Gaia Base Map

[rogerdoger]

I have been using onyx for the last 5 years or so and love it. However this last summer I got a promo deal through outside that bundle Trailforks (mountain biking app) with Gaia. I went for it as it was cheaper than just the $ of Trailforks. Gaia worked great for the summer as it brought a lot of Trailforks into Gaia, also found it worked really well for river rafting as it shows gauge stations etc.

I got to hunting season and thought I would test it out for hunting. I started switching the layers that lend themselves to hunting. I found that Gaia will use one of the maps as its “base map”. Long and short of it as I went through I have seemed to really screw my layers up. Now it seems I have good terrain overview but a lot of things are not labeled on the map. Anyone have any suggestions for a couple layers that have good satellite, layers with topo, and label peaks, creeks, etc. Thanks for any tips.

 

[Mikedlaw]

I usually use Gaia topo or Gaia overland as my base map. I have USGS Topo, Private Land, USFS 2016, GMUs, Google Earth all in my active maps and adjust the sliders on those as needed.



Use the tutorial from this post to import Google Earth into Gaia, it's better than any of the satellite options that Gaia provides...

Google Earth Gaia

 

[rogerdoger]

I usually use Gaia topo or Gaia overland as my base map. I have USGS Topo, Private Land, USFS 2016, GMUs, Google Earth all in my active maps and adjust the sliders on those as needed.

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Use the tutorial from this post to import Google Earth into Gaia, it's better than any of the satellite options that Gaia provides...

Google Earth Gaia

I had no idea you could import google earth into Gaia, and thanks for the other tips. I feel that Gaia is harder to use, but if you get it dialed it could be better than Onx.