Community

Forum menu
Whats the best open...
 

[Closed] Whats the best open street map offline mapping app?

 Ewan
Posts: 4392
Free Member
Topic starter
 

Hi all,

Off to get rained on in snowdonia this weekend - can anyone recommend me an app that allows offline mapping (based on Open street map rather than OS)? I used motion X GPS on my old iphone but that doesn't seem to exist on Android.

Ideally one that will let you store the offline maps on an SD card.

Thanks!


 
Posted : 24/03/2016 10:50 am
Posts: 36
Free Member
 

back country navigator can cache open street maps (choose from the Worldwide map raster list)


 
Posted : 24/03/2016 10:56 am
Posts: 31206
Full Member
 

Viewranger supports OpenStreetMap and OpenCycleMap offline.

iPhone and Android apps available.


 
Posted : 24/03/2016 11:06 am
Posts: 2642
Free Member
 

Maps.me


 
Posted : 24/03/2016 11:25 am
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

+1 for Maps.Me.
You can download the whole country at once, and can be stored on the SD card. It uses vector maps, which makes a lot more sense than rasters, as it needs less memory, and you can zoom in as much as you want.
Can also do routing for car or foot, all offline.


 
Posted : 24/03/2016 12:19 pm
 Ewan
Posts: 4392
Free Member
Topic starter
 

Just downloaded maps.me - doesn't seem to have the level of detail i need for hiking / biking - e.g. no contours. Am I missing a trick?


 
Posted : 24/03/2016 1:40 pm
Posts: 2642
Free Member
 

I don't think there are any contours in the standard Openstreetmap.


 
Posted : 24/03/2016 1:57 pm
Posts: 31206
Full Member
 

OpenCycleMap has contours.

(It uses public domain height data from [url= http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/SRTM ]NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission[/url])


 
Posted : 24/03/2016 1:58 pm