South Africa Topo Maps

About South Africa Topo Maps

Easy to use outdoor navigation app with free access to the best available maps and aerial imagery for South Africa.

The NGI (South Africa's national mapping organisation) 1:50.000 topographical maps show significantly more tracks, pathes and other features than OpenStreetMaps (the map data most other navigation apps use) or maps from other commercial map providers.
The 1:50 000 topographical maps are the largest maps providing full coverage of South Africa. The series consists of a total of 1 913 sheets

Add easily maps from other sources (GeoPDF, GeoTiff, Online Map Services like WMS, ...)

Available base map layers for South Africa:
• South Africa Topo Maps: These are the NGI 1:2.000.000, 1:250.000 and 1:50.000 topographical maps.
• South Africa Aerial Imagery with a ground resolution of 50cm/Pixel

Worldwide basemap layers:
• OpenStreetMaps (5 different map layouts), also downloadable in space saving vectorformat
• Google Maps (Satellite images, Road- and Terrain-Map)
• Bing Maps (Satellite images, Road-Map)
• ESRI Maps (Satellite images, Road- and Terrain-Map)
• Waze Roads
• Earth At Night

Configure a basemap layer as an overlay and utilize a transparency fader to seamlessly compare maps with each other.

Add maps from other sources:
• Import raster maps in GeoPDF, GeoTiff, MBTiles or Ozi (Oziexplorer OZF2 & OZF3)
• Add web mapping services as WMS or WMTS/Tileserver
• Import OpenStreetMaps in Vectorformat, eg complete USA for just some GBs

Available worldwide overlays:
• Hillshading overlay
• 20m Contourlines
• OpenSeaMap

There is no perfect map. Toggle between the different map layers or use the compare maps feature to find the most interesting route. Especially the South African Topo Maps contain many small pathes or other features that are missing on modern maps.

Main features for outdoor-navigation:
• Download map data for OFFLINE USAGE
• Measure pathes and aereas
• Create and edit Waypoints
• GoTo-Waypoint-Navigation
• Create and edit Routes
• Route-Navigation (Point-to-Point Navigation)
• Track Recording (with speed, elevation and accuracy profile)
• Tripmaster with fields for odometer, average speed, bearing, elevation, etc.
• GPX/KML/KMZ Import/Export
• Search (placenames, POIs, streets)
• Get elevation and distance
• Customizable datafields in Map View and Tripmaster (e.g. Speed, Distance, Compass, ...)
• Share Waypoints, Tracks or Routes (via eMail, Dropbox, WhatsApp, ..)
• Use coordinates in WGS84, UTM or MGRS/USNG (Military Grid/ US National Grid), What3Words• Track Replay
• and many more ...

Use this navigation app for outdoor activities like hiking, biking, camping, climbing, riding, skiing, canoeing, hunting, offroad 4WD tours or search&rescue (SAR).
Add custom waypoints in longitude/latitude, UTM or MGRS/USNG format with WGS84 datum.
Import/Export/Share GPS-Waypoints/Tracks/Routes in GPX or Google Earth KML/KMZ format.

NGI topographic maps are enhanced with Atlogis® hillshading and placenames.

Please send questions, comments and feature requests to [email protected]