Contents: GaiaGPS printing

About GaiaGPS printing
Quickstart guide

About GaiaGPS printing

This has to be the easiest printing tool to use and works a treat. It offers a range of paper sizes that include A4, A3 and A2. It ‘prints’ an Acrobat PDF file. So you can check the map before using up precious printer ink producing the paper copy.

OS mapping isn’t available on the GaiaGPS platform and unless you subscribe to GaiaGPS the printing option is limited to the ‘Gaia Topo (feet)’ map.

This OSM-based mapping has pretty good contour detail and shows the usual OSM paths but lacks crag markings. However, if your route through the hills is on paths then this provides usable mapping to take out with your GPS tools.

Quickstart guide

You need to be registered (free) with GaiaGPS to use the print tool. Register here.

When successfully registered…

• Go to the GaiaGPS planner and in ‘Layers’ make sure that ‘Gaia Topo (feet)’ is ticked.
• If you want your route highlighted on the printout then plot it on the map first or import a GPX file of the route.
• Import a GPX file by clicking ‘Import Data’ on the left, then the ‘Select Files’ button to choose your route GPX file and finally ‘Save 1 item’. The route will appear on the map.
• Now click ‘Print Map’ in the left hand column.
• Under the ‘Print’ heading select the orientation, paper size and tick ‘show compass’.
• Drag and zoom the map around in the map window to taste. Simple.
• Clicking ‘Export PDF’ should download it to the browsers default ‘downloads’ folder.
• If you’re happy with the PDF then print it to paper. All done.