Description
★ View USGS 1:24,000 topographical maps on your iPhone or iPod touch. ★ Ideal for hiking and other backcountry activities. ★ Map downloads are FREE! ★ Provides more than 69,000 maps covering the United States and Canada, including Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
➽ iPad owners, please see the app "Topo Maps for iPad"
Users write:
❝ I've bought all the topo map apps and I like this the best ❞
❝ Scans are gorgeous, especially compared to terraserver scans used elsewhere ... the interface is exceptionally clean ❞
❝ Downloading maps is easy and fast ... Map displays beautifully and zooms flawlessly ❞
★ Includes Alaska (at 1:24,000 and 1:63,360) and Canada (at 1:50,000).
★ Locate the maps you need on the satellite view. To install a map, touch for about half a second. Touch again to view it.
★ Search by name for over a million towns, peaks, lakes, parks and other features.
★ No network connection is needed once the maps have been installed.
★ Mark waypoints, and import and export waypoint files in GPX, KML and CSV formats.
★ Touch the "current location" button to see where you are. Use the compass to align the map.
★ See coordinates in NAD27 or WGS84 degrees, degrees minutes and seconds, UTM, or MGRS formats.
★ Measure distances (miles, feet and km) and bearings (true and magnetic).
Coverage: this app makes available more than 69,000 maps covering the United States, including Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Canada.
The Maps: these USGS and NRCan maps are the definitive resource for hikers and other backcountry users, and the scans used by this app are of the highest quality. You can make the terrain stand out with hill shading, using simulated sunlight from the direction of your choice.
Downloading: US maps are around 8 MB in size and download in around 10 seconds to 2 minutes on a typical home broadband connection. About 1% of maps then require a 2-minute installation process. Canadian maps are larger. Both cellular data and WiFi can be used, though WiFi is likely to be more reliable in most cases. Please get in touch if you encounter problems while downloading maps.
➔ Do please visit http://topomapsapp.com/ for complete instructions, so that you don't miss any features.
We have many ideas for additional features to add to future versions of this app; if you have ideas or other questions or comments, contact details can be found on the website, http://topomapsapp.com/. The website also has more screenshots and other information.
What's New in Version 1.9.2
This is a minor update for iCloud and iOS 5 compatibility.
Please refer to http://topomapsapp.com/ or the app's help screen for more information.
iPhone Screenshots
Customer Reviews
Fantastic App for USGS quads.
I have reviewed ~60 gps/mapping apps for purposes of backpacking. There are four that stand out as the best available, and (if you are hiking in the U.S.) this is one of them. (The other three are Maplets, Gaia GPS, and GPS Kit). Topo Maps is, hands-down, the best one if the only type of map you want is USGS and you don't care about importing or recording tracks. It is so easy and so elegant. For people serious about using a mapping/gps app as a tool for backpacking, then it's worth getting all four of the apps (they are not expensive) and experimenting to see which one (or combination) best meets your needs. More info about using iPhone as a gps tool for backpacking is covered in an article you can find by googling for adventure alan backpacking iPhone
Fantastic app!
This is my first time reviewing an app. Just used this to navigate on a hut trip in Colorado -- worked better than a Garmin, plus the maps are free.
Thanks
But NOW I need to get a solar recharger for my iPhone. :-) After reading almost every word of ALL the user guide and web pages there is only one issue I've seen. When down loading a map, the app defaults to look at your server and if a download fails from there we have to try time and time again (so far 3G download times are very reasonable). But isn't there a way where users could select the option to continue to wait for your server map(s). Which include the data files and install quickly. Or maybe (if we're in a rip) we could opt to download the files directly from the USGS site??
Otherwise, this app is not only the most expensive app I've ever downloaded. But it's also worth it. Very good quality interface.
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- $7.99
- Category: Navigation
- Updated: Dec 03, 2011
- Version: 1.9.2
- Size: 68.3 MB
- Language: English
- Seller: Philip Endecott
- © 2009-2011 Philip Endecott
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 4.0 or later.
