Lat and Long to UTMs on gaiagps.com

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jason

• September 07, 2017 21:46

It would be awesome if we could convert lat and long to UTMs on GiaGps.com. I use UTMs for work and have to constantly switch to my phone from my laptop to get this info...

 

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  Chris Hillbee

  • December 21, 2020 22:58

  Hello all,

  Just popping in to share that UTM coordinates are now supported on the web.

  You can change your coordinate format by clicking the gear on the main map and selecting UTM.

  

  

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  dagendron

  • September 24, 2017 05:42

  Agree.  Can we have UTM on the website?

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  endorice

  • July 04, 2018 17:49

  We have UTM on the mobile app, but not on the desktop app?  I do the majority of my 'real' mapping work using a web browser, and UTM is really important.

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  tkrossiter

  • July 05, 2018 16:19

  Agreed.  This feature will greatly enhance the product and simplify the tour planning I do for my work as a guide (and personally).  Gaia--please reply with info as to when you'll be adding this.

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  dogensmoon

  • July 12, 2018 18:29

  Thanks Nathan. I can see where we can overlay a UTM grid. But we cant change the Datum field on the website? only the app? is that correct?

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  Dee

  • September 26, 2017 02:02

  I also agree.  Please add UTM to the website.

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  Byron Cook

  • November 20, 2017 22:08

  Agree, want UTM on the website and to see what datum is being used.  

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  parkerkempf

  • July 05, 2018 16:06

  +1 to UTM's on website. Majority of my mapping is done on my desktop not my phone

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  MattSchonwald

  • July 05, 2018 16:41

  This would help me as well, I hope this function can be added soon.

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  james8596

  • July 10, 2018 15:53

  All of my trip planning is done at home on my computer, so it makes sense to have the same features on the desktop version as the mobile version. Having the UTMs available on desktop would be a huge benefit.

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  dogensmoon

  • July 11, 2018 15:10
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  UTM on the website and...This is important... we need the coordinate datum for the maps you are providing. There is a significant difference between WG84 and NAD27 (and others) depending on which source was used to generate the map. This is a critical issue, and hopefully, you can address it asap. Thanks

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  bruce.coury

  • July 12, 2018 16:16

  Same request here, thank you!

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  Nathan

  • July 12, 2018 18:26

  The maps on gaiagps.com are displayed on the WGS84 datum and the app has to option to display either WGS84 or NAD27.

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  mearscn

  • September 18, 2018 00:22

  Agree please add unit selectivity to the website and Datum information.

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  DebbieThompson

  • November 09, 2018 21:50

  Please add unit selectivity we use UTM not lat long

   

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  orders76

  • March 16, 2019 19:24

  +1 on adding UTM

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  endorice

  • March 18, 2019 01:31

  2 years of asking, and no response.  That says a lot.

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  Dan Dawson

  • March 25, 2020 23:37

  No, users actually want to use UTM formatted coordinates on the map. Grid overlays are nice, but that doesn't help very much when someone tells me they are stuck at 10S 0550777E 4186740N and that I need to go and help them get out.

  It seems there has been progress made, if you go to Search / Coordinates box enter: 10S 0550777E 4186740N, it shows you a coordinate that is automatically converted to Decimal Degrees... so at least it will get you there... but there is no way to get a UTM coordinate back out of Gaia on the web map, right? Like to click on a point and see its UTM coordinates?

  More professional mapping tools like CalTopo/SARTopo allow you to simply set your desired coordinate format (or more than one) and it shows you points with the system you prefer. Like most Search and Rescue teams use UTM for everything.

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  Dan Dawson

  • March 25, 2020 23:58

  Yeah, many of the posts in the thread aren't as specific as they could have been, from a year ago someone wrote: "Please add unit selectivity we use UTM not lat long" which kind of narrows down the actual request. We want to input and read UTM coordinates on the web version of the map, since the mobile app does it so well I guess users expect feature parity between them. 
  
  I had converted most of my SAR Unit to using Gaia on their mobile devices, I still love the app and it is the best thing out there. But you know what? We've all switched to CalTopo (the iOS/Android app) now... it is not as polished, but it works seamlessly with their websites and includes live tracking of teams in the field... game changer!

  A huge part of that transition away from Gaia was the poor online mapping tools (which are improving!) and the lack of support for UTM coordinates.

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  Nathan

  • July 16, 2018 15:51

  @dogensmoon
  Correct, there is not a way to change the datum on the website, but you can change the datum in the app by opening the Units page within the Saved menu (iOS/Android).

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  Dan Dawson

  • March 16, 2019 19:26

  I use Gaia for everything I do mobile... but for desktop I end up using sartopo.com or caltopo.com for everything, and lack of UTM coordinates is a big piece of that.

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  Lucifur

  • May 19, 2019 21:32

  Please! Please! Could we have UTM capability on GaisGPS.com?

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  mewanzenried

  • August 28, 2019 14:37

  Gotta add my +1 for UTM to the website

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  Terry Lui

  • March 25, 2020 21:51

  +1 for UTM on desktop!! pls!!

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  gaiagps

  • March 25, 2020 23:24

  is this what you're talking about?

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  gaiagps

  • March 25, 2020 23:50

  Apologies, I must have misinterpreted this thread :(. 

  Does seem like a big missing feature. I never noticed it as I use Gaia only on my phone. I use Caltopo exclusively for planning.

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  Lucifur

  • March 25, 2020 23:54

  No.  All the new feature allows is to plot a waypoint by inputting a UTM. We should be able to work with our library of waypoints (I have a thousand or more) using UTM’s.  On the website I can’t click on a waypoint and pull up it’s UTM coordinates. There is a reason the military and most professionals who must work with maps use UTM’s:  it makes things so damned easy compared with Lon/Lat which was created for sailors.  

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  codybarnes09

  • August 24, 2020 20:57

  +1 on being able to switch to UTM coordinates. It doesnt make sense that it works on the app but not on gaiagps.com!!

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  holgergoehr

  • August 28, 2020 00:55
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  I am also for UTM and as Australian MGA, as it is closely related but about 200m off. Most Australian hiking and topo maps use MGA (Map Grid Australia), e.g. the topo maps that GAIA provides have the MGA grid on them..Would be nice to use that in GAIA directly.

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