Touch GIS

I wrote a very favorable review several years ago, but I simply can’t recommend this app anymore. The issues persist, and the developers clearly do not have the resources to debug it sufficiently that it can be counted on for client work. It is unstable and will often lose the ability to export data in CSV or SHP (or frankly any other usable format). It is the only program where changes can be made on the fly to add feature classes while mapping and allow easy drawing similar to pen and paper in the field. The structure collector is also excellent. Don’t get suckered in by that - it’ll screw you eventually.

The app worked great for a while but will no longer send points and files with details, I’ve tried every format and have even sent emails to the developers but have no luck on getting this resolved. Me as well as several people in my line of work has had to start looking at other options to communicate the data we find on our projects. Hopefully this issue will be resolved soon!

I’ve reached out to the developers and I get no response. How do I send files where my clients can actually view them and not just see code or see can not open?

I have been a fan of these apps, upgrading to the newest versions and although there are sometimes glitches I’ve never had a complaint until now. I no longer have the ability to export project points by CSV as of a few weeks ago. This has stopped my whole teams work progress right in its tracks. None of us can use it now. I can appreciate that this problem may eventually be fixed, but it’s hard to rely on a program that could have such a crucial issue for so long. We have a lot of jobs to map and now we are currently looking for a new program.

Latest updates have been great!

Very accurate, perfect for iPad.

I have been using this app in the field for about two years to make geologic maps. It had a lot of promise 2 years ago and the developers were available for bug fixes and improvement. The app is very powerful, and captures many of my field GIS needs. It has now been 1 year since they updated anything and they seem to no longer reply to service questions. Sadly it appears to be another unsupported zombie app. There are several bugs that are real issues with some of the functionality. I may continue to use it in the field but with limited capacity to avoid the bugs and issues. Its a shame because they were so close to building an ideal geologic mapping platform that we could roll out with colleagues and students. So if you are contemplating diving in I’ll just say that it still does many things well but there are some pretty serious bugs and apparently no prospect for improvement. However if you see substantial updates in the version history it might signal that the developers are actually reengaged with keeping this thing alive and viable. I hope they see these reviews and actually update Touch.

I commonly use arcGIS in my pc but for ipad TouchGIS app is extraordinary and it has no equal but i wish from the developers to add search in UTM units. Thank you and i will be grateful.

Does what it promises. However, I am not a big fan of annual renewals which is about the same as their one time purchase predecessor GIS pro. It is a wonderful field- friendly app. To make the best use of its features, presetting attribute fields is essential. Touch GIS could use fields that record coordinates for easy export.

Cannot handle large databases. The app gets stuck and will ‘auto-close’ itself immediately after opening the project. Only remedy is to delete the project and start again. This type of app is for people who collect large amounts of IMPORTANT data, and this app is unable to preform this requirement without crashing and losing data/days of work. Make your app function correctly before you put a ridiculous price tag on it.