How to Create GPS Points Area Map on iPhone Pro
We recently had an Invisible Fence system installed to keep our puppy within. The IV area is about one acre. I want to create a map of the underground wire by entering GPS points about every 10 - 15 feet. How do I do that?
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I think this is what you want. In Gaia GPS you create an area and edit its control points, you don’t actually enter gps numbers. To do that tap on the displayed map and that will create a marked point. On the info display tap the more button and that will display a list which includes create area. Choose that and a triangular area with editable control points will anppear. Edit or add control points to make the area you want. Then choose save to save that, name it and so on. I think that is what you want.
Waltknapp0 -
In that I don't enter GPS points, should I be standing where I want the point to be with a tap?
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Does not matter where you are stand as you edit the points in the area diagram. Even the initial marked point you will edit as one of the control points.
Remember your gps does not give you exact locations, it contains a value which is a plus/minus error location. At the scale you are asking for that is a significant error.
I suggest you use a satellite map at its most detailed scale as your base map and draw the control points on that.
Waltknapp0 -
So I estimate where I want the tapped point to be?
How do I download a satellite map?
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You are working on your display of the map. The initial tap is only needed to get to the create area choice to tap that to get started on the real drawing that you want to make.
I use both an iPhone pro and also a iPad Pro with Gaia GPS.
There are several satellite maps in Gaia’s map list, the one I use in my layered maps is World Imagery as it allows the largest area to be displayed and my layered Gaia map uses a dozen different map layers covering half of the state of Georgia using half a TB of storage for offline travel.
Note to use layered maps you have to have a premium membership, the free Gaia only allows loooking at one layer at a time. Not sure you can do what you want with the free membership.0 -
I agree with Walt. If you area was large enough that you could do GPS coordates, you could log those as waypoints and then use the area tool to make the area connecting the dots of the area tool to match that of your GPS waypoints. This is because from what I can tell, each point in the area tool is not editable to the actual GPS coordinates.
You could also use the area tool and walk your perimeter using the current location icon to make sure you are roughly where you are mapping the area. But again to Walt’s point, it’s not going to be overly accurate but should be within a few feet or so.
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