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Expanded coverage for elevation lookups

by Jesse Crocker
written by Jesse Crocker

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 some gaps, which could result in incorrect results in some areas, these gaps have now been corrected.

Map of elevation coverage
These updates were made possible by Nasa’s recent release of 1 Arc second SRTM digital elevation models, and by the addition of ASTER GDEM elevation models to cover the Arctic and Antarctic regions.

Test it out now at gaiagps.com.

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Welcome Aileen Gardner – Adventure Support

by Ashli Baldwin
written by Ashli Baldwin

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 she’s already jumped in with thoughtful editing and other contributions to writing and marketing.​

Aileen adds another smart and outdoor-focused person to the Gaia GPS roster. She earned her B.S. in business administration from St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. She once did a 4-month roadtrip, replete with backpacking and mountain biking, and now spends all her free time exploring the mountains and trails around Portland.​

Fun fact: Around this time next year, Aileen is likely to be answering your adventure questions from an off-grid tiny house in the mountains of Central Oregon. She is currently hashing out design details for a 150-200 square foot eco home, and construction is due to start next summer. Living a fairly simplified life already, and spending the majority of her time outdoors, it seemed only natural for Aileen to venture further off-grid, into a smaller space.​

adventure support

Caption: From Aileen’s weekend hike on Mt. Hood on gaiagps.com.

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Outdoor News – Gaia GPS 9/4/15

by Ashli Baldwin
written by Ashli Baldwin

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 are the stories that you should know.

Scott Jurek

Fans of the Appalachian Trail will know that long-distance runner Scott Jurek beat Jennifer Pharr Davis’s AT record by just 3 hours in July. (NY Times)

His final summit was not without controversy, however. A park ranger cited Jurek over minor infractions on his record-setting trip while hiking through Maine’s iconic Baxter State Park. Tensions between park officials and Appalachian Trail hikers have the future of the trail’s northern terminus in jeopardy. (NY Times)

Free National Park Entry

Beginning September 1st, all fourth grade students will have access to their own “Every Kid in a Park” pass. This pass provides free access to national parks, national forests, national wildlife refuges, and more! (NPS)

Wildfires

Wildfire dangers had closed a section of the Pacific Crest Trail in Crater Lake National Park through the junction with Lightning Springs Trail. Wetter and cooler weather has allowed park rangers to reopen the trail for the weekend. (AP)

Contaminated Colorado River

A comprehensive study found the Colorado River that cuts the Grand Canyon is contaminated with toxic levels of Mercury and Selenium. (NatGeo)

Events

Gaia GPS users will be hosting the Appalachian Toyota Round-Up this weekend. The event takes place annually over Labor Day weekend in Oliver Springs, TN. It is held at WindRock Park, the largest privately owned off-road park, with over 72,000 acres and spanning 4 different counties.

If you enjoy our weekly Outdoor News round-up, let us know what you want to hear. Send us an email to support@gaiagps.com.

 

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Gaia GPS review from BackCountryRebels.com forum

by Staff Reports
written by Staff Reports

Here’s an excellent review from BackcountryRebels.com:

“Gaia GPS, by far the best GPS app IMO. Maps are free world wide, simply grab an area before you head out, it downloads to your phone, no need for cell service.

You can save an unlimited amount of tracks, show multiple tracks at once in different colors, export them and email them so you can view them in Google Earth.

I use it on EVERY ride, battery lasts all day no problem, just disable cellular data/wifi/bluetooth to increase your batt life while riding.

You can also do track back, place markers with notes, take pictures and it will use the GPS data to place them on the map, etc. Very easy to use as well. My dad had a Garmin 60csx, this app honestly works better (it’s easier to use).

Oh yeah, it’s only $10, works on IOS or Android.“

Couldn’t have said it better ourselves!

http://backcountryrebels.com/showthread.php?p=840664

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A Great App Called Gaia GPS

by Staff Reports
written by Staff Reports

Here’s an honorable mention from a Gaia user on the HuntingPA.com forum:

“For those younger tech using, iPhone owning bear hunters, there is a great app called Gaia Gps. This app will track your movements, you can plot points, navigate to them, record pictures at specific locations, etc, etc. it’s great. Check it out of your looking for an option to help with navigation.”

Read the forum here.

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Gaia GPS v7.1 is live

by Staff Reports
written by Staff Reports

Gaia GPS v7.1 is now live on the App Store. The new version of Gaia includes integration with Theodolite, the ability to create URLs that will open Gaia GPS to a given location (gaiagps://map?lat=37.8354&lng=-122.0828&z=14 – tap on your iPhone/iPad to open Gaia), and various bug fixes.

In addition, we have introduced a new premium subscription called Gaia Green. The Green add-on gives you access to layered map downloads, grid overlays, datum-shifting, and premium user support – see the Gaia Green option in Settings for video descriptions of the features.

We are already working on Gaia GPS 7.2 as well, which we think will surprise and delight!

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Get paid to work on our open source Map Warper site (Ruby on Rails)

by Staff Reports
written by Staff Reports

A couple months ago, we stood up a clone of the open source New York Public Library (NYPL) Map Warper site, for use in our app Gaia GPS. However, we don’t have any Ruby skills in-house, and we need some help fixing and improving the site.

For this gig, you will be paid on contract, and your work will remain open source. We will under no circumstances close any improvements we make to the warper.

You can view the warper here: warper.gaiagps.com

You can download the source code here: github.com/trailbehind/Gaia-Map-Warper

For the main things we want to fix, you don’t need any GIS/map knowledge – you can probably observe some of these bugs just by looking at the warper site. However, if you are also good with maps, we will likely ask you to make more interesting improvements to the warper. Extra bonus points if you are good with sysadmin and deployment on Amazon EC2, but this is also not a requirement.

If you are interested in this gig, please send me an email at andrew@gaiagps.com

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Issue on iOS6 update for Gaia GPS and Offline Topo Maps

by Staff Reports
written by Staff Reports

Gaia GPS and Offline Topo Maps have a temporary issue for people upgrading from iOS5->iOS6.

None of your data has been lost, but when you update your operating system, the apps misplace your tracks and maps. This is because we have a bit of fragile code, and it broke when Apple changed a “hash” function in iOS6.

To address this issue:

  • if you start fresh on iOS6, you are fine
  • if you upgraded from iOS5 to iOS6, sit tight – our next update will restore all of your tracks and maps
  • if you don’t have tracks or maps you care about, just delete and reinstall the app

Our update should be approved sometime next week. Unfortunately, we had a big release in review, but we found this bug and had to pull it. We imagine it will take Apple 2-10 days to approve our update.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. While we had been working with the new iOS6 developer kit, we totally missed this issue. As a result, we are trying to determine how to improve our QA process around operating system updates.

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