Gaia GPS

How to Embed Gaia Maps and Data on Your Website

by Aileen May 10, 2016

written by Aileen

You can now embed a map view on your own blog or website to display a track, route, folder, or other data you create in Gaia GPS.

How to Embed Gaia GPS in Your Website

1. Log into your Gaia GPS web account.

Go to gaiagps.com and log into your account.

2. Find the track you want to embed.

In righthand corner, hover cursor over profile picture. Click “Tracks.”

On “My Tracks” page, make sure the track is Public. Click the track you want to share on your website.

3. Embed your track.

Share the track by clicking on the embed button to get the code to paste onto your website or blog.

Copy and paste the embed code onto your website or blog.

4. Track preview

The view shows the Gaia GPS Topo map source with data overlaid, and it includes statistics and a link back to the source data.

Feedback Requested

Help to improve this “embedding” feature by sending your comments to support@gaiagps.com. Say how you use, or would use, the embedding feature, and what would make it better for you.

Embedding could potentially include many customization options, or different layouts that show larger maps, or perhaps photos.

May 10, 2016

Android Gaia GPS

Call for Android Beta Testers

by Ruthie Irvin May 6, 2016

written by Ruthie Irvin

Gaia GPS for Android needs more eyes, and more device types, testing new releases.

Become a beta tester today to help improve the quality of app releases, and set the direction for development.

Android—Off to the Races

If you use Gaia GPS for Android, you likely noticed a flurry of releases over the last couple of months, and you can see the release notes recapped on updates.gaiagps.com. Expect several more updates over the course of the summer, including big new features, maps, and a variety of rough edges shaved off the app.

This quickened pace makes beta testing more important… and other QA activities too. For example, Jason recently added a suite of “unit tests” that help catch more bugs in an automated way.

Gaia Recommended layers category Android

The recent Android releases totally overhauled the Map Sources menu.

Time Commitment for Beta Testers—Little or Lots, Your Choice

You can put just a little time into beta testing and serve the Gaia GPS Android community in a big way.

Simply loading betas and letting logs get pushed to the Gaia dev team helps a lot. And you can make an even larger impact by commenting on releases, and giving feedback and ideas about new features.

How to Join

Follow these instructions to join the program and learn how to give feedback, and send a note to support@gaiagps.com with any questions.

May 6, 2016

Gaia GPS New Maps

New HD Maps Available Now

by Ashli Baldwin May 5, 2016

written by Ashli Baldwin

As of today, you can use HD maps in Gaia GPS for OpenLandscapeMap, OpenHikingMap, and OpenCycleMap.

These sources work great on retina and high resolution devices. The addition of HD maps answers a common request for the ability to increase text-size on higher resolution displays.

How to Add HD Maps

To add the new maps, open the “More Layers” menu. Find OpenHikingMap and OpenCycleMap under “Gaia Recommended” and OpenLandscapeMap under the “OpenStreetMap” heading.

View instructions for adding maps for Android and iOS.

Previously Shipped, Now Live

The last iOS and Android releases actually included HD map capabilities, but due to an issue with existing app installs, we had to wait a week to make the maps available. Check out the new maps today, and email support@gaiagps.com with any comments.

May 5, 2016

Gaia GPS New Maps

OpenHikingMap, OpenCycleMap, and OpenLandscapeMap in HD

by Ashli Baldwin April 18, 2016

written by Ashli Baldwin

HD versions of OpenHikingMap, OpenCycleMap, and OpenLandscapeMap will go live soon in Gaia GPS for iOS and Android. The just released Gaia GPS for Android v6.3 and Gaia GPS for iOS v10.5 (due out this week) include HD map capabilities, but we need to wait to unlock the capability until after the releases.

With HD resolution, text and symbols on the maps appear larger and crisper on retina devices.

When is Soon?

Once most users have made the update in both iOS and Android, we’ll unleash the HD maps, and make an announcement. Expect the sources to be available next week, and follow @gaiagps on Twitter for updates.

Many More Maps to Come

Over the course of the summer, we’ll roll out a bunch of new and improved map sources. Besides HD maps, we also recently added Spain IGN Topos (check out the blog post here). We now have other international topos in the queue too, along with an update for Gaia Vector Topo.

If you have ideas for maps for Gaia GPS, have a look at this map idea megathread on ideas.gaiagps.com. Many users participated in this Idea Forum thread about size improvements to the OpenStreetMap-based sources, and the Idea Forum has a big impact on Gaia GPS product roadmap.

Questions? Email support@gaiagps.com.

April 18, 2016

Gaia GPS New Maps

Spain IGN maps for all Gaia GPS users

by Ruthie Irvin April 18, 2016

written by Ruthie Irvin

We have an exciting new map source available free for all Gaia GPS users—the official IGN topo maps for Spain.

You can find Spain IGN Topo in Gaia GPS, under the International category, by following these instructions:

Add map sources in Gaia for iOS
Add map sources in Gaia for Android

We want to provide the best, most up-to-date maps available for the whole world, and constantly search for ways to improve the Gaia sources list. Add your requests to this existing Idea Forum thread about additional map sources.

If you have any other questions or feedback, reach out to us at support@gaiagps.com.

April 18, 2016

Gaia GPS

Trimble Outdoors App Sunset—Info on Migrating to Gaia GPS

by Staff Reports April 15, 2016

written by Staff Reports

As of April 1, 2016, Trimble Outdoors has cancelled all mobile apps, including the MyTopo hiking app, the Cabelas hunting app, and all other titles. According to their support page, the apps have been removed from the App Store, and users will have some time to keep using the maps and back-end services.

We welcome anyone looking for a new outdoor mapping app to Gaia GPS.

Importing Data into Gaia GPS

You can import your waypoint and track data into Gaia GPS by exporting GPX files from your Trimble apps, and then importing them into Gaia GPS:

If you have any questions otherwise, we have extensive documentation and videos to help.

Free GaiaPro Offer for Trimble Users

A single-time purchase of the Gaia GPS app compares directly to what a recurring Trimble subscription provided. This includes:

Downloading topo and satellite images for offline use
Track recording
Photo waypoints
Free data backup and sync with gaiagps.com

In addition, we’ll provide a a free year of GaiaPro to any Trimble refugees that write in. This may be useful to users who want hunting and property ownership overlays, or the ability to merge topo and aerial imagery into layered maps. You can read more about GaiaPro at this link.

Find us on the App Store or on Google Play

Gaia GPS Satisfaction Guarantee

We value the happiness of our customers, so you can always get a refund for Gaia GPS for any reason.

We also appreciate your feedback on how we can make Gaia GPS better for you. Get in touch with us anytime with questions, comments, or suggestions at support@gaiagps.com.

April 15, 2016

Adventures Gaia GPS

Maps and Tracks for the Entire Appalachian Trail

by Ashli Baldwin April 11, 2016

written by Ashli Baldwin

Download a full dataset of maps and tracks for the Appalachian Trail on gaiagps.com. The organized folders include official trail and waypoint data from the Appalachian Trail Conservancy. Sync the folders to your Gaia GPS app or download in GPX or KML format to your desktop, and help aggregate data by becoming a contributor.

Disclaimer: This data has not been updated since 2016 so may be incorrect where trail relocations have taken place.

Maps for the Appalachian Trail — Appalachian Trail on gaiagps.com. Map Source: Terrain by Stamen Design, under CC BY 3.0. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Well-Organized, Comprehensive, and Authoritative

Add the entire trail to your account on gaiagps.com, or choose by state. Individual state folders include the Official ATC track and data for important POI categories like shelters and parking areas.

Folders include convenient, pre-selected OpenHikingMap downloads to match the tracks— for use with the Gaia GPS app.

Adding to Your Gaia GPS Account

Data for the entire Appalachian Trail — Track and waypoints for the Appalachian Trail

Visit the Appalachian Trail folder on gaiagps.com
Select “+ Add to My Folders” to add the data-set, or select a sub-folder for a specific state
Sync the added data directly to your device
Resume map downloads over WiFi before heading out on the trail

New National Geographic Appalachian Trail (AT) base map available

Available now (May 2018), the NatGeo Appalachian Trail premium base map includes detailed topographic information, marked trails, camping areas and shelters, and navigational aids. Learn more on how to add the NatGeo Appalachian Trail map to Gaia GPS as you plan your AT hike.

NatGeo Appalachian Trail map Gaia GPS layer of Mount Katahdin

View all of the maps, tracks, and waypoints for the Appalachian Trail here.

Or view by State:

How you can contribute to this project

Email ashli@gaiagps.com with additions, errors, or feedback of any kind.

To contribute, consider sending us waypoint descriptions, pictures, vistas or water sources and send us a link to your waypoint on gaiagps.com.

April 11, 2016

Android Gaia GPS

Gaia GPS Android v6.2

by Ashli Baldwin April 8, 2016

written by Ashli Baldwin

Download the new release of Gaia GPS from the Google Play store, or update your device.

We’ve released two consecutive updates to the Android app — version 6.1 and 6.2. Most notably addressed in the updates:

Data Deletion – Fixed some tracks and maps not fully deleting
Improved in-app support and documentation – Integrated new Zendesk User Manual Platform. Read more about our switch to Zendesk here.
Updated language support – Gaia GPS for Android now available in over 10 languages, including Chinese, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish.

We also made tweaks to option to move application root folder and send logs feature.

Gaia GPS Android

To see full release notes, visit updates.gaiagps.com, or contact support@gaiagps.com with any comments.

April 8, 2016

Gaia GPS

Gaia GPS Support Localization for 8 Languages and Growing

by Ruthie Irvin March 9, 2016

written by Ruthie Irvin

We translated Gaia GPS to an increasing amount of languages over the years, including the iOS app, the Android app, and even the App Store descriptions and screenshots. The Gaia GPS Help Center can be read in eight languages now, including German, Italian, French, Russian, Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese, and Dutch.

If you are bilingual, we’d appreciate your feedback on the localized Help Center. Send us a note at support@gaiagps.com with any comments or edits.

Zendesk & Localized Support

In order to localize our Help Center docs, we moved from Uservoice to Zendesk. Zendesk offers rubust, built-in localization features that allow us to translate to more languages. We also migrated our support ticketing platform in the process, and started professionally translating our communications with international users.

Continuously Updated PDF Manual

We often receive requests for PDF versions of the manual, so we took this opportunity to generate nice, localized PDFs of our Help Center to cache in the app for users to read while offline. For example, check out the Gaia GPS Help Center, converted to PDF, in Russian. Our script updates the PDFs every night so they don’t fall out of date, and it also generates an inventory of the PDFs, too.

Open Source Localization Scripts

Technical users may be interested in the open-source scripts written by Gaia GPS founder Andrew, that allow us to select a chunk of our Zendesk Help Center, post the articles to Gengo for translation, retrieve the translations, and post the localized articles back to Zendesk. You can check out Andrew’s more technical explanation and the open source code on his blog.

March 9, 2016

Gaia GPS GaiaCloud

New Gaia GPS Web Release and Redesign

by Ashli Baldwin March 7, 2016

written by Ashli Baldwin

Head over to gaiagps.com to see a big redesign for 2016.

What’s New?

We’ve made several design changes to give the site a cleaner look:

Improved search on the map and in the gallery
Removed iOS and Android buttons for users who already sync with the Gaia GPS app
Completely redesigned track page
Menu bar now displays profile image instead of email address

Track Details Page Overhaul

Click to view this track in your browser

The new track page layout allows you to choose a display picture and easily flip through pictures with the new thumbnail grid. Actions for the embedded map are more organized— get directions, download the track as a GPX or KML file, change map layers, and print (for GaiaPro users).

You’ll also notice a new stats bar layout and the addition of nearby tracks. New icons next to the track name let you favorite public tracks, view comments or share.

Big changes happening, stay updated

With the addition of our new full-time team member Jason, we expect to push a lot of new improvements across the apps and website this year—and faster than ever before. Stay in the know with fresh support documents, blog posts, instructional YouTube videos, and social media announcements on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

We also curate important updates and new features, details about the Gaia team, some fascinating public trips from the gaiagps.com gallery, and other info relevant to our users in a single monthly newsletter. Click the button below and subscribe today so you never miss out on our awesome progress.

March 7, 2016

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