Locus Map 3 Classic

Asamm Software, s. r. o.

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About this app

The third generation of a navigation application for outdoor enthusiasts - hikers, mountain bikers, mountaineers, trail runners, or geocachers (formerly Locus Map Pro). Fully developed until 2022, now in maintenance mode - the main development is focused on the fourth generation - Locus Map 4.

Locus Map 3 Classic offers true multi-functionality and flexibility:

• advanced navigation capability, supporting online and offline routing services (external)
• wide choice of premium offline and online maps
• advanced map tools - map overlays, offsets, WMS sources support
• tools for monitoring sports activities - tracking, audio coach, charts, statistics, support of external sensors (GPS, HRM, cadence...)
• worldwide weather forecast 24/7
• sophisticated tools for geocaching • graphic and calculation tools, online/offline logging, support of trackables, Pocket Queries, spoilers…

Map portfolio

Offline maps
• LoMaps - OSM-based vector maps of the whole world. Containing themes for hiking, biking, winter sports, road or city use - three LoMaps are for free
• Maps of renowned cartographic publishers:
• Germany, Austria, Italy - Outdooractive Summer and Winter
• United States - Accuterra trail maps
• Switzerland - SwissTopo
• United Kingdom - Ordnance Survey (eq. to Landranger and Explorer)
• France - IGN topo and satellite
• Spain - CNIG
• Poland - Compass hiking maps
• Czechia, Slovakia - SHOCart
• other countries - PZS Slovenia, IGN Belgium, Cartographia Hungary, etc.
• support of external maps in SQLite, TAR, MBT, GEMF, Orux, or RMAP formats

Online maps
• World - various OSM-based maps
• US - USGS
• Europe - Outdooractive Summer and Winter, IGN France and Belgium, Kapsi.fi, Turistautak, Cartographia, Skoterleder, Statkart, UMP and Osmapa.pl (Poland) and many others
• Asia etc. - GSI (Japan), Visicom (former Soviet countries), Navigasi (Indonesia), NzTopoMaps (New Zealand)...
Most of the online maps can be downloaded for offline use.

WMS maps
• meteorological maps, NASA maps, cadastral maps...

Features:

Navigation and guidance
• turn-by-turn voice navigation with support of online/offline routing services
• beeline guidance to a point (on the map or by compass) or along a route with notifications

Tracks&Routes
• multi-profile track recording
• charts&statistics
• audio coach for efficient workouts
• support of Bluetooth/ANT+ external sensors - HRM, speed/cadence, GPS, NMEA
• route planning and editing tools
• import/export of routes/tracks from/to various formats (KML, KMZ, GPX...) and web services (Strava, Runkeeper, Google Earth, etc...)
• customizable bike computer dashboard

Points
• creating own database - filtering, search, sorting
• import/export in many formats, web services support
• LoPoints - database of OSM POIs

Map tools
• map overlay, calibration, and offsets
• support of various external map formats and coordinate systems
• support of geotagged photos, OSM notes

Search
• addresses online and offline
• LoPoints, GeoNames, GNS, and Wikipedia

Geocaching
• downloading geocaches via Geocaching4Locus add-on
• offline and online logging
• support of waypoints, PocketQuery, trackables, spoilers
• graphic and calculation tools

Live tracking
• private or public sharing/monitoring of location in real-time

Other features and tools
• parking assistant, worldwide weather forecast, QR code generator...

Locus Map 3 Classic is highly customizable. Everything can be set according to the user's needs - the main menu, function panels, dashboards, custom screens... The functionality of the app can be further extended by numerous add-ons - Locus Map Watch, Augmented reality, etc.

This application uses device administrator permission.

Ratings and reviews

I don't know which update broke it, but automated backups have stopped working. Update - backups work after going through settings and re-granting access to storage. This was a system change a few versions of Android back. But it's downright foolish the app doesn't tell you what went wrong (or how to fix it) AND how it deleted all my old data back then.

Needed a solid GPS app for work, and this is solid. Easy to use, and still powerful. The free version has most of what MOST people would need. 7/30 update. it keeps getting better! maps render faster since the update. not that it was bad before, but noticable improvement. just got the watch app on S3 frontier, great for a quick glance and to start tracking.

Updating: not simple to set up but awesome once it works. Definitely kept us going in the right direction on some poorly-maintained wilderness trails. Very deep program - I have a lot to learn to see what else it does. But, once you get past the un-intuitive setup, it's great, rock-solid, feature-rich and easy to use. I spent a good three hours figuring out how to set it up, and would have failed if my friend hadn't helped. It's not THAT hard but you have to download the map you want, then navigate to it on your phone with the app, then enable it in view, which is pretty dense. It would be nice if when you downloaded it, you have the option of "Use This Map?" But, the ability to set pins, use different folders for pins, attach files & photos to the pins, and record your track is pretty solid. It's a deep program, and if you're going to rely on it in the wilderness, sped however long it takes at home to really dial it in and understand it. I still have a lot of learning to do. But, it kept us from taking the wrong trail a dozen times on this past trip, when you're confronted with multiple animal traces, and one is your trail, this app is helpful.

What's new

Various adjustments and fixes as part of routine maintenance.