OS Maps: Walk, Hike, Run, Bike 4+
Route plan, map & GPS navigate
Ordnance Survey
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
Try OS Maps premium for free with our two-week trial. Get more from the outdoors with routes, mapping & navigation tools from the experts at Ordnance Survey
Create your adventures your way & let OS Maps guide you on stunning routes across the UK & beyond. Get more from the outdoors, with more freedom to explore, more confidence to tackle that next challenge & more adventures along the way. OS Maps is the official app by Ordnance Survey & your guide in the great outdoors.
Why you’ll love using OS Maps:
EXPLORE & PLAN HIKES, RUNS OR RIDES
Whether you are planning a walk, hike, run or ride; OS Maps lets you create outdoor adventures with trusted mapping & navigation tools from the experts at Ordnance Survey, Britain’s national mapping service.
DISCOVER THOUSANDS OF READY-MADE ROUTES
Get outside with curated routes from outdoor experts & organisations such as Trail, Country Walking, Mountain Bike UK, BBC Countryfile & more.
ICONIC OS MAPPING
Subscribe to unlock the detail & accuracy of OS leisure maps including OS Explorer 1:25,000 & OS Landranger 1:50,000 & now with global mapping & topographic mapping for USA, Australia & New Zealand to keep you exploring all over the world.
CREATE YOUR OWN ADVENTURES
Best in class route planning & navigation tools mean you can get off the beaten track & explore with more freedom. Plan routes with quick & easy snap-to-path route plotting, then save & share with your friends to plan that next epic day in the outdoors.
NO SIGNAL? NO PROBLEM
Download maps & routes to your phone to view offline, so they’re ready, whenever & wherever you need them. View any part of GB even without signal & export to your GPS device.
UNLIMITED PRINTING
Print copies of all your routes & maps to take with you, so you always have a backup to hand.
USE ON EVERY DEVICE
Sync your activities between across devices, on desktop, mobile & Apple Watch. On desktop, premium users can use our 3D Aerial Layer & route fly-throughs to see the landscape, terrain & explore in stunning 3D.
TRACK & RECORD ACTIVITIES
Use the activity recording feature to keep a log of your activity history. Follow along, save your activity, review it & turn it into a new route to share & follow again later.
RECOMMENDED BY THE EXPERTS
Ordnance Survey is proud to partner with Mountain Rescue England & Wales, with OS Maps as their recommended app to help you keep on track, & keep safe when heading outside.
TABLETOP 3D
Preview a route before you tackle it, ensure it’s suitable for your level of fitness & avoid any surprises. Our 3D model feature lets you check out your routes from the comfort of your home.
SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION
OS Maps premium is available through a 1 month or 1 year subscription. Prices are posted in GBP but may vary by country or when converted to local currency. Subscriptions will auto-renew. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, & identify the cost of the renewal. Subscriptions may be managed by the user & auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase.
Terms & Conditions at os.uk/termsosmaps
USEFUL INFORMATION
Battery life while using the app can be extended downloading maps offline prior to use, operating in Flight Mode (the GPS will still work) & turning off the screen when not in use. We release updates to all of our apps on an ongoing basis to improve stability & add extra features. Topographic mapping is available for UK (including Northern Ireland), USA, Australia & New Zealand. Your feedback & comments about this app are important to us. Leave a review or use os.uk/contact to get in touch.
*This feature uses Apple's ARKit which requires an iPhone 6s, iPhone SE, iPad 2017, iPad Pro or any later device.
What’s New
Version 5.1.2
In this release we’ve introduced an improvement to the loading of downloaded maps when in areas of low signal.
Ratings and Reviews
Must have for hiking in the UK
If you’re going hiking in the UK and not taking this app on your smartphone then you are a fool.
Definitely worth the cost of the premium version to get access to the detailed maps and offline maps.
OS maps always had amazing accuracy and detail - now you can use gps on your phone to see exactly where you are among all that detail.
Great for planning free form hikes to get you off the beaten path.
Only thing the app can’t tell you is the condition of the trail or footpath you are going to hike on - huge clumps of stinging nettles are a real thing - but you can use the app to replay your hike on the fly to avoid whatever you encounter that you don’t want to deal with.
All this for less than the cost of a single paper map - it’s a bargain!
Developer Response ,
Hi Jja76421, thanks for your review! We're pleased you're enjoying OS Maps!
Major technical issues syncing to iPhone and I Pad
When I originally installed the apps and upgraded to Premium, everything worked fine. I logged out, but could never log back in with my premium subscription, both on the website and on the smart devices. I was finally able to log back on to their website but only by changing my password, which is ridiculous. And when I used the new password on my iPhone and iPad, in both cases I received the message that an unexpected error had occurred. Technical support did their best to help but the issue remains unresolved.
There’s another feature of the app that is very annoying (this was before all my technical issues). The screen has a window with the option to start navigation. I only wanted to look at the route, not navigate. Unfortunately this window takes up a significant part of the screen, blocking a large part of the map. For some unknown reason, you can not close this window, and tech help said that the app developers aren’t currently going to change it.
All in all, it’s a great app when it worked for me, and most people don’t appear to have had the problems I’ve experienced. I hope that tech people read this and do some more development work.
Developer Response ,
Hi Dr Poston, we're really sorry you experienced this issue. We are aware of these issues, and will be updating the app very soon to address them, please look out for the update and let us know if this resolves the issues for you.
Great maps, buggy app
I’ve used the os app for years and os maps for even longer. The maps are outstanding, but the app is too unreliable to count on. Unlike other mapping apps where you can work in an offline mode, when there is a problem with the os servers, you are logged out and unable to access your downloaded maps. This can be a critical problem, so I consider the os app to be more of a planning tool than something to rely on when I’m outdoors.
There are several other buggy aspects, but most can be worked around. And as a planning tool, the os app is very helpful. It’s worth having just for the convenience of having the excellent os maps at your fingertips.
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Information
- Seller
- Ordnance Survey
- Size
- 118.2 MB
- Category
- Navigation
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- Apple Watch
- Requires watchOS 8.0 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
- © 2022 Ordnance Survey Leisure
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- 1 month $4.99
- 12 months $28.99