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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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…
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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’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…
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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…
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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…
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We rolled out an update for Gaia GPS iOS (view on App Store) (v10.3 release notes). This release makes a significant change, under the hood, to how the map works. This should…
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A new crop of companies has popped up to beat back the trend of high-priced hiking gear. According to Outside Magazine, people born in the 80s and 90s (millennials) don’t…
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Map your favorite places, and join a global movement that makes data free and open to all people. This guide will teach you to edit OpenStreetMap (OSM). OpenStreetMap: More Than…
We’ve been looking at ways to make the huge array of features offered by Gaia GPS easier to use and understand. To do that, I’m going to offer a set…
We’re excited to introduce our new and improved Light Pollution map layer. Using an easy-to-ready color scale, this upgraded map is designed to help you find the best locations for observing the night sky.