Best apps for offline maps?

[Amc]

Grateful if anyone can recommend a good phone app which allow us to download the Camino Frances maps and access them offline.

 

[trecile]

Wise Pilgrim and Buen Camino are my go to apps for offline maps of the Camino.

A Complete Guide to the Caminos to Santiago de Compostela

A complete guide to the Camino de Santiago, including accommodation on the Camino Francés, Camino del Norte, Camino Portugués, Camino Primtivo, Vía de la Plata, Camino de Invierno, Finisterre & Muxía, San Salvador, Camino Olvidado, Caminho Nascente, Camino da Geira, Camino Inglés, Vía Podiensis...

www.wisepilgrim.com

A Complete Guide to the Caminos to Santiago de Compostela

A complete guide to the Camino de Santiago, including accommodation on the Camino Francés, Camino del Norte, Camino Portugués, Camino Primtivo, Vía de la Plata, Camino de Invierno, Finisterre & Muxía, San Salvador, Camino Olvidado, Caminho Nascente, Camino da Geira, Camino Inglés, Vía Podiensis...

www.wisepilgrim.com

I also like mapy.cz

Mapy.cz

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en.mapy.cz

 

[Bradypus]

The Spanish government app "Mapas de España" gives very high quality topographic maps. Camino routes are marked on the maps and gps route files can be used as an overlay.

 

[Pilgrim9]

OsmAnd is free general-purpose map and navigating app that uses also-free downloadable maps. It is feature-rich. The free version permits downloading up to, I think, three maps. One can make it show all sorts of user-selectable points of interest. One can optionally also use it to record your tracks.

One can purchase a $ version called OsmAnd+ (it's not costly) that permits downloading as many free maps as will fit on your device.

I love it and use it constantly, not just on Camino.

 

[mochilaverde]

I use a map app (OSMand) with the route marked on my phone. Once you have downloaded the map of the area you're in, you don't need to be connected to wifi or data to use the map!

https://osmand.net/

Once you install the app, download the regional maps for your camino route from within the app.

Next use the web browser on your phone to download gpx route from the Dutch camino association. (Scroll down until you find the table for Spain.)

https://www.santiago.nl/downloads/

Once you have the gpx route on your phone, you can display it over maps within OSMand from My Places -> Import Favourite.

 

[Gerard Griffin]

Outdoor Active. Works offline, elevation profile with locator, all Camino trails mapped. Free.

 

[Traveller44]

Maps.org as another choice. I had Buen Camino and Camino Ninja, used them all.

 

[Thomas1962]

My choice is organic maps (free, no advertisements, offline) together with the kml downloads from the Dutch confraternity of Saint James.
Like @mochilaverde wrote, you can download them from that download page. You can also see what you can download at the interactive.map at the bottom of this page, on top you find a translate button:

Looproutes in Spanje - Santiago

De looproutes in Spanje naar Santiago zijn druk. Er zijn twee hoofdroutes: de populaire Camino Francés of de rustige Camino del Norte.

www.santiago.nl

 

[celticone]

Thank you for your contribution to the Dutch Confraternity Thomas. I do exactly that for every Camino. Also I use Organic Maps regularly at home.
Ena

 

[JustOneGuy]

I'm sure most of the apps suggested above are great (I haven't tried them all), but I use Komoot, although I don't know if it works well with Camino.

One reason is that if you have a good smart watch (a Samsung, Garmin, Apple), you can choose an app that is compatible with your watch, like Komoot. Then you can download the app to the watch, put your phone away, and let it guide you as you walk, without being constantly distracted or needing to check your phone to see if you are on track.

Komoot alerts you if you are going the wrong way, if there is a fork in the road, or if there is a sharp turn.

I guess that many other apps can do the same. I find this feature essential.

 

[Rita Flower]

I use Camino Ninja - the map is clear, can be used off line, and opens to your current location rather than the start of the route.