Description
SPRING SALE - Gaia GPS is currently $9.99 (50% off)!
Gaia GPS is the ultimate app for backcountry, off-grid, and off-trail adventures. Painstakingly crafted since 2009 by a pair of backpackers, Gaia offers the full functionality of a handheld, backcountry GPS unit, with topo maps of the whole world.
Gaia GPS has the best maps and map overlays, combined with the most powerful system for importing map data, waypoints, and trails.
►► Quotes
"Gaia GPS can get you where you want to go, no matter where you are."
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"Gaia GPS proved the best app for both platforms…"
Wired UK - http://bit.ly/juwjw4
"I tried several and Gaia is the most user-friendly."
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"… it clearly beats out other apps which only have a small set of the functionality ..."
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"You can save your tracks, save your maps, save your gpx's, etc. It's pretty freaking cool."
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►► Features
• Download maps for times when you don't have an internet connection.
• No extra charges - download as many maps as you want, and use Gaia on all of your iPhones/iPads/iPods.
• View topographic and road maps. Use USGS topos in the United States, and CloudMade topo and road maps all over the world.
• Display NEXRAD radar and TrailBehind waypoints on the map.
• Record tracks, waypoints, and take photos.
• Search for nearby waypoints and reports about places.
• Import and export GPX/KML files, by iTunes, Safari, email and EveryTrail.com.
• Customize all aspects of Gaia, including units, coordinates types, color and sound, and more.
►► IMPORTANT - IPOD TOUCH AND NON-GPS IPHONES - This application will not be fully functional on these devices, unless you have an external GPS attachment. The GPS Recorder and compass will be inactive. You will be able to view maps and waypoints, but you cannot record tracks.
►► GPS WARNING - Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
What's New in Version 6.3.1
* fixed bug that could cause crashing when upgrading to v6.3
* removed non-user files from the file-sharing view in iTunes
* fixed existing intermittent crash in satellite view
* fixed another existing intermittent crash related to memory
Customer Reviews
GAIA, Don't leave home without it
Especially useful if you're heading out into the field and need GPS help. It's not only simple to use, Gaia has everything I need to get around in the back country, and it's spectacular to view detail or broad views on the Ipad3 with the brush of 2 fingers. It's not frustrating like many GPS apps. I actually found it to be fun to use. I've never said that about a GPS app before.
New version full of bugs --to get it to work at all required losing all my data!
Update: 4/8, I have been attempting to get this app to work for a few days and have discovered my own "workaround" that makes this functional again. I am still unhappy with the trouble created by the last release, but am moving my rating back up to 3 stars, since the app seems to be functioning ok with my workaround (i can get it to behave by getting around the bad behavior). Time will tell if the developer has learned the hard way about taking shortcuts with testing, and future releases become a happier experience...
One can only hope.
4/4/2012 (original review) Guess what. This was a good app. No more. Save yourself some grief and money. Try "trimble outdoors navigator" instead--it's free! And it does all this app (is supposed to) and more.
When I posted a suggestion that a specific bug be fixed (in developer suggestion box), the developer closed the issue and said that the issue did not exist! Maybe on his device! What kind of support is that? Nothing good for sure. I've moved on to Trimble. And now that I'm using Trimble--it is clear what to expect from a pro developer. Very clean and well designed. Gaia is sub-par by comparison.
Gaia GPS works!
This app is GREAT! I have been using GPS on TOPO maps for years but now I don't need a laptop or lots of money. Works instantly on my iPhone 4. While connected to the internet I defined the area I needed by dragging my boundaries on the main map and downloaded the complete USGS map set. Now when I am out of cell range and have no wi-fi, I can navigate the roads, trails and creeks with ease.
- $9.99
- Category: Navigation
- Updated: Apr 03, 2012
- Version: 6.3.1
- Size: 13.3 MB
- Languages: English, Chinese, German, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish
- Seller: Trailbehind, INC.
- © 2010 TrailBehind Inc.
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 4.0 or later.
