LiveTopo 4+
Maps for Geology Lovers
TerraTrace Corp
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
Get free, full fidelity access to topographic maps with the ability to customize. Download topo or geologic maps for offline use with a small subscription.
LiveTopo gives you full fidelity access to the worlds best topographic and geologic maps. Perfect for hikers, explorers, nature lovers, and anyone who wants to understand more of the world around them.
You can save your favorite locations and hiking tracks without a subscription. When hiking, get realtime metrics like pace, distance and altitude change.
With a small subscription (and a free trial), you get full access to offline maps for selected US public lands: National Parks & Monuments, National Forest lands, and even BLM lands. No limits on downloads (except how much your phone can store).
With version 2, you also get access to the worlds best geologic maps which can be downloaded and used while in the field. These maps get you detailed information about the composition and geologic history of the land around you.
What’s New
Version 2.2.2
New Features: Added offline maps for US BLM Lands:
- Added Colorado BLM maps: Royal Gorge, San Luis Valley, Tres Rios, Uncompahgre, & White River Field Offices.
Colorado BLM maps are now complete.
Offline Maps for all Continental US & Hawai'i National Parks are complete
Offline Maps for all Continental US National Forests are complete
Geologic Maps for all Continental US states are complete
Double-tap on the map to see detailed unit info once you have downloaded a geologic map.
Geologic maps come at different levels::
- Level 0: A geologic map of the whole world
- Level 1: Geologic maps for each of the continents
- Level 2: Geologic maps for countries or regions (North America to start with)
- Level 3: Geologic maps for states or provinces (USA to start with)
Each level contains increasingly detailed information about the geologic map units of the land.
Ratings and Reviews
Can’t View Maps?
Not sure if this is an app error or just me not being able to figure it out, but I can’t seem to view any of the maps like geological sites, mineral sites, geologic maps, or topo national park ones. All of them. The only option when trying to select one is to download, which brings you to the purchase screen for the trial. I’m connected to wifi so I shouldn’t need to pay to see the maps as the subscription is only to provide offline download.
Also accidentally made a few place markers on the base map while trying to figure it out and couldn’t find an option to remove them.
Developer Response ,
Dear baileyithink,
Just swipe left to delete the unwanted placemarks. As for the geologic maps, you’ll need a subscription for those because it took significant work to get them integrated into viewable layers. It’s definitely worth checking out on a trial though. Older phones might struggle a bit because it takes quite a bit of compute power to render them to the screen on top of the map. Just slow down a bit if that is the case for you. Have fun exploring!
Can’t try before you buy.
Need offline BLM lands for my state. The other big app that promises such is quite inaccurate with its rendering of the map to the app. I found this one however can’t even look at a section of the BLM map to verify quality and that it is correct without buying first. It says free one day trial but you have to pay for a month to get it.
And it’s not that I’d need weeks to do so. I have a marker for BLM and State Trust lands on my property.
Developer Response ,
Dear PO camera guy,
You actually get one free month, not one free day. The way ALL of these free trial apps work (not just mine) is that you must sign up first to get access to content. At that point you have the subscription and your 99 cents is at risk. If the app doesn’t work for you then you can cancel the subscription and you won’t get charged a penny. You’ll still get download access to the BLM maps for the rest of the month for free!
BUT…. You don’t even have to do that. If you are connected to wifi, you can surf the area of interest to see if it has the map fidelity you need. What you see is what you get. All the subscription does is allow the download for offline use. It’s the same map (USGS National Map). Your tax dollars built that map. My sweat equity built the capability to download it to your phone. NEVER will I get my money back at 99 cents a pop!
Give it a try, there is really no risk to you. Just cancel the subscription if you don’t like it. (And please fix this one star rating if you find that it works.)
App Privacy
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Information
- Seller
- TerraTrace Corporation
- Size
- 48 MB
- Category
- Navigation
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 15.6 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 15.6 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 15.6 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Location
- This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease battery life.
- Copyright
- © TerraTrace Corporation 2023
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- LiveTopo Monthly $0.99
- LiveTopo Yearly $9.99