New Zealand (NZ) Topo Map
Free App
Advertisements
About New Zealand (NZ) Topo Map
Topographic map of New Zealand with no limitations:
• View topographic tiles and satellite imagery
• Viewed tiles cached automatically (for offline availability)
• Add unlimited map markers
• Show your location and distance to markers
• Import / export GPS Exchange Format (GPX) waypoints from Google Drive
• Search for places of interest (supports decimal coordinates)
• Navigate with Google Maps interactions (pinch zoom, scroll, rotate, drop marker, drag marker etc)
• Battery conscious (for those that can't recharge every day)
• Fully functional for free! (no lite or pro versions required)
New Zealand (NZ) Topo Map is intended for outdoor enthusiasts who want to mark locations visited or create markers to visit. It does not provide track information, record while walking, show speed etc. It's designed to be lightweight, intuitive, responsive, battery conscious and totally free. Perfect for casual day trips to serious bush excursions.
Developed by an adventurous Kiwi for adventurous Kiwis!
Topographic Map Tiles
The Topo50 map series provides topographic mapping for the New Zealand mainland and Chatham Islands at 1:50,000 scale.
At a scale of 1:50,000, Topo50 maps show geographic features in detail. They are useful for a wide range of activities such as local navigation by vehicle or on foot, locality area planning and study of the environment. Used by a wide variety of groups, Topo50 is the official topographic map series used by New Zealand emergency services.
To produce our Topo50 maps of the New Zealand mainland we use:
• The New Zealand Geodetic Datum 2000 (NZGD2000) – the coordinates of longitude and latitude
• The New Zealand Transverse Mercator 2000 (NZTM2000) projection – this is what enables the curved mathematical surface approximating the Earth to be represented on a flat sheet of paper.
To produce our Topo50 maps of the Chatham Islands we use the Chatham Islands Transverse Mercator 2000 (CITM2000) projection.
Topo50 map tiles sourced from the LINZ Data Service http://data.linz.govt.nz/ and licensed by LINZ for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand licence.
Satellite Imagery
LINZ has been working towards getting New Zealand’s most current publicly-owned aerial imagery – covering 95% of the country.
Aerial imagery is captured from airborne sensors and cameras. It provides an accurate photographic representation of the earth’s surface and the features on it. It can be used to visualise landscape, or to understand how an area has evolved over time.
Sourced from the LINZ Data Service and licensed for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand licence (http://www.linz.govt.nz/data/licensing-and-using-data/attributing-aerial-imagery-data)
• View topographic tiles and satellite imagery
• Viewed tiles cached automatically (for offline availability)
• Add unlimited map markers
• Show your location and distance to markers
• Import / export GPS Exchange Format (GPX) waypoints from Google Drive
• Search for places of interest (supports decimal coordinates)
• Navigate with Google Maps interactions (pinch zoom, scroll, rotate, drop marker, drag marker etc)
• Battery conscious (for those that can't recharge every day)
• Fully functional for free! (no lite or pro versions required)
New Zealand (NZ) Topo Map is intended for outdoor enthusiasts who want to mark locations visited or create markers to visit. It does not provide track information, record while walking, show speed etc. It's designed to be lightweight, intuitive, responsive, battery conscious and totally free. Perfect for casual day trips to serious bush excursions.
Developed by an adventurous Kiwi for adventurous Kiwis!
Topographic Map Tiles
The Topo50 map series provides topographic mapping for the New Zealand mainland and Chatham Islands at 1:50,000 scale.
At a scale of 1:50,000, Topo50 maps show geographic features in detail. They are useful for a wide range of activities such as local navigation by vehicle or on foot, locality area planning and study of the environment. Used by a wide variety of groups, Topo50 is the official topographic map series used by New Zealand emergency services.
To produce our Topo50 maps of the New Zealand mainland we use:
• The New Zealand Geodetic Datum 2000 (NZGD2000) – the coordinates of longitude and latitude
• The New Zealand Transverse Mercator 2000 (NZTM2000) projection – this is what enables the curved mathematical surface approximating the Earth to be represented on a flat sheet of paper.
To produce our Topo50 maps of the Chatham Islands we use the Chatham Islands Transverse Mercator 2000 (CITM2000) projection.
Topo50 map tiles sourced from the LINZ Data Service http://data.linz.govt.nz/ and licensed by LINZ for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand licence.
Satellite Imagery
LINZ has been working towards getting New Zealand’s most current publicly-owned aerial imagery – covering 95% of the country.
Aerial imagery is captured from airborne sensors and cameras. It provides an accurate photographic representation of the earth’s surface and the features on it. It can be used to visualise landscape, or to understand how an area has evolved over time.
Sourced from the LINZ Data Service and licensed for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand licence (http://www.linz.govt.nz/data/licensing-and-using-data/attributing-aerial-imagery-data)
All Application Badges
Free
downl.
downl.
Android
4.1+
4.1+
Bug
buster
buster
Android app
App History & Updates
What's Changed
• Bug fixes
• Bug fixes
Version update New Zealand (NZ) Topo Map was updated to version 1.6.3
More downloads New Zealand (NZ) Topo Map reached 5 000 - 10 000 downloads
What are users saying about New Zealand (NZ) Topo Map
U
by U####:
by U####:
Thanks, big help to many people
N
by N####:
by N####:
Great app. Would consider paying for a no-adds version. Might be slightly nicer to use with non continuous zooming (as is the case with the web browser version) - at the moment it takes some fiddling to settle on a zoom where the topo map is clear and unblurred.
T
by T####:
by T####:
Nice App but... App can't be moved to external SD card. Why not? Takes up too much internal storage space.
T
by T####:
by T####:
It's simple, free and works. Thanks.
T
by T####:
by T####:
Great. Contains new maps, most of the others are 1990's. Auto - rotates for vertical or horizontal orientation. Map moves as you travel keeping it centalized. Also good that,when moving, it retains the zoom level you set it to. Great for cycling and motor-cycling. Highly recommended. Derek.
T
by T####:
by T####:
Does much the same as some other apps that you have to pay for. Ad supported, which is fair. Highly recommended if you are after a nice, clean (and free) NZ topo map app.
T
by T####:
by T####:
The Google Earth map is so old. 20 years or more. Our house doesn't even show.
T
by T####:
by T####:
Great UI, easy to use, snappy response. Can you add more layers, like Open Street Map or Cycle Map. That would gain you five stars
T
by T####:
by T####:
Can not search using coordinates, very frustrating! Would be five stars if you could
Z
by Z####:
by Z####:
Wonderful app. Found it invaluable on recent holiday in NZ
T
by T####:
by T####:
Perfect?
T
by T####:
by T####:
Not a fan. Hard to work out scale/distance on this, which is an absolute requirement!
T
by T####:
by T####:
Up to date maps.
T
by T####:
by T####:
Very handy
K
by K####:
by K####:
Excellent implementation of Google maps and satellite view. Markers work well and are searchable. Thank you Mason.
N
by N####:
by N####:
Really useful when we explored New Zealand!
N
by N####:
by N####:
Great app! Really easy to use. The satellite view in the new version was a nice addition too. This app is a must have for tramping.
N
by N####:
by N####:
Easy to use. The offline cache is very handy. Would be nice to have the selected marker a different colour.
N
by N####:
by N####:
This is a nice simple topo map. It's easy to use and responsive. It's a good tool for searching out new hiking routes. The only thing I don't like is the ads.
X
by X####:
by X####:
I even managed to zero in on my manhood, so it really does show all major structures.
L
by L####:
by L####:
Can't believe such an awesome app finally exists. I kneel in the shadow of your excellence
N
by N####:
by N####:
Great to see free offline topo maps in a well thought out, easy to use app.
by T####:
Hated that there was no warning that the initial instruction was an instruction to initiate a tutorial. Was wondering why a marker was placed somewhere I hadn't expected, and so I tried sliding and pressing somewhere else on the screen. Seemed like random changes as I pressed the screen repeatedly. Was annoyed when I realised the random changes were part of a tutorial and that the tutorial was already multiple pages in, with no obvious way to go back, so I continued to race through the remaining pages—without reading because I saw no point in doing so if not from the beginning—, and was really unimpressed when I didn't see a quick way to start the tutorial from the beginning. Perhaps the software is useful. I don't yet know. I'm posting this an an initial impression without any idea of how to use the software because the initial user interface was so poorly done. Even if the initial instruction said, "Press anywhere in order to start tutorial," instead of merely saying, "Press anywhere," with no warning of what was to follow, my experience would have been significantly better than it was. If, at another time, I am able to work out how to use the software, and do so, and find it okay, and if the Google Play Store software allows for re-rating products, I will do so.