NZ Topo50 Offline - South vVARY

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About this app

Developer Description

Complete offline 1:50k South Island topo map including DOC Hunting Permit Areas

Complete 1:50k offline topographic map coverage using the LINZ NZTopo50 series maps. The maps are included fully with the install. No additional downloads, no account signup, no missing tiles, no added fees, just seamless offline pan and zoom across the whole South Island.

Ideal for back country navigation without cell phone access. Popular with trampers, walkers, bikers, runners, hunters, search and rescue, Te Araroa walkers.

Navigation functions includes GPS positioning, track logging, user waypoints, orientation (compass), altitude and speed display, distance and bearing to points on the map, route creation, route following. Search for and zoom to named places and features on the map. Tracks and waypoints can be imported, exported, and shared in kml or gpx format.

Overlays including DOC open permit hunting boundaries, Te Araroa tracks, and other data is included.

This app is built from the ground up to use the NZ national map grid, not the global average WGS84 datum commonly used which distorts the map. This is easy to spot. A true NZ grid will give you perfectly parallel gridlines when the LINZ map is projected onto it.

No internet or cellular phone connection is needed for full use of all the maps and navigation functions.

The storage space required for this app is reasonably large. Ensure you have sufficient space available.

Made in NZ.

What's New

Improved track graphs
Background recording changes
Stop/Pause confirmation dialogs
Long press to add route points, click to add other track sections
Some other fixes

In-app purchases

$0.49 - $0.99 per item

Version Information

Version: -
Downloads: 10K+
Updated on: Dec 8, 2025
Released: Jun 28, 2017
Requires: Android Varies with device

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NZ Topo50 Offline - South users say on Google Play

★★★★★

Jess Rose

Best app o have downloaded, perfect for when out hunting or tramping. Yo don't need reception for it to pick up your location. It shows you hunting and fishing spots and allows you to add many different types of markers on the map which is good for setting possum traps or where you have seen animal sign. No need to buy a hand-held gps if you have this app.

★★★★

Ian Paterson

Uses about 2GB of storage (just for the South Island maps). If you have the spare space on your phone then this is nicer to use than apps that allow you to manage offline downloads of maps manually. The interface is nice and simple to use, personally I prefer this app to BackCountry Navigator. Unfortunately this app forces itself to fullscreen and has no option to disable this. This makes it difficult to switch apps if your phone doesn't have physical buttons.

★★★

Caleb

Great app, have been using for years in the bush. However, recent updates have caused me to experience random lag spikes/frame drops that did not used to occur.

★★

Robert Stevenson

the latest update has made the layers unusable, they don't load most of the time.

★

Bill Johnson

Be very cautious about using this exclusively for navigation. Topo map disappeared on a trip I did this past weekend. The app seemed to be working correctly, just no maps to see where you were. Another person I was with said the same thing happened to them.