Guess I'm too old-school I have carried a GPS and paper maps. And for a cellphone app I much prefer Gaia.
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Guess I'm too old-school I have carried a GPS and paper maps. And for a cellphone app I much prefer Gaia.
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I use the Gaia app when not hiking the AT. Download the map layers of the area I plan on hiking. Plot my waypoints if I need to. Use my phone to occasionally check where I am, use a waterproof paper map and compass, if I have one of the area.
on the AT? Guthook works.
My first thought was that you were just being argumentative - but after the ever important pause - I realized that I was the one who injected the paper argument into the thread specifically targeted at finding info for a gps hiking app. Ha!
I'll just shut up and maybe learn something.
I have done a good bit of work in Google Earth marking waypoints along sections I am hiking. I mainly use guthooks, but I would like to be able to view my own KMZ or KML that I have created. I have not found a good app though, to use offline for importing and displaying KMZ or KML. Anyone know of any?
I can view my data in Google maps, but there's no labels and there's generic symbols.
not trying to hijack the thread but can anyone tell me why when you select a point on the map lets say just for example a shelter icon it will open a information window that shows the closest waypoint, water source, and the shelter in each direction. Sometimes it will say for ex. next water source 4.2 miles but then on the map you'll see a water icon only 1 mile away?? hope this makes sense i just bought the app and im still trying to get to know it.. thank you for your help
Guthook gives you distances from your position to whatever waypoint you select. If you look at the shelter information and it reports the next water source, it is reporting the distance from that shelter - not your current position.
I hope I interpreted your question correctly. If I did, then you have your answer.
Another vote for BackCountry Navigator. It works fine with downloaded maps. I also do my own maps for it. PM me if you use BCN or Gaia and want to try to download a section. It would help me to learn what I need to do to improve (with the caveat that whatever I do has to be done with the data I have or can get).
I always know where I am. I'm right here.
Lots of us. The older I get the more clueless I become.
Unless I'm conversing with...
Never mind. I may be clueless, but I haven't forgotten my manners.
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