You'd probably be better off not trying to navigate using GPS in China in the first place, given the whole mapping situation there.

dewey 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

Most popular hiking apps (Gaia GPS, AllTrails etc.) support the standard used in China, do you think people just navigate with paper maps there?

	▲	LorenPechtel 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		AllTrails couldn't find "Shanghai", but my subscription lapsed years ago. Gaia is what I use on the ground but it's about where you are, not about where the trail is.....but I'm finding one of the ancient roads. A bit of a mess but it looks viable. GPS works properly in China, it's just the maps are a lie. If someone made a .gpx of a trail someone else could use it. The line is pointy and a bit disjoint so I suspect someone uploaded points to Open Street Map.

You made me curious and I found this article detailing some background https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restrictions_on_geographic_dat...