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I guess I should have defined "easily tell"
The biggest frustration to using Gaia is not knowing what tiles are already on the device and how much needs to be downloaded before a trip.
And yes, I turn off Wi-Fi and browse areas to see if the map tiles show up - but that is more of a guessing game than I care to do.
"easily tell" to me would be if Gaia had the ability to draw an outline of the tiles already downloaded on a base map, or if I could draw an outline on the base map and Gaia would show what part of that is downloaded. Ideally Gaia would then just keep downloading tiles until the outlined area is completely downloaded, and not make me guess at how many download sets I will need to get. For example if I outline the entire state of Arizona Gaia should just keeping creating and downloading tile sets until the state is completely downloaded and not make me create 27 tile sets on my own.
That is why I have resorted to using push pins to get a rough idea of what I have downloaded on the device.
The download-along-tracks concept might be ok for travelling along major roads, but kinda bites for exploration. The whole point of having a GPS device is so I can go anywhere I have a whim to go without knowing ahead of time where that might be. I typically pull out the maps first thing in the morning and pick a destination based on what strikes my fancy. I rarely plan a three day camping trip route and actually stick to the planned roads.
I choose to download the entire state(s) I travel in (AZ, NM, CO, UT). I have ~70 gigs of maps on my iPad as of this morning.
Makes it easy to "just go" and have fun...
What's your methodology to this? Do you download large sections of one map type like USFS Raster and then move to the next map type or do you pick the layers you want and then download them as a group? I think I would keep them separate if I attempted to do this. That way as maps get updated it would be quicker to make changes. But not sure. I don't have that kind of storage capacity. Only a 64Gb iPad
@1Louder - do you know if hunting game unit boundary overlays are available for Gaia? Can't seem to find them, you seem to be dialed-in here so hoping you know something I can't seem to find. thx!
They have them but not for AZ yet. You have to be a Premium member for them as well.
Just a bump and some news.
One of the head people for Gaia GPS is in town for a while. I am planning on a meet up with them probably early January. I will post up when I have more details. This will be a great opportunity to learn more about Gaia GPS and give feedback. Probably at McFate brewing because they have a really good room but we need to work out the details.
Thanks,
Chris
Just a bump and some news.
One of the head people for Gaia GPS is in town for a while. I am planning on a meet up with them probably early January. I will post up when I have more details. This will be a great opportunity to learn more about Gaia GPS and give feedback. Probably at McFate brewing because they have a really good room but we need to work out the details.
Thanks,
Chris