Support
How Glassing works, and where each layer is available.
Start here
- Start here
Find your way around, download a map, and save your first waypoint.
The map
- Map controls and gestures
Use the bottom bar, inspect a spot, and center the map on your location.
- Find a place, address, or coordinate
Search place names and street addresses, paste coordinates, and find items you saved.
- Ask the map
Type a question into search on glassing.app, and the map moves to the answer.
- Maps and layers
Choose Topo, Satellite, or Hybrid, then use the slope, ownership, and cell coverage layers.
- 3D Terrain and Sunlight
Tilt the map to see mountains in relief, and see where sun and shade fall at any time of day.
- Data coverage
Available areas, offline layers, sources, and dates.
- Ownership coverage
Check parcel boundaries and owner information by state and county.
- Cell Coverage
Choose a carrier, read its reported coverage, and compare service at a spot.
- Trailheads
Find Forest Service and national park trailheads and read the permits, passes and rules on file for each.
- Private land
Read parcel boundaries and access labels, and see why a person's parcel shows an address rather than a name.
- Sources and limits
Check a layer’s source, date, and level of detail.
Out there
- Record a track
Start, pause, and save a recording, or use the controls on Apple Watch.
- Draw and edit a route
Place points, follow trails, and check the elevation profile.
- Follow a route or find a spot
Start directions, read progress, reverse direction, and end navigation.
- Share coordinates with Garmin inReach
Copy a message into Glassing, find the spot, and send a location back.
Your stuff
- Waypoints and photos
Save a location, move its pin, and attach photos.
- Trips and saved items
Find what you saved, change its trip, or hide it from the map.
- Import and export
Bring in GPX, KML, or KMZ files and share saved items as GPX.
- Share a link
Send a waypoint, route, track, or trip as a link, and take it back.
- Print a map
Save a topo sheet from glassing.app as a PDF and print it.
Account
- Account, sync, and support
Sign in on another device, check sync, and get help.
Switching to Glassing
- Coming from Gaia GPS
Bring over your waypoints, tracks, and routes, then organize them into trips.
- Coming from Goat Maps
Bring your saved places, tracks, and routes into Glassing with a GPX file.
- Coming from onX
Import your waypoints and lines, check their symbols, and download maps for your trip.
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