Create your adventures your way & let OS Maps guide you on stunning routes across the UK & beyond. Get more from the outdoors, with more freedom to explore, more confidence to tackle that next challenge & more adventures along the way. OS Maps is the official app by Ordnance Survey & your guide in the great outdoors.
Why you’ll love using OS Maps:
EXPLORE & PLAN HIKES, RUNS OR RIDES
Whether you are planning a walk, hike, run or ride; OS Maps lets you create outdoor adventures with trusted mapping & navigation tools from the experts at Ordnance Survey, Britain’s national mapping service.
DISCOVER THOUSANDS OF READY-MADE ROUTES
Get outside with curated routes from outdoor experts & organisations such as Trail, Country Walking, Mountain Bike UK, BBC Countryfile & more.
ICONIC OS MAPPING
Subscribe to unlock the detail & accuracy of OS leisure maps including OS Explorer 1:25,000 & OS Landranger 1:50,000 & now with global mapping & topographic mapping for USA, Australia & New Zealand to keep you exploring all over the world.
CREATE YOUR OWN ADVENTURES
Best in class route planning & navigation tools mean you can get off the beaten track & explore with more freedom. Plan routes with quick & easy snap-to-path route plotting, then save & share with your friends to plan that next epic day in the outdoors.
NO SIGNAL? NO PROBLEM
Download maps & routes to your phone to view offline, so they’re ready, whenever & wherever you need them. View any part of GB even without signal & export to your GPS device.
UNLIMITED PRINTING
Print copies of all your routes & maps to take with you, so you always have a backup to hand.
USE ON EVERY DEVICE
Sync your activities between across devices, on desktop, mobile & Apple Watch. On desktop, premium users can use our 3D Aerial Layer & route fly-throughs to see the landscape, terrain & explore in stunning 3D.
TRACK & RECORD ACTIVITIES
Use the activity recording feature to keep a log of your activity history. Follow along, save your activity, review it & turn it into a new route to share & follow again later.
RECOMMENDED BY THE EXPERTS
Ordnance Survey is proud to partner with Mountain Rescue England & Wales, with OS Maps as their recommended app to help you keep on track, & keep safe when heading outside.
TABLETOP 3D
Preview a route before you tackle it, ensure it’s suitable for your level of fitness & avoid any surprises. Our 3D model feature lets you check out your routes from the comfort of your home.
SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION
OS Maps premium is available through a 1 month or 1 year subscription. Prices are posted in GBP but may vary by country or when converted to local currency. Subscriptions will auto-renew. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, & identify the cost of the renewal. Subscriptions may be managed by the user & auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase.
Terms & Conditions at os.uk/termsosmaps
USEFUL INFORMATION
Battery life while using the app can be extended downloading maps offline prior to use, operating in Flight Mode (the GPS will still work) & turning off the screen when not in use. We release updates to all of our apps on an ongoing basis to improve stability & add extra features. Topographic mapping is available for UK (including Northern Ireland), USA, Australia & New Zealand. Your feedback & comments about this app are important to us. Leave a review or use os.uk/contact to get in touch.
*This feature uses Apple's ARKit which requires an iPhone 6s, iPhone SE, iPad 2017, iPad Pro or any later device.
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In-Apps
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$4.99
12 months
$28.99
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User Rating
4.71 out of 5
261 ratings
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Great maps, buggy app
I’ve used the os app for years and os maps for even longer. The maps are outstanding, but the app is too unreliable to count on. Unlike other mapping apps where you can work in an offline mode, when there is a problem with the os servers, you are logged out and unable to access your downloaded maps. This can be a critical problem, so I consider the os app to be more of a planning tool than something to rely on when I’m outdoors.
There are several other buggy aspects, but most can be worked around. And as a planning tool, the os app is very helpful. It’s worth having just for the convenience of having the excellent os maps at your fingertips.
Love in the USA
I use this app all the time for my walking in Washington State. All the trails are there. App works amazing. Gaia GPS went downhill after Outside bought it. OS explorer is great!
Map download
Although you can download actual OS maps, which is good: these maps take a very long time to download, in the US 24 hours; you have to scroll to map area to download, so when downloading adjacent areas there is likely to be overlap, so you download overlap areas twice;
Very good. Missing one basic thing!
I use this app whenever visiting family in the UK, for hikes and runs as it points out locations of historical interest as well as footpaths in the countryside.
I’m back for the first time in 4 years (thanks covid) and just in time to try the new snap to path feature which is great! Wow!
The one thing missing is that I can’t save locations the map and to a list. I’d love to be able to save “mum’s house”, as well as other destinations I’d like to visit without having to plot a route.
Love OS, they’re great maps!
Offline maps are buggy
Downloaded a couple of maps from purchase of paper versions. Zooming causes the map to be truncated. Can’t be relied upon. Test before you leave.
Terrific app
This app does so much in a easy to learn format. I highly recommend it!
Just terrible
I downloaded a paper map, then zoomed in on it, but it failed to show up. I close & reopen map; still not showing. Then I kill the app, reopen, and finally the map shows on zoom in. Really this app is poorly map. I think I will move to AllTrails instead. OSM is so much better now.
Previous complaint: drove to remote location with no mobile phone to do a hill walk. Opened the app and nothing worked: it had logged me out and refused to show my downloaded map. There I was, in the wilderness, and no electronic map! Thankfully, I brought paper map. This app is useless to me if it requires mobile data to operate on hill walks!
Don’t see how to integrate with OS hiking guides
I’m a big user of Ordnance Survey hiking guides, particularly the Pathfinder series, but don’t see a way to integrate these routes into the App.
Am I missing something?
Lots of fun!
For armchair travelers and walkers too.
Fails to retrieve country settings
As of 2022-02-08, my copy can’t allow setting up account—with which to add more detailed maps—because “failed to retrieve country settings.” Blah.
As of 2022-02-13, now won’t even log me in because “failed to retrieve email server,” or soemthing. My email server is working fine. I am suspecting that this thing only works for people in the UK.
