CarPlay and Gaia

[Flourman]

I started messing with Gaia a while ago as a means to map trails when my wife got her Bronco. I started messing more when I got my Tremor. The neat thing about Gaia is that it pairs with Trails Offroad. Gaia is supported by CarPlay. It just takes a free membership to Trails Offroad and a Gaia account to do so. Granted, not all of the trails are available with the free membership.

When you download the .gpx or upload to Gaia, it automatically imports as a “track”. With the app on CarPlay, to be visible, you need to have it import as a “route”. This is where it gets a bit of a ring around. You have to download GPSBabel to convert from a track to a route and make sure your files are correct.

https://help.gaiagps.com/hc/en-us/articles/1500004228381-Convert-Tracks-to-Routes-using-GPSBabel

Once converted to a route, upload to your Gaia GPS account. This has to be done through a PC.

Once this is done, you can see and access your routes through the GaiaGPS app on CarPlay (colored routes on the map)

Yes, there is a bit of “roundy round” but it does present a solution to work with CarPlay and a big screen in the truck. There are a TON of other options out there but this is one option that is available. There are way too many steps but none of them are super complicated. Heck, I learned it all in a couple minutes of google searching.

 

[7.🌲]

Awesome. I enjoy hearing about others gps set ups when traveling remotely. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Flourman]

A note on this, in Rock Crawl mode, CarPlay is removed from view for the camera view. You have to switch back and forth to see the map. I solve this by only switching on rock crawl mode when I want the cameras and the other benefits. I don’t leave rock crawl on all the time.

 

[TJ Carr]

Does Gaia now follow your location? Last time I used it, it did not follow you on the map, you had to manually move the map

 

[ccw]

Sweet! Gaia is one of the things I‘m most looking forward to with CarPlay. Haven’t had a need to use Gaia in the few weeks I’ve owned the truck, but great to see it works well!

 

[ccw]

Does Gaia now follow your location? Last time I used it, it did not follow you on the map, you had to manually move the map

It definitely can on the phone. Don’t know about CarPlay, though.

 

[Flourman]

Does Gaia now follow your location? Last time I used it, it did not follow you on the map, you had to manually move the map

It did for me and I was running on wireless CarPlay.

 

[TJ Carr]

It definitely can on the phone. Don’t know about CarPlay, though.

That is a update then & a great one, last time I used it on my phone, it was like using a paper map & did not track your location like the vehicle or phone mapping programs did.

might just have to get another subscription since they have improved it

 

[TJ Carr]

It did for me and I was running on wireless CarPlay.

Used it on Gold camp road to see how it compared to the actual trail on both a iPad and a iPhone and it was not bad, but hated that we had to move the map around your location instead of it working with your GPS

Used it also in Moab and the San Juan’s, was not bad & loved all the different map overlays

Have never used trails off road, might have to explore that as well as the offf road program TFL trucks use to see how they stack up against each other

 

[ccw]

Used it on Gold camp road to see how it compared to the actual trail on both a iPad and a iPhone and it was not bad, but hated that we had to move the map around your location instead of it working with your GPS

Used it also in Moab and the San Juan’s, was not bad & loved all the different map overlays

Have never used trails off road, might have to explore that as well as the offf road program TFL trucks use to see how they stack up against each other

I tried OnX Off Road, the app TFL uses, and honestly found it pretty much useless. Maybe I’m not using it right, but I find Gaia dramatically more valuable.

My feeling is that they pay for more advertising, Gaia pays for more actual development.

 

[Flourman]

Used it on Gold camp road to see how it compared to the actual trail on both a iPad and a iPhone and it was not bad, but hated that we had to move the map around your location instead of it working with your GPS

Used it also in Moab and the San Juan’s, was not bad & loved all the different map overlays

Have never used trails off road, might have to explore that as well as the offf road program TFL trucks use to see how they stack up against each other

I only use Trails Offroad to get the .gpx tracks. They have it rounded up in one site vs. scouring the web for .gpx tracks. If you already have tracks and routes saved or you manually map out a route, there is no need for Trails Offroad.

 

[Frazior]

For those of us that are not iPhone fan bois, GAIA does work on Andoid Auto as well - https://blog.gaiagps.com/gaia-gps-on-android-auto/

 

[Flourman]

For those of us that are not iPhone fan bois, GAIA does work on Andoid Auto as well - https://blog.gaiagps.com/gaia-gps-on-android-auto/

We don’t associate with you green text people.

 

[texmudder]

Yes Gaia works on Android as well. I have been using Gaia for years now. I have an iPad mounted in my RZR just for Gaia. Used it on a MOAB trip and I was able to find all the trails out there along with Silverton, CO. We also used it heavily in Silverton with both a mine overlay and a mine gpx file that I have to go and check out all the mining stuff. Great program for sure.

 

[Frazior]

We don’t associate with you green text people.

I 'm surprised that you were able to bring yourself to actually typing a response rather than hitting the "Liked" auto responder......

 

[TJ Carr]

For those of us that are not iPhone fan bois, GAIA does work on Andoid Auto as well - https://blog.gaiagps.com/gaia-gps-on-android-auto/

Gain was originally developed only for Apple products, but all they whining and crying from non iPhone users must have gotten to them