Gaia GPS allows users to download an unlimited amount of offline maps, however, some map sources have different map tile limits for each individual offline map.
- When an offline map download is greater than the map source's limit the map tile count and download size with be displayed in red.
- Most map sources will allow you to complete an unlimited amount of downloads of the source - so you can complete multiple downloads to get a larger area
- It's okay if your map downloads overlap, as the app will know not to download the same map tiles twice
Map Sources with a 100,000 tile limit per download
| - Gaia Topo | - National Map | - US Topo |
| - NatGeo Trails Illustrated | - New Zealand Topo | - USFS Classic |
| - NatGeo John Muir Trail | - NOAA Charts | - USFS MVUM |
| - Australia/NZ Nautical Charts | - NPS Visitor |
- USFS Timber Harvests
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| - Austria Labels Only | - OpenCycleMap HD | - USFS Visitor |
| - Austria Topo | - OpenHikingMap HD | - USGS Aerial |
| - Aviation: IFR - TAC | - OpenLandscapeMap HD | - USGS Geology |
| - Aviation: IFR High | - OpenStreetMap | - USGS Topo |
| - Aviation: IFR Low | - OSM Traces | - Watercolor |
| - Aviation: VFR | - PLSS Grid | - Canada Topo |
| - Aviation: VFR - TAC | - Public Land |
- Historic Topo 1900
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| - British Columbia Forest Fires | - River Charts |
- Historic Topo 1930
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| - Canada Topo West | - Satellite (MapQuest) |
- Luxembourg 1907 Topo
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| - Contours | - Slope |
- Luxembourg 1927 Topo
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| - Features | - Spain IGN Topo |
- Luxembourg 1964 Topo
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| - Finland Satellite Imagery | - SwissTopo |
- Luxembourg Aerial 2013
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| - Finland Topo Maps | - Terrain HD | - UK Historic 50s |
| - France IGN Topo | - Toner HD |
- UK Streets 1:10K
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| - Gaia Roadmap | - Topografisk Norgeskart |
- US Wildfires, 2000-2016
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| - Luxembourg Land Parcels | - Transport HD | - USFS 2017 |
| - Luxembourg Topo |
- US Private Land
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| - Mobile Atlas HD |
- US Shaded Relief
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Map Sources with a 10,000 tile limit per download
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- World Imagery (ESRI)
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- World Shaded Relief (ESRI)
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- NeoTreks Land Use
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MapBox Source have a 10,000 tile limit per download with a combined limit of 160,000 tiles for all MapBox sources
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- Satellite (MapBox)*
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- Satellite with Labels (MapBox)*
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| - MapBox Outdoors HD* |
| - MapBox Streets HD* |
*Note: An aggregate of 160,000 tiles from all MapBox sources can be set to sync per account. Archiving older MapBox based offline maps to your account on gaiagps.com will let you download new offline maps from the MapBox sources.
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When attempting to download multiple Mapbox Aerial sections ,10k tiles at a time :( , I was surprised to learn I am only permitted 160k Mapbox tiles total for offline use, per account not device. 160K tiles is not that large of an area, especially at a higher resolution like 16. I purchased 5 years of a subscription primarily for the excellent aerial maps. I have no internet connection at my house. Now, I have to drive into town for the Starbucks wifi every time I want to move an online map to my device? And then wait for hours and hours with the extremely slow transfer speed? This forces me to delete other MapBox maps that I need and choose which Mapbox maps are MOST important while deleting the rest. This Mapbox limitation is not prominently made known in the advertising but rather discreetly hidden. This is not fair to your users.
@mikebouse
Thanks for your feedback and I have edited this article to highlight the combined tile limit for MapBox sources.
Can you explain why there are limits on #of tiles per download if eventually I can download it all anyway over multiple (THOUSANDS) of downloads. I was pretty irritated to find this out after I picked up a new, shiny and expensive 256gb SD card. Can you update us on if this restriction will ever be removed?
@candymansk8r
I'm sorry for the frustration caused by the individual download tile limits.
The individual download limits are used to discourage large, costly downloads; though it is still possible to piece together multiple small downloads. Some of the map sources such as the MapBox, ESRI, and NeoTreks map sources have a reduce limit due to the licensing cost associated with their offline use.
We are working to optimize the download size of the Gaia Topo layer so larger areas can be downloaded within the limits.
FYI:
"Satellite with Labels (MapBox) on my Samsung Galaxy Tab A6 is limiting me to 1,000 tile download limit. the display turns red and throws be an error message when i click download. Above it says its should be 10,000 tiles.
For my purpose, I swapped over to "Satellite (MapQuest)" and did my download there, which worked fine.
@rickb
It sounds like you might be reaching the 160,000 combined tile limit for all MapBox source. Can you click 'Submit a Request' above to contact the support team, and include a screenshot of the error message?
At the time I typed this i only had 86,195 tiles downloaded total of all map types (not including cache tiles which I'm sure is way less since I cleared the cache several times since download the app a few days prior. I will see if i can get some screenshots posted up.
Within the iOS app, is there a way to see the current total combined tiles downloaded (and perhaps along side the total limits)? Looking under Settings > Map Downloads or Settings > Storage, nothing indicates downloaded tiles.
+1 vote for increasing the limits of combined tile downloads. Driving a relatively short looped overland adventure around my state (Oregon), I'd like to have fairly detailed off-road areas for offline use. With the current limits, I'm not able to download even half of the trip's maps.
Thank you!
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