Problem snapping a long route

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George Atwood

• July 18, 2017 16:40

I was attempting to create a route that was about 80 miles long (Collegiate West loop of the Colorado Trail. The Gaia app absolutely refused to let me complete the route, without changing to straight lines between points. I know how to snap route lines onto trails so that's not the problem. I tried over and over. This trail has MANY forks and crossing trails, so I had to place a lot of the little blue dots that are used to snap a route. The app allowed me to finish about half the route every time, then it would stop functioning properly. I don't know if there's a distance limit, or a blue dot reference limit. I ended up just placing a lot of way points instead. Has anybody else encountered this problem when trying to snap lines on a long route?

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  Nathan

  • July 19, 2017 20:06

  I found a gap in the OpenStreetMap database along the route you were trying to create. This gap was causing the Snap-to-Trail feature to add the extra spur to the route. We have corrected the OSM database and the Gaia Topo map layer should show the updated trail in 1-2 days.

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  mkrueger44

  • July 26, 2017 17:20

  I am having the same problem trying to complete the Timberline Trail Loop.  It will no longer follow the trail and has resorted to straight lines.

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  Nathan

  • July 27, 2017 15:36

  @mkrueger44
  I responded to your other post about creating a route. Here's the link to my response: https://help.gaiagps.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/115007140147-Route-no-longer-follows-the-trail.

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  George Atwood

  • July 27, 2017 16:48

  Nathan, the map of Collegiate West you made for me opened fine for me at home. But my wife was not able to open either the one I forwarded to her, or what you sent her directly by downloading onto her account. She ended up using the map I made that had multiple way points instead of the snapped line on the entire route like you sent me. They ended up taking a wrong turn and went 14 miles down the wrong trail. As a result of that, and considering the daily foul weather they were experiencing, they decided to come off the trail.

    

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  Nathan

  • July 28, 2017 15:35
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  @George Atwood

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