So I've been using GAIA for about 4 years now, and it's been pretty good. It does many things extremely well, but the downfall of it is it's method for handling folders. It's horrendous. It's not bad when you only have a few tracks and waypoints, but after 4 or 5 years of doing the challenge, and despite my best folder management it's just getting unbearable. Every once in a while my phone decides to show everything. All of my waypoints, tracks, proposed routes, etc just show up and there is no good way to hide everything at once. So I'm wondering...what is everyone else using? If GAIA can't fix this issue than I think I might need to spend my $40/yr somewhere else. My map is useless to me if it's so cluttered. I could delete old stuff, and it does have an archive function, but for the life of me I don't understand why you can't hide all of the archived folders.
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2000 Suzuki DR-Z400
2005 BMW R1200GS
1978 Yamaha TT500
2003 Yamaha V-Star 1100
1978 CX-500 Scrambler (in progress)
Hi Alex,
I’ve been using Scenic for several years, and It has been my favorite for street riding. It does ok for off road if it recognizes the trail. So far I’ve gotten buy with it. I really like that I can download maps for entire states and not just my area or routes like some other apps I’ve tried. The organization is simple and straightforward for me. My favorite bit is how easy it is to reroute a track on the fly from the phone… no cell service needed because I have the entire state downloaded. There are also a lot of options on how it should behave in certain situations. The big downside is that it doesn’t yet have web based route planning and it only works on IOS. Both items Scenic says they are working on. One has to use a different webapp like Google My Maps or something that can generate a GPS file. Then from the Scenic webapp you can send the file to your account and open it on your phone. I am also interested in what other people are using.
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1979 Honda CX500 Deluxe
2003 Suzuki DR650
2000 Honda Valkyrie Interstate
2015 Yamaha FJR1300
2016 Yamaha TW200
I think it's important to have multiple ways to navigate when adventuring around the state. Gaia, Avenza, ON-X Offroad, DMD Navigation, choose a couple and ride with a buddy that maybe has something else. When I plan a route, I'll use Gaia on my Windows desktop with two monitors and run Google Maps on the 2nd monitor. Then, I export the GPX file to DropBox where I can share it with friends and import it to my DMD Navigation tablet on my motorcycle. The DMD tablet only has the tracks on it that I intend to ride so that I'm not confused with old or non-relevant tracks. Meanwhile, my phone has the original Gaia maps and tracks available if needed. Also, on my phone is Avenza with the Atlas Landscape maps loaded. I keep my power bank in my tank bag plugged into switched motorcycle Aux power so that I can charge my Cardo, Phone, as needed so that I'm never without Navigation on my phone even though my first line of navigation is my DMD tablet mounted on the bike connected to power from the bike.
In Gaia, I use folders to organize tracks so that I can find them when needed. In Gaia, one can hide or archive entire folders.
See RallyNavagator.com if you are interested in building roadbooks.
BMW R1250 GSA
KTM 890R