Any plans to support adding custom vector maps?

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pronvit

• July 10, 2019 10:52
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Any plans to support adding custom vector maps/overlays? As most of the overlays you provide are for US, would be nice for users from other countries to be able to add layers they need at least manually.

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  Kristin McLane

  • May 19, 2021 21:43

  Hey y'all,
  
  I can definitely see how it would be helpful to be able to import custom vector maps.
  
  We don't have plans for anything like this at the moment, but I'll create an internal request for this to keep track.
  
  Thanks for suggesting this. We will update here if this feature becomes available.
  
  Regarding OpenAndroMaps in particular, that map is only available as a style for MapsForge, which is not a mapping library we use so there is no way to use those maps in Gaia GPS.

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  Robyn

  • July 11, 2019 18:47

  You are able to add custom map sources to Gaia GPS. Follow these steps depending on the format you have:

  • Adding MBtiles map sources
  • Adding a TMS Map Source (found online)
  • For GeoTiff, GeoJSON, or other shapefiles you can use MapBox Studio to host and import them.

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  pronvit

  • July 12, 2019 00:21
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  To clarify, I'm talking about vector maps. TMS Map Source feature and the linked Mapbox Studio procedure are for raster maps (well the source can be vector but in the end it will be raster images which will take a lot of space on the device for offline use). However MBtiles can contain either raster or vector data, but it's unclear what Gaia iOS app supports.

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  pronvit

  • July 15, 2019 21:35

  Any details on this please?

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  Robyn

  • July 18, 2019 16:25

  @pronvit
  I'm sorry for the mix-up - currently, the iOS app is not able to support custom vector tiles. Although, I can definitely see how this would be a great additional feature in the app.  
  
  This post can serve as the official feature request for this functionality. 

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  nathancahill

  • December 19, 2019 20:11

  Also following for this feature. Would love to see this!

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  other

  • August 25, 2020 21:11

  Any updates on this?

  Seems a lot of sites are moving to vector maps.

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  rrrent

  • January 06, 2021 15:21

  Yes imagine being able to import all the excellent clean vector files from openandromaps.

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  Paul

  • May 08, 2021 20:30

  Id also love to be able to use openandromaps in GaiaGPS!

  Are the Gaia maps not vector maps?

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  Paul

  • May 20, 2021 00:46

  To Kristin McLane: I dont know what MapsForge is, but Backcountry Navigator on my phone can import OpenAndromap's 1Gb California map.  I sorely miss that map in the mobile Gaia GPS, which I prefer except for the lack of that map.  

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