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nickburt

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I have a Garmin 64st so mapsource is really just for an overview of areas when at camp
Nice hand held. I'm still using an old Oregon 400t from time to time and still have a couple of old school StreetPilots - just a shame I can't update the maps on them anymore, especially the 7200
 

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I use GAIA on an old ipad mini wifi. I tether the ipad to my Garmin inReach and it has been a solid combo. Great maps, recording with stats, and sharing/uploading routes is easy. The new GAIA app is also way less of a pig, so maps download much faster and take up way less space.
 
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Might have to give Gaia a go next time we venture out on a decent length trip. How memory hungry is it with downloaded maps?
 

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Might have to give Gaia a go next time we venture out on a decent length trip. How memory hungry is it with downloaded maps?
Now, not hungry at all. Very lightweight. The old version was a pig. It was gigs for any trip I took that was loccal. Now I mapped half of Baja and it was about 400mb.
 
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I like the topo features, which many other navigation apps don't have. But, they usually tend to take up a lot of memory space. For example, Memory Map for the whole of the UK is around 14GB on the Ipad, but then it does have a huge amount of detail. Would be interesting to see how much Scandinavia would take up. But, I like the idea that you can download only the areas you need, which will help save space.
 

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Yes, sort of the fundamental idea of gaia. You download the areas you need for a route or use the draw tool to create an area. Allows you get sorts of custom on the shape. So for the areas with cell service, I just use my phone navigation since that displays on my trucks stereo unit screen anyway.
 
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New to OB...Why not just download your maps with GoogleMaps prior to your travels? That way you have them stored for offline use. Does GoogleMaps not have the features that some of the other above mentioned programs have?
 

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Google Maps doesn't always feature trails, you can't get different map layers either, like you can with Gaia. And most importantly, you can't track a route when randomly exploring with Google Maps.

For me, Gaia has been invaluable, the USGS Maps, NFS Maps, and the NeoTeks Land Use maps are really valuable in letting me know where I am, and whats around me.

Also, I love that I can sync, and share my routes and trips online easily with Gaia.
 
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Yes, sort of the fundamental idea of gaia. You download the areas you need for a route or use the draw tool to create an area. Allows you get sorts of custom on the shape. So for the areas with cell service, I just use my phone navigation since that displays on my trucks stereo unit screen anyway.
A bit like Viewranger.