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<h2 id="tophead">CUCC Expedition Handbook</h2> <h2 id="tophead">CUCC Expedition Handbook</h2>
<h1>Essential GPS information</h1> <h1>Essential GPS information</h1>
<h2>GPS basics for safety</h2>
<p><b>SAFETY</b>. Everyone <a href="/guidebook/plateau.html">gets lost on the plateau</a>. <p><b>SAFETY</b>. Everyone <a href="/guidebook/plateau.html">gets lost on the plateau</a>.
<p>Don't get lost for long as this causes rescue plans to be initiated. <p>Don't get lost for long as this causes rescue plans to be initiated.
<p>Install a GPS app (e.g. OSMand) <em>first</em>. <h3>What EVERYONE needs to do</h3>
<ul>
<li>Install a GPS app on your phone.</li>
<li>Download the locations of key cave entrances, camps and other landmarks and the paths between them.</li>
<li>When walking on the plateau, turn on <b>location tracking</b> in Google Maps, or your GPS app, before you leave the car park and share your location with someone you know at base camp and/or top camp.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Don't be misled by the apparent simplicity</b> 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 <a href="/guidebook/walkin.htm">walk to and from</a>
col leading to the plateau is comparatively easy is it is an obvious path, and marked and signposted in the earlier section.</p>
<a href="http://expo.survex.com/expofiles/gpslogs/essentials/"><img width=60% src="gps-essentials/essentials2024divert.jpg" alt="screenshot of the GPS file"></a>
<h3>Quick start for Android devices, 2024</h3>
<ul>
<li>Install OsmAnd from the Play Store (recommended GPS app)</li>
<li>In the settings in OsmAnd, go to Maps & Resources -> Europe -> Austria -> Upper Austria and download the standard map.</li>
<li>Download the essential tracks and waypoints by long pressing on <a download href="gps-essentials/essentials2024divert.gpx">this link</a>. You should be presented with the option to open the file with OsmAnd - do this.</li>
<li>OsmAnd defaults to not displaying labels on the waypoints (caves and camps). Tap on a point to reveal what it represents. To override this behavior, go to 'configure map', and turn on 'Point Labels (POI, Favourites)'.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Quick start for iPhones</h3>
<p>There is no such thing as a quick installation procedure for iPhones. The prefered app is gaia GPS.</p>
<p><b>If the quick start doesn't work for you, go to the <a href="#general">general instructions</a> further down this page.</b></p>
<h2>GPS for prospecting</h2>
<p>When using your phone for prospecting for new caves, or refinding old entrances, there are two further usefull files that you should consider downloading:</p>
<ul>
<li><a download href="gps-essentials/entrances2024.gpx">entrances2024</a> - location of all known cave entrances.</li>
<li><a download href="gps-essentials/kataster-boundaries-as-tracks.gpx">kataster-boundaries-as-tracks</a> - these are <b>not paths</b> but separate areas with
different mapping designations.
These are the smooth, curved lines. They are used by prospectors when naming new caves.</li>
</ul>
<p>If you are looking for how to upload one of your own GPS tracks, go to <a href="/handbook/computing/gpxupload.html">gpxupload</a>.
</p>
<p>The OsmAnd documentation says:
<ul>
<li>"The simplest way to view a track you've downloaded is to tap on it in your device's file manager and choose to open it in OsmAnd. After that, you'll see the track in My places - My tracks or in the Dashboard - My tracks."
</ul>
<p> <p>
So get this essential data onto your phone (or handheld GPS). More documentation on this to follow...
<h2 id="general">General instructions</h2>
<p>Install a GPS app (e.g. OSMand) <em>first</em>.
<p>Do one of</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="#down">Download the GPX file from the expo server direct to computer/phone/GPS</a> - recommended
<li><a href="#up">Upload the GPX file to phone/GPS from computer</a>
</ul>
<p>or, if you can't get those to work</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="#sideways">Download the data to your phone from an online GPS app</a>
</ul>
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</table> </table>
<p><b>SAFETY</b>. Turn on <b>location tracking</b> 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.
<ul>
<li>If you are looking for how to upload one of your own GPS tracks, go to <a href="/handbook/computing/gpxupload.html">gpxupload</a>.
</ul>
<p>
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.
<p>Also available for download are the Austrian "kataster boundaries": these are <b>not paths</b> 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 Schwartzmoosk&ouml;gel system (SMK).</p>
<a href="http://expo.survex.com/expofiles/gpslogs/essentials/"><img width=60% src="gps-essentials/essentials2024divert.jpg" alt="screenshot of the GPS file"></a>
<p><b>Don't be misled by the apparent simplicity</b> 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 <a href="/guidebook/walkin.htm">walk to and from</a>
col leading to the plateau is comparatively easy is it is an obvious path, and marked and signposted in the earlier section.
<h2>How to get this essential data onto your device</h2>
<p>Do one of</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="#down">Download the GPX file from the expo server direct to computer/phone/GPS</a> - recommended
<li><a href="#up">Upload the GPX file to phone/GPS from computer</a>
</ul>
<p>or, if you can't get those to work</p>
<ol>
<li><a href="#sideways">Download the data to your phone from an online GPS app</a>
</ol>
<h2 id="down">Download the GPS essentials file from the expo server</h2>
<h4 id="down">Download the GPS essentials file from the expo server</h4>
<p><b>BEFORE</b> you download the gpx file, install OSMand on your phone. Then, when the download happens, you will be prompted <p><b>BEFORE</b> 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. as to which app you want to use to veiw the file and you can select OSMand - but only if you installed OSMand first.
<p>Use the links in the table at the top of the page. <p>Use the links in the table at the top of the page.
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</ol> </ol>
</p> </p>
<p>OSMand defaults to not displaying labels on the caves. Go to 'configure map', and turn on 'Point Labels (POI, Favourites)'.</p> <h4 id="up">Upload the GPS essentials file to your device</h4>
<h2 id="up">Upload the GPS essentials file to your device</h2>
<p> <p>
This is where it gets tricky because every device and phone app does this differently.</p> This is where it gets tricky because every device and phone app does this differently.</p>
<h3>GPS phone apps</h3> <h4>GPS phone apps</h4>
<p> <p>
This should work the same way whether you have an iPhone or an Android phone. This should work the same way whether you have an iPhone or an Android phone.
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<p>On android phones, this may be best achieved by installing from <a href="https://f-droid.org/">F-Droid</a> rather than the plan store</p> <p>On android phones, this may be best achieved by installing from <a href="https://f-droid.org/">F-Droid</a> rather than the plan store</p>
<p>The map area to download is Austria - Upper Austria. </p> <h3>"Modern" Garmin handheld GPS devices</h3>
<p>The OsmAnd documentation says:
<ul>
<li>"The simplest way to view a track you've downloaded is to tap on it in your device's file manager and choose to open it in OsmAnd. After that, you'll see the track in My places - My tracks or in the Dashboard - My tracks."
</ul>
<p>
More documentation on this to follow...
<p>On iPhones the prefered app is gaia GPS</p>
<h3>Modern Garmin handheld GPS devices</h3>
<p> <p>
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 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. of the device.