Thread: Best Topo/GPS app

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.

Originally Posted by RUMPY

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

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

Third one down

Top one

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

Originally Posted by Mohawk .308

Top one

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.

Originally Posted by MB

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Originally Posted by Cigar

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.

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.

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