl/.

[aiwetir]

With my Garmin 60CSx I can download Northwest Topos. Pretty much all of Oregon and Washington. Equivalent to high res USGS topo maps.

Does Gaia or alternatives do that?

I believe the Garmin download is some sort of vector representation so it doesn't take up too much memory. Maybe with jpg it takes a lot more memory? Maybe with modern smartphones it doesn't matter?

Jerry, Gaia premium will allow you to download hundreds (if you count the hunting stuff) of base maps, old usgs, new, Mapbox, imagery, custom maps, etc. All on a nice big bright smartphone screen. Just remember I'm not recommending it anymore lol.

[retired jerry]

do you have to select each basemap? Or can you select a region, like Oregon and Washington, and download complete coverage?

what about those other products that compete with gaia?

[aiwetir]

do you have to select each basemap? Or can you select a region, like Oregon and Washington, and download complete coverage?

what about those other products that compete with gaia?

You can add each basemap as wanted, layer them, change opacity of layered ones.

To download, you have to draw a rectangle though, not my favorite method either but it lets you manage the level of detail and file sizes. It's not really manageable to download a whole state usually, one of my gripes too. Would love to download a state.

I've never found an app with as many map choices as Gaia.

You're welcome.

That app is terrible at track recording when cycling, it might be good hiking but it snaps to roads over 20kph it seems like which is super annoying if you don't want that. I'm going to write the developer, I can't imagine an app designed to collect data would want that.

[Webfoot]

That app is terrible at track recording when cycling, it might be good hiking but it snaps to roads over 20kph it seems like which is super annoying if you don't want that.

[aiwetir]

It's fine walking