Mapy.cz: maps & navigation

Seznam.cz, a.s.

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About this app

PLAN YOUR ROUTE
- hiking and cycling trails
- cross-country skiing and ski-alpine trails
- unique “travel tips” feature plans a trip through the most interesting places in the area
- route elevation profile
- 5-day weather, temperature, wind and precipitation forecasts for any location on earth

BROWSE THE TOURIST MAP OF THE WHOLE WORLD
- hiking trails, bike trails, singletracks and single trails
- marking of roads, mixed cycle paths, unpaved paths and footpaths
- hillshade anywhere in the world, marking of ferrata and their difficulty
- educational trails, pedestrian closures, national park zones
- routes for wheelchair users

SWITCH TO OTHER MAP LAYERS
- aerial map of the world
- panoramic images of Czech streets and 3D view
- winter maps with up-to-date cross-country ski trails and ski resorts
- traffic map with current traffic, closures and parking zones in the Czech Republic

DOWNLOAD OFFLINE MAPS
- offline tourist map of the whole world with hiking and cycling trails
- offline voice navigation for drivers, cyclists and pedestrians
- offline winter maps of the Czech Republic with cross-country skiing trails and ski resorts
- individual regions for download and navigation
- search for places and plan routes around the world even without a signal

FREE NAVIGATION FOR DRIVERS, CYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS
- clear instructions on which lane to get into
- highlighting of roundabout exits
- ability to avoid toll lanes
- dark mode in the navigation
- sharing arrival time, route and current location via SMS, email or chat
- view navigation onto the large on-board display via Android Auto
- view navigation onto the large on-board display via Apple Car Play
- speeding alerts and speed cameras for the Czech Republic
- important notifications from other drivers about accidents, police patrols, roadblocks, road closures and roadworks in the Czech Republic
- the latest traffic situation in the Czech Republic with an overview of traffic jams and alternative routes
- warnings on sections of frequent traffic accidents on Czech roads, sections without winter maintenance

SAVE TO MY MAPS
- save places, routes, photos and activities in clear folders
- track activities with Tracker for walking, cycling, running, cross-country skiing and hiking
- GPX file upload, GPX import and export
- synchronization of planned routes across devices

CHOOSE BY REVIEWS OF PLACES, RESTAURANTS AND SERVICES
- up-to-date user photos of what the place looks like
- users' experiences with food, service, ambience and price
- search by rating level and highlight top-rated establishments

RECOMMENDATIONS AND TIPS:
- you will need an internet connection to download the map
- to make the app work properly, turn on location services in your phone settings
- ror the location sharing function, this app will need access to background location data
- for questions or troubleshooting, use the form in the app settings
- using the app in the background with GPS running can reduce battery life
- join our user community at www.facebook.com/Mapy.cz/ to share your experience with the app, follow the latest news or suggest new features

Ratings and reviews

Yhis app clearly has a lot of potential but it needs to start focusing on places outside the Czech Republic as well. For example, maps of some places look very ugly because they make city names appear very large, which is a problem for places that have many cities close together. There are issues rendering non-Latin letters. Traffic is not supported outside Czechia. The owner also has some "contentious" public views which upon knowing of makes it hard to continue contributing to the maps.

like the relative simplicity and lightweight (130 mb) size of the app. just ok on rendering and base map quality (for hiking). don't like having to create an account to import GPX tracks, no control over basemaps or their display layers, no control over imported GPX display, no control over units - metric only (this app does not even have a settings screen). I know I said simplicity is good, but these are just really basic considerations for a usable hiking app.

I don't use mapy.cz for driving very much, but for hiking or other outdoor activity it is by far the best map app I've ever used. And I've tried multiple. Downloading offline maps is very easy and setting up routes and navigation is intuitive. It's a Czech app but has trails for any country in the world. Have used it in Scotland, Armenia, USA, Bulgaria and Switzerland and everywhere it's very useful

What's new

Once the next version of the app comes out, you can help us keep improving Mapy.cz by paying for the premium version. We offer our premium supporters new, advanced functions and unlimited offline map downloads. We will also gradually unlock Premium benefits for the most active members of our community.
The free version will still work as normal. The only difference will be the new option to save an offline map of one country including regional maps within the country and update it regularly.