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New controls on cloud.gaiagps.com to mass-delete and sync tracks and other data

by Staff Reports February 22, 2014
written by Staff Reports

Many  users have asked us for controls on cloud.gaiagps.com to manage data en masse. So, now the pages to view your tracks (and photos, waypoints, routes, and maps) have typical controls to select many items, and set those items to delete or not sync to your devices.

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In software, I really do think it’s the little things that count, and starting off with a simple base and working with users to understand their wants and needs leads to the best sort of software. GaiaCloud started off without any web front-end at all – just a service that synced tracks and waypoints (not even photos or maps) between devices, intended to keep that data backed up, and for convenience. That’s what we considered to be the “minimum viable product.”

With all the effort we’ve been able to put into GaiaCloud recently, though, the project has bloomed terrifically, and the website has become one of the distinguishing characteristics of Gaia GPS.

February 22, 2014
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GaiaCloud Update – Improvements and Stats on Usage

by Staff Reports February 21, 2014
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I wanted to take a blog post today to share about some improvements we’ve made to GaiaCloud, along with stats about who is syncing data.

First off, pop over to the Main Map and Trail Gallery, and see the detailed footsteps and photographs of intrepid adventurers from all over the world. We hope you find both pages to be fast and easy-to-use, in helping you find places to go and plan your trips. We have been working to simplify the interface and optimize speed.

We’re putting a lot of work into GaiaCloud, because it’s getting a ton of use. Below you can see a snapshot of our internal stats dashboard. With the recent Apple feature and improvements to the website to make it useful without the iOS or Android app, sign-ups have never been stronger, and we just passed 20,000 people syncing with GaiaCloud in the past week.

Screenshot 2014-02-21 10.47.50From all this usage, the data is piling up. With about 140,000 tracks and 1.4 million waypoints synced so far, Gaia GPS is spending a lot of time in the woods. Look for a big surge in “Public” tracks next week, as the new Gaia GPS release goes live for iOS, which lets app users easily publish one or all of their tracks.

February 21, 2014
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Route-Planning and More for GaiaPro Subscribers on cloud.gaiagps.com

by Staff Reports February 19, 2014
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It’s a big day for GaiaPro, which is extra-special because Gaia GPS is also being featured today on the homepage of Apple.com.

GaiaPro subscribers can now make routes and waypoints on cloud.gaiagps.com (in addition to printing maps). Also, GaiaPro subscriptions now work seamlessly across iOS, Android, and the website, and GaiaPro subscriptions can be purchased conveniently everywhere, too.

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The GaiaCloud website is a free resource, which anyone can use. With or without a GaiaPro subscription or app purchase, the website displays great topo and aerial maps of around the world, lets you browse and download public GaiaCloud trails, and upload and share your tracks and photos.

Beyond that, I can also say the  best is yet to come. We’re going to keep improving the website, apps, and GaiaPro add-ons, and we have our biggest releases of all coming for spring 2014.

 

February 19, 2014
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Apple Features Gaia GPS in “Your Verse – Elevating the Expedition”

by Staff Reports February 18, 2014
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I’m delighted to share that Apple’s “Your Verse” ad campaign is now featuring Gaia GPS.

You can read the story, Elevating the Expedition, in which elite mountain guides Adrian Ballinger and Emily Harrington lead their group to the top of Ama Dablam in the Himalayas, with the aid of Gaia GPS on iPad. This “verse” is foreshadowed in Apple’s TV commercial – you see Adrian and Emily trekking across the Himalayas, echoing the pictures in the web story.

I am told summiting Ama Dablam is a treacherous, technical, and death-defying feat. Our whole team feels honored to have our software carried to such great heights, and to see the name Gaia GPS rise up in the news. We want to see Gaia GPS in all of the wild places on Earth, and with the guides of Alpenglow Expeditions carrying our app, we think we’re much closer to that goal.

We’re doing a sale today on iOS – just $9.99 to celebrate the release of Elevating the Expedition.

February 18, 2014
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Print Maps with GaiaPro on cloud.gaiagps.com

by Staff Reports February 2, 2014
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Anyone with GaiaPro can now print maps online, across a range of topo maps, road maps, and aerial imagery. Just tap the “Print” button in the top right corner of the map, and the printing layout will default to a portrait standard-sized sheet.

You can choose from a variety of paper sizes, set portrait or landscape, and make a nice PDF for printing and sending to friends to print. You can get GaiaPro on either iOS or Android, and coming soon on the web.

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This is a simple, but hopefully very useful, printing feature. There is a lot more we can do to enable better printing of maps, to automatically get the right scales and do multi-sheet maps for larger areas. It ends up being a Pandora’s Box sort of feature, but we plan to improve it based on your feedback.

We think having printed maps along is a must for any serious adventure, since electronics are prone to malfunction or run out of batteries at the worst moments. Hopefully compass and map skills won’t be totally lost in our modern life.

Send your comments to support@gaiagps.com.

February 2, 2014
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Gaia GPS for Android Update

by Staff Reports January 31, 2014
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We had another furious week of work, and we ended it by pushing a new update for Gaia GPS for Android (5.3.3). The version is available now and has several improvements related to routing and downloading maps.

  1. better controls on Downloads screen (long press items for options)
  2. tap near active route to change what route point you are guiding to
  3. improved routing UI
  4. delete saved maps fast and reliably
  5. fixed incorrect compass readings in landscape orientation (also fixed course-up arrow in landscape)
  6. other bug fixes

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We also had a bunch of changes on the GaiaCloud website this week, including a topo map with public trails.

Have a great weekend!

January 31, 2014
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Spend the Weekend Outdoors

by Staff Reports January 31, 2014
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What is everyone doing this weekend? We hope you are getting outside and braving whatever tinge of winter is left! This seems like fun.

 

 

January 31, 2014
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Browse Public Trails on our Online Topo Map

by Staff Reports January 30, 2014
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As of today, you can use our website to see all public GaiaCloud trails, overlaid on all of our great online topo maps and satellite imagery.

The GaiaCloud database has a crazy amount of data, with many thousands of trails being created each week. What you see on this map are the trails people have marked as public, and you can also mark your tracks public on cloud.gaiagps.com.

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Coming soon, you’ll be able to mark all or some of your trails as public, using the iOS or Android app as well, which will cause a flood of data into this map. Until then, when you Share a track on the website, make sure you check the option to “Make Public” so it will go on the map and in the Trails gallery.

Since we rolled out our online maps, we have been seeing a a ton of traffic just looking to browse the maps. Over the next weeks and months, you’ll see a some great features and data come to the web, as we further unify the Gaia GPS experience across the web, iOS, and Android, to give you a great app no matter what computer you use.

January 30, 2014
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GaiaCloud – cloud.gaiagps.com Gets a Tune Up

by Staff Reports January 24, 2014
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Users of the GaiaCloud website may notice the website is a lot faster all of a sudden, particular the Gallery that shows public tracks, and the individual track pages.

We have some cosmetic changes coming up to the website too, and additional features, but we took a couple of days to speed up and polish things before we get into that. Many pages now load 10X as fast on desktop, and even faster on mobile devices where things could get particularly slow.

Here’s a nice track you can check out, a gorgeous ski route on the Great Divide. If you aren’t familiar with the GaiaCloud site, then you might like to know that you can sync this track to your own cloud with a button click, or download the GPX/KML for use in other programs. Each track page also lets you share and map the track, and see a 3D slideshow of the pictures.

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January 24, 2014
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Gaia GPS website gets spruced up

by Staff Reports January 21, 2014
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If you have been following closely, you have seen us rolling out incremental improvements to www.gaiagps.com over the last few weeks. These include a better home page, a new maps page, and pages that go into depth about GaiaPro and our lesser known app titles.

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This sort of work really helps our business – it turns out an app business requires attention to both the software, and how we talk about the software to people. Hats off to our web developer Steve Goldberg and designer Kim Rullo, two very creative people who collaborated on this redesign. They both have a range of technical and artistic skill that comes together for a great website.

January 21, 2014
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