Gaia GPS Map Layers Deep Dive

Gaia GPS is the most powerful offline navigation tool available. With 100s of map layers to chose from, this video goes in depth on how the layers interface works, how to find the layers, which layers are best, and how to download them for your overlanding adventures
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[@Yota4Runner]

One of the best tutorial videos I have ever watched on KZbin! Thank you!

[@jasonhouk7939]

As a brandnew person to this i cant thank u enough for taking the time to do this. Helps ease the learning curve immensely.

[@user-ni5mx8cs8v]

I have had GAIA for a while and fumbled thought it but was never how i wanted it. this video helped me so much. thanks

[@kmsmith77]

Great video. I use Gaia on a regular basis and still picked up a few good nuggets. Thank you!!

[@rls63]

Lol I guess I should have waited with the request. You made it clear as glass. Thanks again 48:52

[@ourjourneyon3legs328]

Awesome video. I subscribed to Gaia premium after your beginner video. This video has me sitting in front of the computer playing with layers and planning routes. Thank you for the quality content.

[@OzarkOverlandAdventures]

Glad I could help!

[@EvergreenOG]

Thks for this great video, having a hard time finding a map legend

[@sunshine1696]

This was really great, Matt. Appreciate the effort, and looking forward to the rest of the series.

[@jerryrodgers6785]

Great refresher, Matt! Thanks a bunch.

[@mkramme]

Excellent info, I finally feel comfortable now using GAIA thanks to you!

[@OzarkOverlandAdventures]

Great to hear!

[@davtech]

Thank you for taking the time it took to put this together. I found it very helpful.

[@Wrongwayadventures]

Great info. Can’t wait for your other GAIA videos. What about doing a live Q&A GAIA class? I will be moving to Colorado from Louisiana in September so I can’t wait to put this video to use. Not much need for this around Louisiana. Thanks again for all the useful content.

[@diverblc]

Great video!! I now feel much more confident with Gaia.

[@modulate72]

This is the best summary and quick start I've seen. Thank you for doing this.

[@WarthogOverland]

Thank you!! This has helped me understand more about layers and seeing what I want to see on my map. Love the Overland layer and have been using it since it 1st released.

[@Highmepdx]

Posting this before I watch. I'm a GIS professional that uses GAIA as my main off-line navigation app. Watching other folks use a piece of software I'm familiar always ends up with me learning things. (now to press play and finish my workday of mapping) Just finished: Really appreciate the dive into the overland layer. I haven't spent much time planning routes etc, of late so getting a run down on that was super helpful. Love the optimization in their data that allows that downloading most of the western US in one go.

[@wisconsinmountainriders7177]

Extremely helpful video! Honestly one of your best! I learned so much and so much I was missing. Thanks!

[@befoot]

thanks Matt that helped so much....many safe and wonderful journeys to you (Prescott AZ)

[@davidhaymon1708]

Awesome job Matt. I found I had too many active maps “turned down” and that was affecting my ability to save large swaths of maps. You greatly helped in that area among many others!

[@lmallard3788]

Thanks for the discount. I am looking forward to using the app

[@sgtrat87]

Very nice. I've been using Gaia for a few years now, but not as much as you so these tips really helped out. Keep up this series.

[@linework11]

That was great info I use Gaia all the time but you showed me new stuff I love it.

[@dwightdavis5863]

Love this❤perfect timing. I love this app now that I watched your video

[@sonsoflibertyoverland]

Great video and perfect timing! I have my next trip mapped out and know the basics of Gaia by playing around with it quite a bit. But knowing these tips on the layers and how to best set them up is excellent. Also love the idea of having a massive area of the overland layer always on there. I was wondering if something like that as an option. Thanks!

[@onasledoverland]

Thanks Matt. 😊 Your Gaia videos are the best. I just did the MABDR last week and my first real time I've depended on Gaia as I was out of cell service most of the time. This video would have really helped . Appreciate your hard work here. ❤

[@markspinner7220]

Thanks Matt. Very informative. I added some helpful layers I wasn’t using before!!👍👍

[@LuvSTLcards]

Thank you for sharing this and providing a discount code. I greatly appreciate it and can’t wait to go camping in my state of Colorado and surrounding states around me. I appreciate all that you and ur wife do. You have provided so much info on ur page for me to be able to do this safely with my daughter. Thank you for all that you do!!❤

[@somewheretoday]

Excellant that helped fine tune my mapping Thank You Matt!

[@PocketRazors]

Great video Matt! This info has been very helpful for this new GAIA user. Hoping you will be teaching your GAIA class at Expo PNW!

[@larrymcmakin1153]

That was very helpful. Thanks for sharing.

[@rd46075]

Definitely a very helpful video! Thanks

[@theviewfrommyhammock]

Thank you ! I can't wait to study this post!

[@JelmervanderMeer7]

Thanks for the vid. I was ready to sign up for OnX, but ended up going with Gaia. (yes, I used your link 😊). What really sold me was the cell phone coverage layer. Having two young kids and a wife who needs to be reachable, this can really come in handy. And living in Utah, the smoke forecasts are also useful when picking a place to travel to. It does seem that OnX is a little more user friendly, but the sheer amount of information and maps are much more valuable and worth the learning curve.

[@Blue.Crawler]

Thanks Matt, I use Gaia all the time, but you still showed me some layers that I hadn't discovered yet.

[@Andysworld365]

Thanks, Matt for the in-depth deep dive. I am new to the overlanding community, and very interested in learning more tip and tricks in this app!

[@sonyaroman3397]

thank you thank you. i subscribed to Gaia 2 years age and have been watching tutorials on and off trying to learn to use it. i learned more from your 47 minute tutorial than i learned in the previous 2 years. you present it in a way that makes it easy to understand.

[@OzarkOverlandAdventures]

Great to hear!

[@boondoggler9677]

Excellent tutorial Matt! So many others only do the "dry" software functionalities...much appreciated for sharing your insights and best practices.

[@OzarkOverlandAdventures]

Glad it was helpful!

[@cotepierre68]

I agree with you 100% for Gaia. It take a bit of practice but it's the most powerful. Knowing a system and teach it is 2 things. You make it very understandable and easy🍻

[@JonathanLahr]

This was very helpful! I have my trip to Glacier planned out on Gaia as well...

[@wanderoverland2024]

Thanks Matt, have watched a few of yours and others GAIA and used your coupon code to get this week. Just starting to use to plan first post retirement trip. Last day work 3/8 then couple weeks later will be heading to Nevada to buy a 1 yr old Black Bean Offroad Trailer to go with my 4Runner TRD Offroad. Planning first trip, meeting friends in the Gila Forest NM. May try to come to Moore expo (partially to meet you and Cara) - I may want to become a patreon. Thanks for all your videos I watched over past year that helped fuel my retirement exploration plans. Doug in Corpus Christi TX

[@JourneyontheTrail]

Wow great info! Thanks for sharing.

[@carolbrucecollett]

This has been so helpful!! Thank you.

[@OzarkOverlandAdventures]

Glad it was helpful!

[@AnglinTexas]

Very informative video. Only suggestion I have is maybe add the quick links in the description with the time stamps covering the different subjects. For me it helps a lot when I want to go back to a long video like this for just one thing, like downloading or map layers. Thanks for the teaching.

[@RussellMcCollom]

I have used GM for a yr or so. I just knew enough to use it. I have really learned a lot from your videos. Very detailed and easy to understand. You have a good teaching style. I have watched others about using the app and yours is the best in my opinion.

[@OzarkOverlandAdventures]

Thanks so much!!

[@trailhunterusa]

I needed this so much!! Thank you

[@OzarkOverlandAdventures]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ryangriffith]

Great informational video! I’ve gleaned which layers you prefer from previous videos and it has become my go-to config. Please pump out more of these Gaia videos! Very helpful for folks doing the same sort of activities. Excited to see how you handle organization, hope that one’s next. What are your thoughts on creating Areas instead of using Download Maps so that you can customize the shape of your download?

[@frankbates7376]

Excellent video. Thanks! I'm anxious to see how to access and use shared routes. Hoping to make an Arkansas run this summer and want find some good routes. Maybe we'll end up in the same ditch. 🙃

[@Brad-RB]

Very informative.

[@fredc.schulze6116]

Excellent! Thank you!

[@OzarkOverlandAdventures]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jhbryaniv]

Now you just gotta make a Playlist so I can watch all your Gaia videos in a row... 😂

[@OzarkOverlandAdventures]

There is a playlist called Navigation.

[@jhbryaniv]

@@OzarkOverlandAdventures awesome! Thanks. :)

[@rickaccurso]

Wow, thanks a lot. I am really looking forward to more of these. Only question I have is how do you separate the different trails that you have listed? Some of the trails I have done overlap others.

[@steveb8883]

Your GAIA videos have been amazing. We are going to the East side of the Boston Mountains next month for a few days. I found a few "EPIC CAMP SPOTS BY STREAM" that I want to try. I am doing my test run with GAIA this weekend. I created a GAIA route that I already have traveled several times and will navigate it using GAIA offline to ensure that I have this down before heading up in the Ozarks where there isn't much 5G/data.

[@OzarkOverlandAdventures]

Awesome!! have fun!!

[@steveb8883]

Will do. We are hoping for Fall colors and temps.@@OzarkOverlandAdventures

[@woodwoman9130]

Good vid thanks much!

[@mcgvr1092]

Great video Matt. Thanks for the tutorial. What layers or maps make up the Overland Map? Did Gaia combine maps to make the Overland map?

[@MozarkAdventures]

Great tutorial! Didn't realize there was a public land and hydro layer. Few other layer I found useful... For National Forest the USFS 2016 layer can be helpful for planning as it offers additional information. Also like using the historical 1930 and 1960 layers if I'm on the hunt for old towns and structures. If you like to mountain bike the Trail forks MTB layer is awesome!

[@MozarkAdventures]

One question, Have you ever found a use for the USFS Roads and Trails layer?

[@RyanLandry]

I finally decided to purchase Gaia as I've been watching and debating on purchasing. Now with an amazing discount for the 1st year I purchased. This is a wonderful tutorial of how to use and navigate thru most of the settings. On the web version Map Overlay/Grid Overlay do you prefer Lat/Lng decimal degrees Lat Lng Degrees Minutes Seconds? Thank you for this Video it was very informative!!

[@north2xplore]

Matt, great video! Very informative, and I now feel like I have a much better understanding about how to use Gaia. One question I have is about downloading. If I download separately, such as one download of New Hampshire with Gaia Overland, and then a download of MVUM of New Hampshire, will it work as one layered map while offline? Thanks

[@chrissaville6668]

Thanks for this video helped me set up Gaia and started to notice stuff in my state. As a new overlander/off roader I have a question how do you guys deal with wild animals aka bears (kinda big in my area) and what not. What do you suggest to get to help keep them away? Thanks in advanced

[@W2IRT]

I've been using the same primary layers for the last two years and it's a perfect combination. What I need to know now is how to find dispersed camping without tree cover in or near the path of totality for next year's eclipse. This is likely going to be my last-ever chance to see a total solar eclipse so I gotta make it count. Any suggestions?

[@woodwalker777]

Thank you so much. The layers were kicking my butt. I have been using both Gaia and OnXOffraod both their premium versions. OnX is way easier to use but way less features. It does have a map key that is nice though. Gaia shows the trails but not what kind, hiking, Jeep, green sticker or plate, single track dirt bike or dirt road and so on. But after this I’m going to give Gaia another try as my main map. Thanks.

[@OzarkOverlandAdventures]

Gaia has a key too. I forgot to show it. Click the little i in the bottom right corner.

[@woodwalker777]

@@OzarkOverlandAdventures thanks

[@jeremychrist]

How do you create a single route from many small tracks? Great video! Thank you!

[@OzarkOverlandAdventures]

Add them all to a folder.

[@tomassanesson902]

Awesome

[@brianrobertson6314]

Another fantastic Gaia video. I hope you can point me in the right direction to fix a glich, while trying to download maps of Colo. Seems the shaded relief layer is basically hung up (my technical term) and I want to shut that layer down in the middle of the download. Thanks

[@OzarkOverlandAdventures]

I'm not sure. I've never had to do that.

[@dragonseggs]

Hi Matt, thank you… really appreciated the info on downloading maps. One question… when downloading multiple maps do they seamlessly work together offline?

[@OzarkOverlandAdventures]

Yes they do.

[@rls63]

This is great for learners. Please think of doing one on saving maps. I always get the to much data pop up and not sure what to do to get anything of size saved. Thanks

[@OzarkOverlandAdventures]

Thanks! I covered that at the end of the video.

[@jakemaughan3818]

Easily the best Gaia video made. I cant wait for the organization video and route planning. I have so much crap saved that its hard to find what I am looking for. I use OnX to find trails, and Gaia for route planning, navigation, tracking, and saving important information. If Gaia just implemented offroad trails nearby instead of hiking, i dont think OnX would be that much competition.

[@OzarkOverlandAdventures]

Thanks!!! Gaia partners with TrailsOffroad.com for the off-road trails.

[@jakemaughan3818]

@@OzarkOverlandAdventures Interesting! I didnt know that. I hope they are working on a similar system to OnX's Discovery system of nearby trails. That is literally the only reason I dont use Gaia for everything. Keep up the awesome videos!

[@KenEh.]

Hey Matt! Question for ya… “Any idea as to way on an iPad you can’t get the perspective of the horizon to change like you can on any home computer like a PC or iMac? Tried to get an answer from the app developer but no one ever gives a reply 😒

[@ccwstraightshooter9761]

Matt, I use my iphone to download maps and routes for my overlanding trips. When I do that I do not download satellite data so my phone memory doesn't get maxed out. However, would like to download those same maps onto my iPad pro as well which does not have GPS capability but much more memory built in (I bought the non-cell service iPad pro model) My question is... How do I download the same maps to both my iphone and iPad pro but only include satellite data on my iPad pro but not on my iphone. Although I use my iphone to navigate using the iphone's GPS I still use my iPad pro to zoom in and out to explore what's around me and that is why I want downloaded satellite data. Thoughts?

[@engmas-nq5ye]

If am using the app in Oman Which is the best layer can i use.the main using for hiking in offline areas.

[@GetOutOverland]

So wierd, I'm in California and just have Gaia Overland on and cannot ever get the top 8th of just Northern California to download. To try to download just the northern 1/3 of Cali is 496000 tiles? Any ideas of what I am doing wrong?

[@TheBigBlueMarble]

What about South America?

[@Twobbles83]

Can you drive on county roads and forest roads. The county roads are a solid grey line and they dont change colors or anything when i turn on the mvum map on gaia

[@OzarkOverlandAdventures]

County roads wont be on the MVUM overlay. They are county roads, not forest service roads. Of course you can drive them.

[@Twobbles83]

Im heading to ouachita national forest wednsday. I just got gaia friday still learning how to use it. First time trying overlanding

[@iany1958]

is it possible to load a GPX file to GAIA witout the premium membership ?

[@OzarkOverlandAdventures]

I don't think so.

[@jammy93981]

Does Gaia have a legend what all the little dots mean?

[@OzarkOverlandAdventures]

Each map has it's own legend. On a mobile device, hit the little i in the bottom right corner.

[@wanderingheathen]

What is your Gaia gps code please? The link won't allow me to get the discount n.

[@OzarkOverlandAdventures]

It's not a code. You just use the link. Have you already had a premium account?

[@raycox6739]

In your map layers I seen google street. Is this a map sources layer

[@OzarkOverlandAdventures]

There is a way to load custom maps but I forgot how I did it. 😂

[@paultannahill5043]

Great video, but now that Gaia has updated the mobile app interface, you’ve got to produce a new video! That’s the life of a screencaster. 😅

[@OzarkOverlandAdventures]

You on Android?

[@paultannahill5043]

@@OzarkOverlandAdventures nope, iOS.

[@OzarkOverlandAdventures]

@@paultannahill5043 hmmm. I haven’t noticed an app interface change on my iPhone yet.

[@howardboucher7031]

What is this web version I hear about? Could someone post a link?

[@OzarkOverlandAdventures]

gaiagps.com

[@thomaspeak5340]

I accidentally pressed the wrong button on the top of my Gaia app and now it's showing 3 record and camera on the top of the screen and can't figure out what I did and how to fix it lol

[@OzarkOverlandAdventures]

Tap that area again and change what's there.

[@thomaspeak5340]

@@OzarkOverlandAdventures ty so much it was driving me bonkers lol

[@thomaspeak5340]

I still planning on wheeling with y'all as soon as I can get a few issues worked out on my SUV 🙏

[@Nolgore]

24:37

[@Joes-Adventures71]

I have Gaia and ONX. I use ONX because it's super easy to use and just WORKS. It's simple any easy.

[@OzarkOverlandAdventures]

What it does it does well. I just can't stand the maps and the downloading of the maps.

[@jeffmclinn3168]

Great presentation. Goodbye Netflix, hello GAIA premium.. an a lot cheaper.. thanks

[@user-mk5rs2kc8c]

So many off roading video app videos. Hardly anyone is in shape to do any real backcountry hikes, so few video's are comparing the hiking versions of these apps.

[@OzarkOverlandAdventures]

I use Gaia for hiking all the time.

[@RacingPhil69]

What annoys me about Gaia is the poor performance. The iPad app as well as the browser web app is super slow responding. I am from Europe and since the european data is very limited (compared to the US) I use Gaia mostly for planning, creating and importing GPS tracks. It requires so much clicks and time to do that, the folder structure view is a mess. I do not understand why they do not improve that...

[@aactor57]

Obviously Apple centric. Need to find an android/PC channel

[@OzarkOverlandAdventures]

All the cool people use apple. 🤷🏼‍♂️😂 JKJK

[@aactor57]

But the control freaks use Linux. And yes Android is Linux.@@OzarkOverlandAdventures