Version 2.6 is our biggest release yet! It is packed with new features to help you get out and enjoy the great outdoors.
Organize with Beautiful Tags
You can now organize your routes, trips and waypoints using tags. You can access tags from the menu.
Topo Maps+ comes with a number of tags already set up and ready for you to use. You can easily add, remove, or edit the existing tags. To add a new tag, scroll down to the bottom of the list of tags and tap on add new tag. You can name the tag and select an image for the tag. You can use one of the built in images or scroll down to the bottom of the list of images to add your own image or to use an image from the map.
If you want to reorganize or remove a tag, simply scroll to the top of the list of tags and tap on the edit button.
There are two ways to add routes, trips, and waypoints to tags. First, you can go into a tag, tap on “Add Items to Tag”, and then select the items you want in the tag.
You can also add a route, trip, or waypoint to tags from the route or waypoint details.
Share with Your Friends
You can now easily share your tags, routes, trips, and waypoints with your friends.
Once you have selected the tags, routes, trips, and waypoints you want to share, tap on the share button at the bottom of the screen. This will generate a URL you can give your friends.
When your friends go to the URL you gave them they will be able to import that data into Topo Maps+ or export the data into KML or GPX files which they can use in other apps like Google Earth.
The data in the sharing link gets updated every time you sync your data in Topo Maps+. You can share a tag with your friends for an upcoming backpack trip and then as you update the tags, the routes in the tag, and the waypoints in the tag, those updates will be reflected on the sharing web page for the tag. Also, if your friends import the same route into Topo Maps+ multiple times the app is smart enough to know to update the existing route and not create a duplicate.
Export to Other Apps
In addition to sharing data in Topo Maps+ you can also export your data into KML and GPX formats. This lets you view your data in other apps like Google Earth. To export your data just tap on “Sharing and Export” in the menu, then “Export Data”, and then select the tags, routes, trips, and waypoints you wan to export.
Once you have selected the data you want to export, select the format (KML or GPX), and then tap on the Export button. You will then be able to email that file or open it in another app that supports that file format.
Import From Other Apps
Topo Maps+ also supports importing routes and waypoints from KML and GPX files. To import the data into Topo Maps+ email yourself the file, then on your iPhone find the email, select the file, tap on the share button, and then select Topo Maps+.
When Topo Maps+ opens it will show you the routes and waypoints from the file. You can choose which ones you want to import and then tap on the import button.
Free Low Resolution Maps
In Topo Maps+ version 2.6 low resolution maps are now completely free. You can download them for offline use and the app will not keep bugging your to upgrade when you don’t have an active pass.
ICS & NWCG Symbols
Firefighters and search & rescue personal can now add Incident Command Symbols and NWCG symbols to waypoints. When you add a waypoint, open the waypoint details, scroll down and tap on the “ICS & NWCG Symbols” button, and then select the symbol you want.
New MapBox Maps
Topo Maps+ now has two new MapBox maps. It has the all new MapBox Outdoor Maps and it has the MapBox Street Map which you can download for offline use.
Add waypoint at search hit
You can now easily add a waypoint at a search hit, just tap on the search hit location and select add waypoint.
Bug Fixes
Topo Maps+ version 2.6 also fixed a bug where the total elevation while recording a trip was incorrect.
