Topo Maps App Reviews

This is a well thought-out app with intuitive interface and lots of options. Fills a much-needed niche of on-board topo maps - which are downloaded for free from NRCan (for Canada) via a simple tile interface or via Search, which seems to be pretty comprehensive. Touch-and-hold controls are a nice touch (not intuitive - but help manual is very complete). Now - with a basic topo viewer, the next step is to provide an ability to save waypoints, record a trek (start, pause, save), share a trek (out to GoogleMaps/Earth via kml), view elevation profile of a trek, measure distances, etc etc.. (this is where the 5th star would come from). Great start with new features to follow hopefully! Defintely worth the modest price - Check this app out - Drew

Well thought app

Now I can find my way when Im out of cell range :) This app works great! I hope they add the option to add waypoints and tracks.

I could see myself using this for work purposes now. It would be nice to have the option to E-Mail the link of the topo map to view from desktop. I would also like to see the blue dot feature to track your movement that is standard in the IPhone Google map app. This would than be ideal for hiking if cell signal is not available. I think this app has good potential. ----------------------------- Update: The more I use this the more impressed I am with the features. I really like the elevation and coordinate feature. I am surprised how accurate this is as you move around the map. I also like that you can change the units and coordinate system just by clicking on it. It would be nice to have the ability to copy the coordinate. How about giving us 3d renderings of the maps in future updates. This would blow our socks off. Thanks for the app.

Best value for money of any iPhone app I have ever tried! Outstanding.

Free topo maps of Canada super duper stuff

The best advantage of the application is the price, which is quite competitive. Maps are easy to load and view, although each high definition map takes almost 50M memory (simple paper scans), so the available memory should be considered. I have rated the application as 3 stars instead of the 5 because of the following functionality must be a part of any topographical application (at least from my point of view): 1. Real time GPS tracking. To find the current position on the map a user has to touch a small "button" on the screen. How I suppose to track my real time movement on 4X4, ATV, bike, etc.? There should be a way to lock GPS tracking so it would refresh the current position automatically (I believe its not a hard thing to add though). 2. Dropping a pin with description (like camp, waypoint etc.). In case if you found a place which you would like to visit again - you should be able to store the location. Ability to add pictures to the stored locations could be a very nice feature too (after all, iPhone has a camera). 3. Storing tracks. That was a bit surprising a topo map application does not have this functionality. 4. I think the user interface could be neater too. The most annoying thing is the thick blue crosshair of the current GPS position - it is so huge that it even does not fit the screen when you zoom to the maximum level of details. Although the crosshair is partially transparent, I believe the application will look much better with some small and nice 3D pointer which would not grow or shrink when you zoom the map. I hope the mentioned functionality would be included in one of the next versions, and then I would definitely give the app the highest rating.

I have been a map junkie all my life and now I have a huge collection of maps from the BC Coasts mountains with me at all times!

I like this app but for the price I would like to see a few things added First off the located is to big and blocks out everything else Second I cannot ad waypoints or mark my path, or find a certain destination. Please upgrade to allow for this. And this will be the best and most useful app I know

horrible application the map are not up to date and are simply paper maps. YOU HEARD ME! No sattalite or hybrid! No CaNaDa MAPS!!! Good if free but its not. Waste of money.

Awesome application, a must have for any backwoods buff. However, maps are not up to date for Canada - for the areas Ive downloaded already. There are more recent paper editions. UPDATE: obtain and add the Adventure Maps by chrismar and ill gladly pay 400% more than current price. This just needs trail markings.

Good idea to have topo maps handy in the palm of your hand. However the maps are so outdated they are almost useless around urban area. I could onLy get coordinates in lat and long no utm. They mean well but have a lot of improvement to make.

This app is quite impressive. It gives you access topo maps of all North America. That makes it extremely good value. I had a customer support question which was answered almost immediately. Im not aware of another topo map app for Canada.

Maps are way out of date . Were talking at least 30 years. No joke! Lots of room for improvment. Now if they could acquire "BackWoods Canada" maps then wed see the thousands of miles of logging roads that are out there. Nice for having some kind of map handy, but my Garmin GPS blows this away and I loaded my up-to-date topoCanada maps in it also. This app is "OK" just for play but I dont play around in the bush when your life may depends on it. I hope they actually begin to get serious with this app. Theres a lot of possibilities to take advantage of in the future of maps and GPS. So far this app looks like its been quickly pieced together for a quick buck. Now lets get on with some serious updates. We only got .99 worth of our $7.99 investment so far. Time will tell. On my Bubble scale I say 3 bubbles out of ten.

I read many reviews here are my comments for Canada a topo map sells for $16 so this is worth the money. Out of date yes but the majority of topo maps are very old. Make sure you have. Wifi maps are very large. Overall I am having fun for the price cheers

To bad they are from the 70s

You are better of with google earth and mapquest. Really....thats all this program is.

Canadian maps are horrible. Nothing compare to the maps on the government website. Save your money!!

Great canada and us maps. A bit outdated but mountains dont move. Need new map service with logging roads!

This is a great piece of ingenuity any way you look at it. Its not their fault the govt of Canada still relies on 30 year old topos to supply public demand. Realize that they scanned those paper maps and synched them to your fricken telephone!!!!! What have YOU accomplished other than grammatically and factually incorrect app reviews. Keep up the good work. And keep the updates coming. Some great suggestions here.