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

I have big problems with off line maps, in combination with ski-routes. Maps simply are not displayed, or vanish when changing some setting. I have already notified them last year. Now in preparation of another tour, things are still hopeless. I hope to at least find a work-around. These are the best maps, the route information in combination with my location would be very important. UPDATE: Still NO replies from support.

It is a very helpful app to plan hiking trips but the pain setting path points is real. The accidental zoom-out after changes is especially hurtful.

I have used this app for quite some time like it a lot! One factor it sets it above competing apps is, that you always see the time left on your planned route which gets updated as you progress. But: In the last two months, the app crashes all the time when I have a route selected to follow it. It might be an issue related to zooming and relying on offline maps. I wasn't able to pinpoint it. I use version 1.11.0 on a Pixel 7 pro with Android 13.

What’s new

All historical aerial images are now available on your smartphone, taking you on a journey through time. Also new: selection of starting point within the routing functions by public transport or on foot, addition of ascent and descent to the route filtering options.
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