Foundations of Digital Mapping – April, 2nd

Topics

• Custom Gaia GPS Layers (we’ll add a Google Earth layer)
• Building a route in Gaia
• Downloading maps to your phone
• Review Mountain Forecast to plan hikes

Homework

1. Find an interesting mountain on https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Kings-Peak/forecasts/4123
   • Note what the coldest daytime temperature was this week. King’s Peak is forecast to have a wind chill of -22F!
   • How tall is the mountain?
   • Add a waypoint for the peak and add a note about why you think it’s interesting
2. Create a folder in Gaia and add tow or more waypoints of hikes you would like to do.
   • Name the waypoint
   • Pick a custom icon (I like to use the car or the P icon to indicate where I would park)

Other Interesting custom Gaia Layers:
Remove the space between https : before pasting into Gaia.

ESRI Worldview:
https://server.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/World_Imagery/MapServer/tile/{z}/{y}/{x}

ESRI National Geographic:
https://services.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/NatGeo_World_Map/MapServer/tile/{z}/{y}/{x}

Google Maps:
https://mt1.google.com/vt/lyrs=m&x={x}&y={y}&z={z}

Google Terrain:
https://mt1.google.com/vt/lyrics=t&x={x}&y={y}&z={z}

Google Terrain Hybrid:
https://mt1.google.com/vt/lyrs=p&x={x}&y={y}&z={z}

Google Satellite Hybrid:
https://mt1.google.com/vt/lyrs=y&x={x}&y={y}&z={z}