Best Topo/GPS app

Howdy all. I was happily using ViewRanger for years, found it to be a great app. It was semi-recently taken over buy a crowd called Outdooractive, and I hate their app. If you’re a free user it has adds everywhere, and I’d paid for the NZ wide Topo maps on ViewRanger which I now can’t use.

What’s everyone using these days? All I want is offline GPS plotting and 1:50,000 Topo, with the ability to mark waypoints etc. Don’t need all of the fancy hiking/tourism features that a lot have now.

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Nztopo50


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Not sure if it does the plotting though


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I keep going back to iHikeGPS. Great interface and easy/clear map download. Only downside is that it doesn't have satellite overlay or hunting areas marked. For this, I use NZ Topo Maps. I only used the latter to make sure I haven't strolled on to private land or occasionally, to find clearings, not that there are any in Northland!

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Originally Posted by HOO

Not sure if it does the plotting though


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yep, it has a record function. I don't put many markers on it but I sure find the map more user friendly than my Garmin 64

NZ topo and its not expensive, has mostly replaced my GPS as its so good

NZ TOPO50 - one off payment of around 5-6 bucks. Rate it.

yeah i use NZTopo50 as well. Nothing fancy and does what I need it to do. I pretty much only use the 'create' and 'record' feature besides the actual map and compass.

Another good android one is Topo GPS. Only about $7 from memory and has the whole country at 1:50k

Nztopo50. Be careful which one you buy. There are a few that look similar in the app store

New Zealand maps.pro version
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...is.nzmaps.free
It's the best

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Originally Posted by tanqueray

Howdy all.
What’s everyone using these days? All I want is offline GPS plotting and 1:50,000 Topo, with the ability to mark waypoints etc. Don’t need all of the fancy hiking/tourism features that a lot have now.

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We use Topo GPS daily at work with zero complaints or issues. Does everything you have highlighted there really well.
You also get the the whole country in the one purchase.

Great, thanks fellas


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NZTopo50 no question

NZ Topo50
The dev is in nz and really good with feedback.


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I got stung by the Viewranger app closing too, real shame they couldn't have just left it alone it was way better than the Outdooractive one.

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Originally Posted by RUMPY

Nztopo50. Be careful which one you buy. There are a few that look similar in the app store

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Which one are you using? This is what I get if I search NZTopo50

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Third one down :cool:

Top one

I use to use viewranger,very good.Now (outdooractive)=LINZ,Free off line,good map tracking and accurate.

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Top one

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It looks like the top one is South island only, and 2nd one is North Island only.

I use NZTopo 50 south. Its excellent. Works offline, Can switch between topo and satellite layers, plot and mark stuff, even has some of the ballot areas split into their blocks. I downloaded the north island when I was on a ram stud tour just for shits and giggles while we were driving around.

Had a go with NZ Topo50 on a day tramp. It's good, certainly on the main map page. I like the arrows which show direction of travel and offline satellite images toggle. Hunting areas are shown. Not so keen on the recording of routes and searching waypoints. Couldn't find my route after I finished recording and the waypoints page is very confusing with literally every place in NZ listed. Wish I could delete that list. Overall, it's a great app, maybe I just need to spend more time using it.

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Had a go with NZ Topo50 on a day tramp. It's good, certainly on the main map page. I like the arrows which show direction of travel and offline satellite images toggle. Hunting areas are shown. Not so keen on the recording of routes and searching waypoints. Couldn't find my route after I finished recording and the waypoints page is very confusing with literally every place in NZ listed. Wish I could delete that list. Overall, it's a great app, maybe I just need to spend more time using it.

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I have that problem with the waypoint list too, I'm going to look into editing it down one night when I'm bored, it should be possible to do.

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Originally Posted by Happy Jack

I have that problem with the waypoint list too, I'm going to look into editing it down one night when I'm bored, it should be possible to do.

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If you work out how to do it, let me know please. In the meantime, I have emailed the developer and will report back.

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Originally Posted by MB

If you work out how to do it, let me know please. In the meantime, I have emailed the developer and will report back.

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In the "Search" menu where all the different places are shown, change the "Show" filter in the top left to "User". This will just show your stuff.

Have only just installed the app, so far pretty impressed.

spent 6 weeks hunting sika in the roar 2021 using the 3rd one down uses bugger all power always being on logging position can use offline aswell just select an area and cache map, worked very well
has a gps62s and ended up selling it at the end of the roar never used it other then marking camp as a backup to the phone

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I have that problem with the waypoint list too, I'm going to look into editing it down one night when I'm bored, it should be possible to do.

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If you work out how to do it, let me know please. In the meantime, I have emailed the developer and will report back.

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Steve the developer got back to me really quickly. It seems that you can't delete the preloaded waypoints, but you can hide them on the map via settings and as cbfb says, you can hide them on the search screen by tapping "user" so you will only see your own personal waypoints.

I used the NZ Topo50 app on my phone today for the first time. I haven't gone through the post-match analysis but I was impressed with how well it worked.
At one point it had us on the wrong side of a stream - but checking my GPS it was the same so a map issue not the app.
Then later on it wasn't giving me a position - but checking the GPS it had lost satellite reception too, so onece again not the fault of the app.

Where the app definitely beat the GPS was showing which direction you are facing.

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I used the NZ Topo50 app on my phone today for the first time. I haven't gone through the post-match analysis but I was impressed with how well it worked.
At one point it had us on the wrong side of a stream - but checking my GPS it was the same so a map issue not the app.
Then later on it wasn't giving me a position - but checking the GPS it had lost satellite reception too, so onece again not the fault of the app.

Where the app definitely beat the GPS was showing which direction you are facing.

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This shows the recorded tracks from the GPS (blue line) and the app on my iphone (green). The bottom bit of the loop is where I had a lack of satellite reception on both devices, prior to that the tracks are virtually identical.
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OsmAnd. Excellent app, download the layers you like and choose which to display. Needs a lot of room on your phone to download the data. No good for finding addresses at all, it's not about that. It's about GPS, tracks, roads and topo:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...t.osmand&gl=US

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Originally Posted by Strummer

Another good android one is Topo GPS. Only about $7 from memory and has the whole country at 1:50k

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This. Really easy to use, can get additional satellite imagery and both sets of maps are higher resolution that NZ TOPO 50 app. It doesn't show hunting areas however.

I am not an Apps funs, but believe modern tech could make things easier, not simpler. How many of outdoor people are still like old school, printed map of BY,BA-xxx, a good compass and a watch to explore the wild? The only reason I will carry a GPS, may just for evidence when I come to a "place" ... such as...