thinking of leaving Gaia.. OnX?

[nakman]

Just came back from a trip where I forgot to start my Gaia tracking while we still had cell service, and referred to one of the other guys Onx app. I was blown away by how much clearer the maps were with Onx. I could zoom right in our camp site and see some old logs that were there, while Gaia could not zoom in as far and just showed a blurry clearing.

Yeah. I have had similar experiences while backpacking... trading phones with a OnX guy and he looks at my Gaia. that's why I made the switch.

And I've been forcing myself to use OnX pretty much exclusively, it's a little big of a drag losing all waypoints from Gaia but not a big deal as I already know where most of them are, or at least the ones that matter.

One feature it lacks though, prehaps I just don't get it yet is being able to export a route as a .kml for Google Earth, or a .gpx track that I can email. It's like they want you to just share it with other users within the OnX software... again maybe I just don't know how to do this yet, but I thought one of the cool tricks with Gaia was being able to create something then just share it with anyone, even if they don't have the software.

 

[On the RX]

A features i am looking for is being able to track a route, drop pins with notes or photos, and share with anyone I choose whether they have that specific program or not. I would like for us as a club to have the ability to accurately mark and add a photo of areas that need attention, then share that with a group that are going out to do volunteer work as well as with the FS to show them precise locations of issues or areas that were repaired.

 

[nakman]

Ok that got me trying to figure this out again.. I found the Export feature. So here's the link OnX provides when I want to "share" a route:

onX Offroad

webmap.onxmaps.com

But when I get into my saved items, I see that I can export the .gpx and .kml files, just like with Gaia. I'm curious how these look to you, like without an OnX account can you see that route? Or does it make you create an account? And then can you open up the attached?

 

[MountainGoat]

Ok that got me trying to figure this out again.. I found the Export feature. So here's the link OnX provides when I want to "share" a route:

onX Offroad

webmap.onxmaps.com

But when I get into my saved items, I see that I can export the .gpx and .kml files, just like with Gaia. I'm curious how these look to you, like without an OnX account can you see that route? Or does it make you create an account? And then can you open up the attached?

I couldn't open the link without signing up.

The attachment opened up fine for me in Gaia: