This article explains how to pause and resume a map download. This can come up if you are installing Gaia GPS on a new device, and you want to download maps for a trip, but you don't want to download your older maps at the moment.
Halt Downloads for a Session
To halt downloads for a session, tap the progress button on the map, and press Stop.
All existing downloads will halt until the app is restarted. You can then resume individual downloads, or create new ones.
Halt Downloads Entirely
To halt downloads and prevent them resuming in future sessions, go to the Settings tab, choose "Map Downloads,", and disable the "Auto-resume" switch.
Resume Individual Downloads
You can resume any particular map download by viewing it in the Saved tab. Then:
1. Tap the Action icon.
2. Tap "Resume Download".
- Note: leave the app in the foreground to complete the download.
Completed downloads no longer offer the Resume Download option.
Resume All Downloads
You can resume all map downloads from the Saved tab or from the progress button.
Saved tab
- Open the Saved tab.
- Then, tap the top left filters button, and select Maps.
- Then tap the top right action button
- Choose "Resume All Downloads."
Progress Button
- From the main map, tap the green box with an exclamation point or a spinner in the top left corner
- Here you can view the download status of your maps
- Tap Resume in restart all your downloads
Cancel by Deleting
Deleting a map will also cancel its download.
Sometimes, if you want to halt a map download, you might be better of deleting the map. Later, you can even "undelete" maps via gaiagps.com, or make new ones.
Downloads on Cellular/4G
When you create a map download when using cellular (not on wifi), Gaia GPS will ask you to confirm you want to download over cellular.
In addition, when on cellular, Gaia GPS will not automatically resume large map downloads, and you have to manually force it to do so if as described above.
Comments
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I can't get partial downloads to resume. Tapping the "resume" button does nothing. Good wifi connection. I have endless frustrations with this app and downloads and find myself recreating work far, far too often.
Hi flifton,
I'm sorry you had trouble completing map downloads.
I've created a support ticket on your behalf and someone from the team will be in contact shortly.
Does this feature exist on android too? I don't see anything like this currently on my android app.
@JeremyUpsal
Yes, it is possible to pause and resume offline map downloads in the Android version of Gaia GPS. Click here for more information on how this is done in the Android app.
I am having issues completing map downloads.
I've set up multiple spots I want to have downloaded all the time, with plenty of space on my iPad Mini and i have internet wifi of 300mbps, (150mbps on a slow day). Some of these are downloading at like 30mbps, then go down to 500kbps, and then stop-without finishing.
So i stop it, close the app, open it up, start one up, it starts "downloading" and then at some point stops again. SO i have multiple map sections that are in queue to download that are all stopped, and I"m tring to do just one at at time, but each time it fails and won't resume properly.
Help?
@AZonaJP
I'm sorry you are having an issue downloading offline maps on your iPad.
Can you click the “Submit a Request” and include the names of the maps you are having an issue downloading?
Also, is there an error message displayed on the details page for the offline maps? If so, please include this information in your message to support.
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