OnX Off-Road and GAIA GPS are the best mapping/off-road apps/software. This video is both a tutorial and a comparison between the two programs. I have my favorite, which is different from what I hear non-stop on my news feed and from other off-road YouTubers, but I'll show you both so you can make your own decision. The video is broken down into how I use it; Trail navigation, overland trip planning and off-road trail finding.

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00:00 What this video will do
00:48 Let's get to the point
1:23 Download offline maps
1:42 GAIA offline maps tutorial
2:26 OnX offline maps tutorial
3:12 Map layers: basic maps
3:23 Access maps in GAIA GPS
4:09 OnX cards
4:33 My favorite cards!
4:59 Map layers: overlays
5:07 Adding cards in GAIA tutorial
5:27 How OnX organizes its map layers
5:39 OnX vs. GAIA pricing and the vagueness of private lands
6:52 Import GPX files
6:58 Import GPX files into GAIA
7:21 View downloaded GPX files on your GAIA Maps
7:36 Import GPX files into OnX off-road
7:52 Reach routes via these GPS apps
7:59 What I actually use
8:12 If you don't have service, use it to get to the trails
8:39 Maybe in 2023 I'll try to use this way to reach trails
9:00 AM GAIA and OnX with Apple Carplay
9:56 Get route information from your maps
10:24 Get trail info in GAIA
10:52 My problem with OnX Trail Info
11:30 How to get route information from OnX
11:59 Retrieve weather information from OnX and GAIA
12:59 How to plan an overland trip
14:42 The information that recorded tracks give you
16:01 How to find off-road trails in the best way
18:01 OnX vs GAIA Final comparison

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