Route Slope Angle and aspect

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    jnc

    Ditto to Brian's post!  In particular, the inability to display incline (slope angle) along a route or track is a real shortcoming in Gaia which I'm hoping can be addressed and  prioritized for a future update.  This could be done several ways such as in Brian's Caltopo example, but one great way would be to provide a switch to plot either vertical elevation or incline versus distance.  Better yet, both elevation and incline could be on the same plot using two y-axis.  I think the aforementioned methods would be a little better than showing a color bar.  I do like the slope angle maps but they don't provide the needed functionality for route planning.  I hoping I'm not missing something and this incline functionality is already there (I sometimes can't even find my car keys).

    Thanks to the Gaia app developers! 

    John C

     

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    jrioux6

    I agree with both Brian & John's comments.  This is a necessary detail in route planning for backcountry skiing.  I am surprised with Gaia's emphasis on backcountry skiing it does not have this level of details on routes.  It's also useful for hiking, climbing, overloading, etc....

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    matthew.colvard

    Slope angle would be really useful for trail design/ construction as well.

    You already provide distance and ascent in the Create Route. You just need to add an another field that displays
    (inverse tangent(ascent/distance))

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    namos81

    I echo all of these comments. I prefer gaia's maps to Caltopo, but being able to get that screen Brian shows is a gamechanger and makes me reach for caltopo instead of gaia for planning routes. 

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    jrioux6

    Come on GaiaGPS, when are you going to incorporate this feature?  This initial request was made 2 years ago! My goto app is CalTopo when backcountry skiing but don't like subscribing to 2 different apps.   I probably won't renew my GaiaGPS premium membership unless you get this feature incorporated. 

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    jnc

    Me again after two years waiting. Come on GAIA, get this functionality developed. IT CAN'T BE THAT HARD.

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