#GPX VIEWER BACKPACKING HOW TO#
#GPX VIEWER BACKPACKING PASSWORD#
#GPX VIEWER BACKPACKING DOWNLOAD#

If you have previously installed one of the applications I mention above, or some other application that understands GPX files, opening the downloaded GPX file with your smartphone should show you on a topographic map how this 4 km trail goes.Īnd if you travel to Finland and decide to explore Pallas-Yllästunturi NP, you can follow this nature trail with your smartphone and this GPX file. If you read this blog entry with your smartphone and touch Varkaankuru Velhopolku link above, your smartphone downloads the GPX file of that trail. Kiilopää–Luirojärvi circuit on the other hand is a six to seven days backpacking tour in Urho Kekkonen NP, outside marked trails. Varkaankuru Velhopolku is a short well marked nature trail in Pallas-Yllästunturi NP, very suitable for day hiking. I’ll post here two examples of the GPX tracks I’ve created for my book. More on Map apps on my earlier blog post. See, for example, Locus Maps, GPX Viewer or Oruxmaps, in your application store. There are many map applications for smartphones into which you can import GPX tracks.

#GPX VIEWER BACKPACKING HOW TO#

If your system is different, I believe you’ll still get the idea of how handy GPX tracks can be, and you can find out how to make them work in your device. No, I’ll concentrate here on smartphones and to be more precise, on Android. If you use a GPS navigator or a wristwatch with GPS, you probably know how your own device works, and I’m not an expert on every device.

#GPX VIEWER BACKPACKING DOWNLOAD#

How to use the GPX tracks? You can download the GPX file to your GPS navigator, smartphone map application or wristwatch GPS and use it while hiking.

#GPX VIEWER BACKPACKING PASSWORD#

You need a password to access page GPS tracks, the password can be found in book page 128.) You’ll find a new subpage “GPX tracks” then on the header bar. I have created a GPX track for over 130 trails or hiking suggestions, and I will publish those GPS tracks here on my blog as soon as the book is out.

There are good topographic maps and ton of photos in the book, and also waypoint lists, but it’s not possible to fit all the trails and hiking suggestions on maps with book page dimensions. In the book I present the Finnish way of hiking, our nature, seasons, the wilderness skills and gear needed and so on, and also I describe the very best hiking destinations in Finland. My guidebook Hiking in Finland – Day trips and Backpacking Expeditions was published in June 2019. If you download a GPX track of a hiking trail, your satellite navigator, or GPS wristwatch or smartphone shows you how the trail goes, and whether you are on the trail or if you have walked astray. Simply put, a GPX track is a set of coordinates that defines a specific route. However, there’s no denying that modern technology helps a lot with navigating, if you wish so.Īre you familiar with GPX tracks? A year ago I wasn’t, but now I know something about them. I’m fond of navigating the good old way, that is, with a map and compass.

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