SAFETY. Everyone gets lost on the plateau. -
Don't get lost for long as this causes rescue plans to be initiated. -
Install a GPS app (e.g. OSMand) first. +
Don't get lost for long as this causes rescue plans to be initiated. +
Don't be misled by the apparent simplicity of the tracks. The plateau is very broken and is an unremitting extent of cliffs, holes and impassable dwarf-larch scrub ("bunde" as it is known on expo). You can be 5m from the route and have lost it entirely. The walk to and from + col leading to the plateau is comparatively easy is it is an obvious path, and marked and signposted in the earlier section.
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+There is no such thing as a quick installation procedure for iPhones. The prefered app is gaia GPS.
+If the quick start doesn't work for you, go to the general instructions further down this page.
+When using your phone for prospecting for new caves, or refinding old entrances, there are two further usefull files that you should consider downloading:
+If you are looking for how to upload one of your own GPS tracks, go to gpxupload. +
+ +The OsmAnd documentation says: +
-So get this essential data onto your phone (or handheld GPS). +More documentation on this to follow... +
Install a GPS app (e.g. OSMand) first. +
Do one of
+or, if you can't get those to work
+ + @@ -45,39 +93,10 @@ So get this essential data onto your phone (or handheld GPS). -SAFETY. Turn on location tracking in Google Maps (or OsmAnd) before you leave the car park and share your location with someone you know at basecamp and also with someone you know at top camp. This will show your last known location if you walk into an area of bad signal. -
-We have a file of the wiggly tracks of the paths we regularly take: from Loser Alm car park to the col, top camp and caves currently being visited. Download the GPX from the links in the table above. - -
Also available for download are the Austrian "kataster boundaries": these are not paths but separate areas with -different mapping designations. -These are the smooth, curved lines. They are used by prospectors when naming new caves. - -The file also includes all the cave entrances for the entire Schwartzmooskögel system (SMK).
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-Don't be misled by the apparent simplicity of the above tracks. The plateau is very broken and is -an unremitting extent of cliffs, holes and impassable dwarf-larch scrub ("bunde" as it is known on expo). -You can be 5m from the route and have lost it entirely. The walk to and from -col leading to the plateau is comparatively easy is it is an obvious path, and marked and signposted in the earlier section. - -
Do one of
-or, if you can't get those to work
- -BEFORE you download the gpx file, install OSMand on your phone. Then, when the download happens, you will be prompted as to which app you want to use to veiw the file and you can select OSMand - but only if you installed OSMand first.
Use the links in the table at the top of the page. @@ -91,14 +110,12 @@ as to which app you want to use to veiw the file and you can select OSMand - but
-OSMand defaults to not displaying labels on the caves. Go to 'configure map', and turn on 'Point Labels (POI, Favourites)'.
- -This is where it gets tricky because every device and phone app does this differently.
-This should work the same way whether you have an iPhone or an Android phone. @@ -107,21 +124,7 @@ This should work the same way whether you have an iPhone or an Android phone.
On android phones, this may be best achieved by installing from F-Droid rather than the plan store
-The map area to download is Austria - Upper Austria.
- - - -The OsmAnd documentation says: -
-More documentation on this to follow... - -
On iPhones the prefered app is gaia GPS
- -Connect the GPS device to your laptop (or the expo laptop) using the USB cable. A folder will open on the laptop showing the contents of the device.