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robert.hatch41

• August 18, 2018 21:26

 How do I use downloaded (gpx) tracks on my computer off line?

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  Nathan

  • August 20, 2018 19:27
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  To use the tracks you have downloaded offline, they will need to be imported into the app (iOS/Android).

  To use Gaia GPS on your computer, you will need an internet connection to access gaiagps.com. Sorry for the confusion.

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  robert.hatch41

  • August 21, 2018 13:49

  Hi Nathan

  Thanks for response.  Is there an app or program for the computer that will permit editing the tracks (files) on a PC?

  I am part of an orienteering horseback riding sport called TREC and we need detailed contour maps that we can edit.  Or is the only solution to convert to a GPX file and use a GPX editor?  If so do you have a GPX or KML editor you recommend?  After editting I assume can then load that GPX file back onto gaia?

  In our quest for creating detailed contour maps - is it possible to "average gaia tracks".  I know there is about a 30' error in a gaia gps track.  If I ride a trail several times can I take the tracks and then somehow average them to get a single more accurate track?

  Any help you can pass along or suggestions of where to go to be able to create very accurate detailed USGS quality contour maps would be greatly appreciated.  gaia is off to a great start merging caltopo already.  But this has some quirks like different shading as you move from quadrant to quadrant.

   

  thanks for you help

   

  Bob Hatch

   

   

   

   

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  john_p_wi

  • August 21, 2018 17:07

  Bob,

  Look at "GPS Track Editor" for pc.  I frequently use it to clean up tracks, especially the birds nests of triangles, that happen when stopping to filter water or eat etc while the recording is allowed to continue without being paused.  GPS Track Editor has an auto filter that works well.

  Additionally, it has a merge function, that honestly, I have not used.  I do know that merging GPS tracks is much more complicated than simply averaging.  Do a little research on the internet and you will quickly go down a rabbit hole of complex math.

  John

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  robert.hatch41

  • August 21, 2018 17:34

  Thanks John

   

  That is exactly the kind of info that I am looking for.  I assume GPS Track Editor is for gpx files?

   

   

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  john_p_wi

  • August 21, 2018 17:50

  Yes, simply export your track from Gaiagps.com and download to your pc.

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  Nathan

  • August 21, 2018 20:02

  @robert.hatch41

  To edit your tracks I recommend using Adze or GPX Editor and yes, the GPX files can be imported back into the app or gaiagps.com.
  
  To average the tracks that are recorded along a trail, I would use GPSBabel to merge the tracks into a single file and then trace the combined tracks in either Adze or GPX Editor.

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  Darlene

  • September 09, 2018 03:18

  How do I edit tracks on a MacBook Air - not a pc?

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  Nathan

  • September 12, 2018 00:30

  @climbingskiing
  I recommend using Adze on your MacBook Air. It's my preferred GPX editing software for Macs.

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