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I have no expertise of that area. I just zoomed over to FL and played with a few map layers and didn’t experience any issues.

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You can always try to clear the map cache in Gaia and then start over. If the issue persists contact support.
 
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Is there a map for BLM and camping? I have premium.
BLM would be the Public Land Layer

USFS Recreation Sites will show some camping areas but an app like Ultimate Campground might be a better source for a variety of spots. UCG shows public and private sites.
 

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BLM would be the Public Land Layer

USFS Recreation Sites will show some camping areas but an app like Ultimate Campground might be a better source for a variety of spots. UCG shows public and private sites.
Awesome, thanks! I got it and it has tons of places I was looking for.
 
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I just downloaded gaia on my ipad. That program looks great. I have been using BCN on an old android device. But I think im cool with moving to gaia. One question is it worth the money to pay for the premium over the normal pay subscription?
 

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I just downloaded gaia on my ipad. That program looks great. I have been using BCN on an old android device. But I think im cool with moving to gaia. One question is it worth the money to pay for the premium over the normal pay subscription?
I think it is.
 

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My free trial of Premium recently expired. Anybody know of a good discount / promo to renew for 1 year? Sometimes I hit dry spells and and don't go camping very often so don't want to do the 5-year thing.
 

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My free trial of Premium recently expired. Anybody know of a good discount / promo to renew for 1 year? Sometimes I hit dry spells and and don't go camping very often so don't want to do the 5-year thing.
Gaiagps.com/4XOA Can save you a few bucks.
 

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I spent a quick evening this past week creating four routes to the fly fishing areas wifey and I plan on spending a LOT of time visiting in 2020. Each route is 200+ miles long. It took two days to download the Shaded Relief (US), Landscape, US Topo, andMapbox Streets HD maps for the routes onto my iPad. I included waypoints for all USFS campgrounds on the routes plus gas station points. Time well spent!

In 2019 we did over 12,000 miles towing our overland camper around western US and Canada. Next year we are becoming much more focused and sticking within WA, MT, and especially ID. Having my mapping ready early gives me the time to zero in on other aspects of preparing for a good life wasted.
 

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FYI - I just got my invitation to help beta test GaiaGPS for Carplay. Loaded it today and it seems to be working relatively well.

I love Gaia, and am super happy with this turn of events. I will post back more here and I encourage anyone else beta testing to do the same.
 

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FYI - I just got my invitation to help beta test GaiaGPS for Carplay. Loaded it today and it seems to be working relatively well.

I love Gaia, and am super happy with this turn of events. I will post back more here and I encourage anyone else beta testing to do the same.
I'd love to hear more about this. Are there plans for it to be added to Android Auto in the future?
 
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FYI - I just got my invitation to help beta test GaiaGPS for Carplay. Loaded it today and it seems to be working relatively well.

I love Gaia, and am super happy with this turn of events. I will post back more here and I encourage anyone else beta testing to do the same.
How about some screen shots, too?
 
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I will be using it heavily over the next week, so I’ll report back with pics and info.
I have the beta as well. I will be testing it as I can. It won't be offroad though. I have Apple Carplay in my dads Honda Fit. I have reached out to the development team to ask a few questions. Right now it looks like it mirrors what is on your iPhone. Any interaction with Gaia GPS needs to take place on the phone though.

In the screenshots I am being guided, straight line, to a waypoint.

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I have the beta as well. I will be testing it as I can. It won't be offroad though. I have Apple Carplay in my dads Honda Fit. I have reached out to the development team to ask a few questions. Right now it looks like it mirrors what is on your iPhone. Any interaction with Gaia GPS needs to take place on the phone though.

In the screenshots I am being guided, straight line, to a waypoint.

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That sounds normal to me, I have been using Gaia for years and it has never done turn by turn. I haven't seen anything unusual using the beta yet, but I will be off road tomorrow through the weekend. So that will give me a much better idea of how it compares to using it stand alone.
 

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That sounds normal to me, I have been using Gaia for years and it has never done turn by turn. I haven't seen anything unusual using the beta yet, but I will be off road tomorrow through the weekend. So that will give me a much better idea of how it compares to using it stand alone.
They have free and not free...its on their site. It is a very useful mapping software/app. It is NOT a navigation app. No turn-by-turn, searching for places etc. Its just very good for accurate mapping, plotting and navigation. Personally I pay for the service so I have some more features that were important to my use. Very large variety of map overlays too.
 
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