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.
Comments
2 comments
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.
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