What Is The Best Topo Map App For iPad

[landcruising]

Have you guys had a look at the Galileo app. You can download maps from various providers: Google map, Bing, OSM, Sattelite or terrain, and build them to use in your iPhone, iPad, iPod. Works great in combination with external gps devices.

Adventurous greetings,
Coen

[RobRed]

Have you guys had a look at the Galileo app. You can download maps from various providers: Google map, Bing, OSM, Sattelite or terrain, and build them to use in your iPhone, iPad, iPod. Works great in combination with external gps devices.

Adventurous greetings,
Coen

Looks like a lot of "in app" purchases to make it work.


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[jCubed]

Yes, in the iPad version I'll be including topographic maps layers to enable the maps to be zoomed out beyond what the USGS maps provide. It's unfortunate but many people confused satellite imagery with aerial photography and wound up getting something they weren't expecting. The only purpose for the satellite imagery pack was to provide the ability to zoom out beyond the USGS maps. As always, I'm happy to refund your sat-map purchase if it isn't satisfactory, and I'll do my best to create a separate sat-map/aerial photo layer for Overland Navigator 3.0 (free upgrade for you) that includes aerial photography when zoomed in.

The description from the webstore:

Global Satellite Imagery-Pack
Includes satellite imagery for the entire world prepared for immediate use with Overland Navigator. Packaged as a 5 DVD set containing nearly 20gb of compressed satellite imagery, Overland Navigator index files, automated installer, and Installation Guide. Satellite Imagery only, does not include aerial photography. Useful at state to global scales.

• Global Satellite Imagery - 1:1000k to Global Scales
• Images have been compressed and indexed for immediate hassle free use in Overland Navigator.
• Satellite imagery for the entire world at 8 levels having pixel resolutions of 250m, 500m, 1km, 2km, 4km, 8km, 16km, 32km
• Can be used simultaneously with Overland Navigator USGS Topographic maps.
• **Requires Overland Navigator Software (purchased separately)

Craig

I've been a long time user of MotionX Drive & GPS on both my iPhone and iPad. I've got it mounted now in my Tundra and use it daily for work and play. My only complaint is downloading of maps but from what I understand there is no better way to get all the maps I want. Some times makes me wonder if I shouldn't buy a Garmin as a backup if I don't download the right maps.

How do you plan to do this? I guess I'm a little confused about the DVDs, will this be an option on the iPad as well? To maybe just download from a source vs the Internet.

I appreciate you taking your time to great what sounds like will be a very cool app. Can't wait to see more!

[HillbillyfromAL]

Will the Overland Navigator app work on the iPhone4S? If so count me in

[spressomon]

I've been a long time user of MotionX Drive & GPS on both my iPhone and iPad. I've got it mounted now in my Tundra and use it daily for work and play. My only complaint is downloading of maps but from what I understand there is no better way to get all the maps I want. Some times makes me wonder if I shouldn't buy a Garmin as a backup if I don't download the right maps.

How do you plan to do this? I guess I'm a little confused about the DVDs, will this be an option on the iPad as well? To maybe just download from a source vs the Internet.

I appreciate you taking your time to great what sounds like will be a very cool app. Can't wait to see more!

FWIW, National Geographic's Trails app for iPad feature 1:24,000 scale topo maps. And they download in a fraction of the time and hassle compared to MotionX. Not DVD transfer rates mind you but relatively tolerable given the NG scale. Too bad NG Trails topo for iPad is so buggy...

Hurry up Craig!

[RobRed]

If you want USGS mapping this works well http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/topo-...306014271?mt=8 and the Topo's take about 15 secs over 3G to download. They can cache for offline use.

It's not a super polished app and some things in the UI are quirky but for strait mapping with a GPS position overlay it's decent.

[Rocket-scientist]

I just started using the Topomaps app on my IPad 2. I have the dual 150A bluetooth GPS receiver on the dash and the IPad mounted in a Ram suction cup on my wins shield.

Thus far the App does what it says, I have a moving display of my position on USGS quads. The maps are not up to date, but I've actually been able to use that to find old roads that are closed but still passable. Not many frills on the App, but if all you want is an easy to see map it works better than having 100+ large paper maps to deal with.

The Dual GPS status App is really useful. It shows the battery life remaining on the receiver, satellite signal strength and other useful information in a really slick look.

I was worried about the mount vibrating but so far it works really well, but I have yet to do anything crazy with the IPad mounted.