Gaia GPS Deep Dive - How to Organize Your Data

Gaia GPS is the most powerful offline navigation tool available. This video goes into depth on how to keep all your routes, tracks and waypoints organized.

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[WIRT]

They've really improved their folder abilities. I almost dropped my Gaia subscription a couple of years ago because at the time it was just horrible. Kudos to them for making it easier, but with that said, I wish they'd offer the option of saving all the data to my local hard drive, then syncing it to the cloud account automatically. Honestly, it would be easier to file it on the computer than in their interface.

[Photojeeper]

Having to be able to have multiple levels of folders is great. OnX needs to do that. I let them know at Overland Expo.

[ahmednesbitte]

Hi Matt, Very very helpful! Thank you so much for sharing. 🚙

[seanb]

Fantastic Tutorial. Well, done Mate!
Here in Australia (OZ) I've just recently bought a Garmin Zumo XT2 for my motorcycle. (Honda CBX500).

Part of the process of getting routes onto the Zumo XT2 and working properly, involves using Gaia GPS to map the route. The Gaia GPS files still need to be exported via "Garmin Base Camp" and then onto the Zumo. It's a steep learning curve!

Gaia GPS (from what I've been told) is a lot easier to use and do the actual routing, than having to do it all on "Garmin Base Camp". So, understanding how the folder system in Gaia GPX works correctly, is critical if I want the map route files to work in "harmony" with the Zumo XT2.

For the past 13 years, I have worked in a Hardware store here in OZ. So, having to keep things super organized down to tiny details (literally thousands of store items to keep track of) Is already is my nature!😆


PS: I've subscribed to your channel as knowledge is power and peace of mind, when travelling alone and remotely on a Motorcycle. 👍

[EdgeoftheWildOverlanding]

Awesome!!! Adding your suggested layers to my Gaia made a tremendous improvement on what I was getting using my previous setup.

[sonsoflibertyoverland]

Thank you Matt. This video came at the perfect time. I finished up a 5 day overland in the North Maine Woods and wanted to go back and clean it even more. I like being super organized. This was my first trip using GAIA and have a solid handle on it now. Learned as much ahead of time. Learned stuff on the trail. Now this was the final step.

[BOBANDERSON]

Just started using Gaia maps. My main GPS/Trail map has been OnXmap. Thanks for this tutorial, I'll need to migrate all my files over and give this a go.

[AzureCaribe]

Exceptional presentation and most organized and informative,

[GatorOverland]

Great info matt!! Exactly what folks need to know! 🤘🏼🤘🏼

[mattlewandowski]

Love the video... I have been struggling with organizing my Gaia files.

[TonyEdwards-cmqh]

Good information, I still struggle with it

[edburnett]

Thanks for the excellent tutorial. I learned a lot from this. What I don't like about Gaia's file system is that it makes every type a file into a folder and it's very cluttered. For example I imported a gpx file (track) into the main map. Gaia puts this into the folder tree with a folder icon next to it. If I move it into my "Hike Planning" folder, the original gpx file shows up in that folder and in the original spot. The top level in the file system still shows the original GPX file. Unlike a normal Windows or IOS filing system, when you move a file into a sub-folder, it's no longer in the original folder. This makes things really cluttered. This seems to be a common complaint on hiking blogs. Am I missing something here?

[dogandajeep]

I've been chipping away at my backlog of waypoints and really wish there was a way to do bulk moves. I have realized that I should have been organizing by state the entire time instead of campsites vs possible campsites and its been a slog going through the hundreds of POI's I've compiled.

Am I missing a feature? I want to organize like you've shown here and struggle after an hour of moving one at a time to make any major dents in my backlog and then I go out camping for a week and come back with even more data to organize lol. help lol

[nomadhawg]

I don’t have anything at for my Jeep other than stock sized M/Ts. No mods at all. Also don’t have an off road or trail gps routing system. All that said, I want to ride trails. Does Gaia have preloaded trails in their database? Can I go to their website and download trails in my area? If so do they have ratings that would indicate whether a stock rig cold do the trail?

Sorry if these are dumb questions, but I’m limited on time off as well as ability to just buy things I don’t know anything about just to see if it’s what I want. Thanks for the videos!

[LostThymeOverlandAdventures]

I just wish there was a way to make the text and symbols bigger. My eyesight is so bad.

[EXTREMEly-FUNctional]

Hello My downloaded maps and routes and POIs are numerous and shared across phones and tablets…. Do you know if it is possible to save info onto a service like Dropbox or Apple cloud when it is not needed for a trip?

[Joypar]

I organized our trips into folders on the computer but when I opened Gaia on my iPad, it wasn’t organized the same. Is there a trick to getting them to sync up?

[seanwhiting]

currently assigned to a base in south korea. we also have our UEV-490 here, and was wondering was there any maps or plans for maps for south korea? i had seen that they have japan. i didnt see any way for to ask them

[ptrivilino]

Question on shring a folder- if I share something and later add to or otherwise change something in that folder, does the person I shared it with ge the updated info ?

[patrickdubois]

Hi Matt, i have question about type of route, can we by default change Hiking to driving?