We’re thrilled to announce the release of a new, searchable, worldwide database of hiking routes across the Gaia GPS apps and website. The feature, called Hike Search, allows you to search through a continuously growing list of parks, forests, and trails to find the detailed information and maps of the best routes near you. … Read More »
Gaia GPS for Android update 6.5.12 adds the ability to import custom map sources directly into the app as an alternative to using the addmapsource page on gaiagps.com. Create a TileJSON using a TMS map source by following the instructions in this Help Center article. Test out your TMS URL here: http://trailbehind.github.io/TilejsonTester/. After creating the… Read More »
Our team recently completed some great changes to the GaiaGPS.com website that we think you’ll really enjoy: 1. See All Your Travels On One Big Map: Now when you log in to your GaiaGPS.com account and select the main map, you can toggle displaying all your personal Tracks and Waypoints in addition to public trips.… Read More »
Today, we’re very happy to announce the Open Beta release of Gaia GPS for Android. You can download it from Google Play now. Going forward, Google Play will have two versions of Gaia GPS – Beta and normal. Anyone who wants to can participate in beta testing, and the normal version will always get updates… Read More »
We launched Gaia GPS for Android last summer, and with the release of v3.0 today, I must say – I think the app has arrived. I wish I could claim more of a role in building the Android app, but it’s our friend Abhishek who leads Android development, and he works tirelessly and relentlessly. More… Read More »
If you don’t like to take tracks with your iPhone, but you are interested in maps and backcountry nav tools, then Offline Topo Maps is the app for you. In Offline Topo Maps, we stripped Gaia GPS down to the bare essential and redid the app to have a full-screen map display. On either iPad… Read More »
I’m happy to announce that Gaia GPS 2.0 went live in the App Store today. V2.0 is a tremendous improvement on the last version, with a bunch of new features and bug fixes. Here’s what’s new in 2.0: New Features pause/resume, last track remembered at start-up, resume any old track guide to waypoint and guide… Read More »
I am conducting a little iPhone app experiment – I decided to make a flashlight app and join the hordes of other developers that have one. I know it won’t make any real money, but I’m just curious to see if anyone buys it. If you would like to donate .99 to my little experiment,… Read More »
Anna, Tim, and I are pretty excited about the 1.2 version of Gaia GPS. This release really tightens up the code, particularly on 3G phones, and includes a bunch of user-requested features. As a small company, we have very limited resources when it comes to testing pre-release, but now that Gaia GPS is out in… Read More »
If you are a user of Gaia GPS, please read the following before updating to v1.1, which came out on October 1, 2009. Before updating to v1.1, you should delete any Waypoints you have saved. If you have a Waypoint saved at the time of the update, the app will crash on start-up until you… Read More »
