This article will give you an overview of the "Explore the Map" page on www.gaiagps.com. It will show you how to access map controls and where to find your user profile and Saved items.
Overview:
Map Controls and Search
Left Side:
- Search Bar: Search for trails, places, or Points of Interest (POI).
- You can also search by coordinates: Using coordinates to search and create waypoints
- Layers Menu: Change map sources and Overlays
- Saved Items Show or Hide Your Saved Data on the Map on gaiagps.com
- Map Preferences: Change displayed units and coordinate formats
- Print: (Available with a Membership or Premium Membership)
- Create Waypoint: Place a waypoint on the map
- Create Route: Create a route
- Create Area
Right Side:
- Zoom icons: (+) and (-) symbols zoom in and out from the center of the map
- Current location: Center the map on your current location
User Profile and Notifications - upper right corner
1. Click the drop-down arrow to the right of your user profile name to access Saved items by type (e.g., tracks, waypoints, etc) and to view your profile, subscription, and other settings.
2. Click the bell left of your user profile name to view notifications.
Comments
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I am searching for "Camino del Inca" and the system finds a 31km long track that is largely what I was looking for. I click on Send to App and choose high resolution. However, it creates a folder and shows me a track in that folder that has the right name, but is just a few hundred meters long: So clearly not what I selected. Please fix the bug.
In general, why cant I just use the web interface to select maps as rectangles, set the resolution and cause them to sync?
Hi,
I'm sorry you had trouble adding that trail to your folder. I'm not sure what happened there, as I was able to create a folder with the right track length. To save you some time, you can visit my folder here: https://www.gaiagps.com/datasummary/folder/82d8f6c7-86b9-4f2e-8448-2bc2186cfd75/
Click the 'add to my folders' button (+) to add it to your account.
Regarding map downloads from the website, that is a feature we'd like to add eventually, though I don't have an ETA for when.
Thank you, Ashli.
Unfortunately you have picked the wrong trail. I have attached an image with the map you selected and the correct trail marked in yellow. :)
I just tried the process again in Firefox and Chrome and it did not work again.
Hi again,
Ah, I see that now - sorry about that!
I opened a bug report for the 'send to app' for that trail not working properly.
While we investigate, you could plot a route along that trail and save it to your account. Here is how to create a route on the website: https://help.gaiagps.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003640568-Create-a-Route-on-GaiaGPS-com
Thanks, Ashli.
Let me describe my usemcase. Hopefully you can use it to inform your feature prioritization for the future. :)
I use Gaia (beyond other things) for multi-day hikes and mountain climbs on regular basis. For that, I installed it on a dedicated phone that I use for nothing else. It has no SIM card, but it has a big battery and has GPS enabled. I use a solar cell and a bower bank to recharge.
Before I leave I need to make sure that all offline maps are installed on the device. Usually, I am not fully sure about the upcoming route, I may deviate from the planned route to varying degrees according to the conditions on the ground. So I need to download the maps with the highest zoom factor (usually, 18) covering a corridor around the planned route. The corridor is several km wide.
Because zoom 18 takes a lot of space, I need to select the maps as precisely as possible. I have no choice than doing it on my mobile phone, drawing squares around the areas I want to download. However, this is a very lengthy and frustrating process.
Once maps are selected I can sync it to all my devices using WiFi. However, if I could do my initial selection on the PC, using a big screen, the process would be much more pleasant. And if there was a "big" map with rectangles marking all the map sections already selected for download, it would be even easier to see what I already selected and what I still need to do.
So for now I have downloaded what I need using the above painful process. I realize you have a lot of work and this may not be up the top of your priority list, but I would be grateful if you would give this matter some consideration.
Thank you.
@gragus
Thanks for the feedback on how you using the app.
Can you vote and comment on this similar feature request in the Gaia GPS Community Forums?
Is there a way to hide individual folders, tracks, routes etc. on the website, like you can do on the app? On the app you just hit the slide button for displaying the data or not. Extremely helpful in decluttering the map without having to delete points.
@happytown
Currently, this feature is just available in the app, sorry about that.
However, toggling off the Sync status for your folders, waypoints, tracks, or routes on gaiagps.com will prevent them from being displayed in the main map on the web; but this will also prevent the data from syncing to your device.
The map layer itself is blank for me. Public Trips does show up. I've tried two computers and two different browsers (Chrome for Mac and Safari). What am I missing?
@tim.burnett
I apologize for the inconvenience - there was an issue this weekend affecting how map tiles where generated. A fixed has deployed for this and if you are still unable to view the map, please click “Submit a Request” to contact support directly.
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