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This seems like a reasonable time to plug my app Gaia GPS. You can view a quilt of USGS topos and other maps here: https://www.gaiagps.com/map/#?lat=37.8169&lon

This seems like a reasonable time to plug my app Gaia GPS. You can view a quilt of USGS topos and other maps here: https://www.gaiagps.com/map/#?lat=37.8169&lon=-119.5606&zoom=14&layer=CalTopo&overlays=poi_camping,poi_natural,poi_other,poi_parks,poi_trails,tracks https://www.gaiagps.com/map/#?lat=37.8169&lon=-119.5606&zoom... If you have the app, these maps can be synced to your various devices, downloaded, and printed for back-up. We've worked on this for about six years now... founded the company soon after moving to SF and joining Hacker News.

johnpmayer 12y ago
That's pretty cool. I'm a casual user who might go on a hike a few times a year; thought about picking this up but $20 plus IAP (do I need to buy maps?)... is there a trial or lite version?
- andrewljohnson 12y ago
  1) There are no additional map costs, which is one of the big differences between Gaia and a Garmin GPS. 2) No lite/trial version besides the website (but email for a refund anytime). There will probably be a free app along soon though, useful on its own, to help market the paid products. 3) As for Gaia's IAP (GaiaPro), we added that much later, so I would call it "optional."
RyJones 12y ago
May I make a feature request? Under export track, there is one option, email. could you make a setting so I could set an email address and when I click email it goes out without further intervention? thanks.
- andrewljohnson 12y ago
  This seems like a good idea. Could I get you to dump your idea on UserVoice here: http://help.gaiagps.com/forums/118985-ideas-for-gaia-gps http://help.gaiagps.com/forums/118985-ideas-for-gaia-gps Then you will get updated if we make progress, or if others comment/vote.
  - RyJones 12y ago
    done
nether 12y ago
I love Gaia GPS, it's my primary GPS app. But the display has been annoyingly buggy for years (seemingly switching zoom levels randomly sometimes, drawing a line to a waypoint incorrectly after selecting "Guide me"). Map download regions can only be set to rectangles when few trails are that shape (e.g. any trail other than a straight N-S or E-W line will require downloading many extra tiles). In the map display, it impossible to hide the top row of buttons - I wish there was a simple gesture, like two-finger swipe up, to toggle display of all UI elements. That said it's still better than MotionX.
- andrewljohnson 12y ago
  Thanks for your notes. Maybe you can send answers to support@gaiagps.com, but I have a couple of questions... 1) What version are you on, the latest iOS version we pushed, 9.1.3? 2) When you say it switches zooms randomly, is this just while looking at the screen, it jumps? Any other info? 3) You can also "Download Map Along Track" too - for any saved route or trail. We never considered polygonal downloads to be that useful, and also adds complexity to the UI. We'd do it, but it's not a priority, and we'd want to do it just right. 4) When the Guide Me line is wrong, in what way? Does it not end on the waypoint? Does it not start with where you are?

johnpmayer 12y ago

That's pretty cool. I'm a casual user who might go on a hike a few times a year; thought about picking this up but $20 plus IAP (do I need to buy maps?)... is there a trial or lite version?

andrewljohnson 12y ago
1) There are no additional map costs, which is one of the big differences between Gaia and a Garmin GPS. 2) No lite/trial version besides the website (but email for a refund anytime). There will probably be a free app along soon though, useful on its own, to help market the paid products. 3) As for Gaia's IAP (GaiaPro), we added that much later, so I would call it "optional."

RyJones 12y ago

May I make a feature request? Under export track, there is one option, email. could you make a setting so I could set an email address and when I click email it goes out without further intervention? thanks.

andrewljohnson 12y ago
This seems like a good idea. Could I get you to dump your idea on UserVoice here: http://help.gaiagps.com/forums/118985-ideas-for-gaia-gps http://help.gaiagps.com/forums/118985-ideas-for-gaia-gps Then you will get updated if we make progress, or if others comment/vote.
- RyJones 12y ago
  done

nether 12y ago

I love Gaia GPS, it's my primary GPS app. But the display has been annoyingly buggy for years (seemingly switching zoom levels randomly sometimes, drawing a line to a waypoint incorrectly after selecting "Guide me"). Map download regions can only be set to rectangles when few trails are that shape (e.g. any trail other than a straight N-S or E-W line will require downloading many extra tiles). In the map display, it impossible to hide the top row of buttons - I wish there was a simple gesture, like two-finger swipe up, to toggle display of all UI elements. That said it's still better than MotionX.

andrewljohnson 12y ago
Thanks for your notes. Maybe you can send answers to support@gaiagps.com, but I have a couple of questions... 1) What version are you on, the latest iOS version we pushed, 9.1.3? 2) When you say it switches zooms randomly, is this just while looking at the screen, it jumps? Any other info? 3) You can also "Download Map Along Track" too - for any saved route or trail. We never considered polygonal downloads to be that useful, and also adds complexity to the UI. We'd do it, but it's not a priority, and we'd want to do it just right. 4) When the Guide Me line is wrong, in what way? Does it not end on the waypoint? Does it not start with where you are?