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Gaia GPS
Company blog · blog.gaiagps.comother
Gaia GPS is the company blog at blog.gaiagps.com. Since 2012, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 9 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-25, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Only a bare link in a comment praising the Gaia GPS mobile app for offline topo maps and aerial photos on backcountry hikes. The blog covers outdoor mapping and navigation.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Stay plugged into the Gaia GPS community with new feature updates, navigation tips, and inspiration for getting outdoors.
What Hacker News says?
Shameless plug, but we just shipped our huge Gaia Topo update too. Gaia Topo focuses on the backcountry, and specifically downloading for offline use: https://blog.gaiagps.com/easy-to-read-tiny-to-download-the-a...
Comment linking /easy-to-read-tiny-to-download-the-all-new-gaia-topo/
on “Apple delivers a new redesigned Maps for users in the United States”Submitted IPhone App Saves Snowmobiler as a story · 5 points
HN discussionI use Gaia GPS for my backcountry hikes which is available for iOS/Android. You can download a variety of topo maps and aerial photos ahead of time in a particular area and load them when out of cell service. http://blog.gaiagps.com/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gaia-gps-topo-maps-trails/id... https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.trailbehin... The only issue I'm still trying to figure out when using…
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on “Google Earth Pro is now free”Submitted Wildfire and Air Quality Maps Now Available for Free on Gaiagps.com as a story · 3 points
HN discussionMapZen Search (aka Pelias) is amazing. We're using it to auto-name routes on gaiagps.com, and we're rolling out new search features and auto-naming to the app too. MapZen makes a lot of great stuff actually. We also use the Mapzen Valhalla routing engine ( https://github.com/valhalla ) to do trail routing: http://blog.gaiagps.com/plot-a-precise-trail-with-the-gaia-g... . OpenStreetMap.org recently added Valhalla too…
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on “Mapzen Search: An open source geocoding api built on open data”Submitted Gaia GPS: We Brought Backcountry Maps to CarPlay as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Free Gaia GPS for volunteer emergency responders as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Read a Topo Map as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Plot a precise trail with elevation profile, using open data and software as a story · 1 points
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