Route Slope Angle and aspect

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b.macey20

• February 10, 2022 19:23

Hello Gaia,

Is there any development/progress on route terrain features that show slope angle, aspect, and tree coverage like Caltopo has (basic/free edition), please see included picture. I find it incredibly useful, ultimately helps with making decisions (both desktop and app version of Caltopo) for backcountry skiing route creation. Saving as a PDF is handy too. 

Thank you,

Brian

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  jnc

  • February 27, 2022 02:07

  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

  • February 23, 2023 12:39

  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

  • March 07, 2023 09:46

  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

  • May 25, 2023 13:58

  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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