swisstopo

Federal Office of Topography swisstopo

About this app

On the road with the best app of the year: the swisstopo app won the "Master of Swiss Apps 2021" award.

Use the famous national maps to discover even the most remote places in Switzerland and topics such as hiking, cycling, snow sports and aviation. All functions and data of the app as well as offline use are free of charge. The app is free of advertising and does not require a login.

- all scales from 1:10 000 to 1:1 million
- current aerial image and historical maps
- official hiking, mountain hiking and alpine hiking trails
- closures of hiking trails
- snowshoe and ski routes
- SwitzerlandMobility routes
- public transport stops


ON THE ROAD
- free offline maps (1:25 000 to 1:1 million)
- draw, record, import and share your own tours
- set tour type (hiking, cycling, mountain biking) and personal pace
- tour guide (arrival time, remaining distance)
- panorama mode (labelled panorama, view tour in "3D")
- save markers, add notes, share

TOOLS such as measure, compare and search (for geographical names, addresses or coordinates)

Report changes to maps and geodata

AVIATION
- aeronautical charts, obstacles, airspaces
- landing sites
- restrictions for drones and model aircrafts

Do you have a question? Then write to us:
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Ratings and reviews

This is the best hiking app for Switzerland. There are more hiking trails than in alltrails and komoot, route planning is extremely easy: it snaps to path, you can drag the route around, it displays all the usual statistics. Downloaded maps are available offline, you can import the hike into your usual hiking app if you want to keep your hikes history in one place. And it's free.

I have been using this apps for years now. It used to be the best map app for Switzerland. I was using to prepare my trips at home (I have the paid version) and on the field. Alas, since the latest update, it makes my phone overheat to the point of burning my fingers and deplete the battery so fast that it has become useless in the field, where I can't recharge my battery and it has to last for the whole day. Samsung Galaxy S10, Android 10

Great app, but it's really struggling to download maps with a weaker network coverage. Update 24.10.2023: it's not that. It really wasn't able to download maps, even with good coverage. What I did instead: I removed and re-installed the app, and now it works. There must have been corrupted memory files or smth. It would be worth investigating the logs on your end. Pixel 5 phone. Thanks.

What's new

Integration of user tools and various optimisations.

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