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… Read More »
Last week, we did some work on the NRCan Canada vector topo map source, to make it fast and reliable. Before, we were just “proxying” requests to a feed Canada provides, to turn their map data into the kind of data Gaia GPS likes, but this could be slow. Now, we made a cache on… Read More »
Today, I want to share thoughts on the future of outdoor maps. It’s a good time for it, as map geeks around the world celebrated the 10th birthday of OpenStreetMap this weekend. We strive to create and acquire the best outdoor maps for Gaia GPS. When Gaia GPS started in 2009, the best US map was… Read More »
In addition to the English versions of the NRCan topos, you can now access French language versions of the maps, too. As with other external map sources, add the French topos to the app by going to the main Map Layers menu, and tap the plus (“+”) button. Scroll down a bit, and tap the “Add”… Read More »
Today, we’re open sourcing a project that makes it easier for non-programmers to serve maps. Instead of configuring a JSON file to use TileStache, EasyTileServer lets you do the configuration for TileStache using a simple web form. We built this because we needed a way to upload maps (MBTiles and Mapnik config files) to a server,… Read More »
In the past few months, we’ve been making a lot of maps at TrailBehind, and since we’re using open data, along with MapBox’s open source TileMill tool, we thought it would be appropriate to open source the stylesheets we developed, too. You can now check out all of our CartoCSS style sheets and related assets from… Read More »
Our online map viewer is now to the point where you can link to a set of layers, along with the center and zoom of the map. For example, here you can see MapBox Cloudless Aerial imagery, overlaid with GMUs, WMAs, and public land ownership. This is a good combination for hunters, and you can… Read More »
These days, everyone “checks in” code at Gaia GPS – all seven of us checked in some sort of technical work this month. Like many software developers out there, we use GitHub.com to collaborate and keep our code in version control, and we see “check-ins” flow in each day. This is what we do in our… Read More »
Visitors to GaiaGPS.com will notice a new link in the header: the Maps page. One of the most common requests we receive is for a way to preview our map sources, and that’s exactly what the Maps page lets you do: interactively explore the various maps included with Gaia GPS, right in your web browser. If… Read More »
Gaia GPS users can now use official NOAA raster charts in the app. You can add this source by going to “Add More Layers…” in the layers menu. You can also browse the charts online. We developed this seamless NOAA chart server for use in our app Skipper, which is specialized for use on the… Read More »
