Aashima Talwar joined Gaia GPS as a software engineering intern this summer. Her main project has been to revise, update, and improve the style of the Gaia Vector Topo Map.…
September 2015
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Yesterday, Heather “Anish” Anderson completed her southbound hike of the Appalachian Trail, and set the unsupported speed record. The trail spans 2,189 miles, which Anderson covered in 54 days, 7 hours and…
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We’ve been remiss in introducing everyone over the years, so we’re doing short profiles on the folks at Gaia GPS. We introduced Aileen Gardner last week, and going chronologically backwards in time,…
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The Gaia GPS elevation lookup service, which is used when marking waypoints, and when planning routes, now includes worldwide coverage, going from 80°S to 80°N. The elevation data previously included…
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In a recent blog post, we showed you how to join OpenStreetMap and help build an open map of the world, alongside millions of other map editors. That post focused on…
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We render lines on the map in Gaia GPS, like when you record or import a track. It’s a tricky problem to do this perfectly, where the tracks always look…
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We conducted a poll to find out how people use Gaia GPS in last week’s newsletter. We have never done this before, so we found the results both interesting and…
You can download the new release of Gaia GPS Android (v6.03) from the Google play store, or update your device. Most noticeably, we fixed the lagging display of waypoints/POIs when panning the…
We’re delighted to welcome Aileen Gardner to the Gaia GPS team. She’s been training with us the last two weeks as the newest member of our Adventure Support team, and…
This week, Gaia GPS is working to bring you the latest in outdoor news. From controversy on the Appalachian Trail to goodies for the kids, and wildfires in the west, here…