NZ Topo50 – Overview

The NZTopo50 app is based on the 1:50k scale topographic map crafted by Land Information New Zealand, combined with comprehensive and intuitive navigation tools, and other map and data layers.

Key features:

  • Fully offline access to the entire map. No signups, no subscriptions, no need to pre-download or cache maps, no waiting for downloads from slow servers, just seamless offline pan and zoom across the whole country. The entire map is included when you install from your App Store. Additional imagery and high resolution imagery can also be downloaded and used offline.
  • Designed for functionality. Our guiding design principle is for the app to be used. This means leaving out anything that isn’t needed for you to use the app, and building in as many things as we can that are useful. We are also happy to receive design ideas or feature requests and we’ll accommodate them where possible.
  • True NZ grid. Built from the ground up using the NZ map datum (NZGD2000). This gives less distortion compared to the global average WGS84 datum commonly used, and the trans-mercator projection preserves shape better than a mercator projection.
  • Comprehensive navigational functions. GPS tracking, route planning, navigate to waypoints, compass bearings and triangulation. Searchable database of marked places.
  • Additional data overlays. Includes aerial imagery, DOC hunting permit boundaries, huts, campgrounds, tracks, and many others. Custom tracks and data features can be imported.

Map Details

The map images used in the app are based on the 1:50k series maps (NZTopo50) produced by Land Information New Zealand (LINZ). Height contours are on 20 m intervals. LINZ continually update the map and updates will be incorporated in the NZTopo50 app periodically. At lower zoom levels LINZ NZTopo250 (1:250k) topographic map images are used.

Aerial images from LINZ Basemaps are also included, at a resolution matching the 1:50k topographic map, along with other data including DOC huts, campgrounds, tracks, and hunting permit boundaries.

The total installed data set for each Island is about 2GB for each Island, including an elevation model of the terrain.

Navigation Details

No cellphone coverage is required for any features of the app. Everything works fully offline from the moment the app is installed, including viewing all the maps to full 1:50k resolution and mapping and tracking your GPS position.

Navigation features include:

  • Display your current GPS position on the map, along with data on altitude, speed, orientation, and map coordinates.
  • Record your position over time. Display your track data, export and share your tracks.
  • Slope angles and hillshade.
  • Location sharing options.
  • Import or create your own waypoints and routes.
  • Navigate to waypoints or follow tracks.

Get in touch with us for any other design features you would like to see incorporated. We appreciate your input.

About Us

The NZTopo50 Apps are produced by Right Place Resources, proudly made in NZ. You might even see us out and about on various tracks, trails, or rivers around the country.

Available on Apple and Android

South Island

North Island