Awesome Maps

Streaming high quality maps to your Garmin, including premium country maps including USGS, Ordnance Survey, IGN, LINZ, Kartverket, swisstopo and NGI. Awesome! Awesome Maps is an app/widget for your device that delivers high quality cartographic maps for biking/hiking (Open Hiking Map), satellite imagery (for devices with more than 64-colour displays) and premium local mapping including USGS (continental USA), Ordnance Survey (Great Britain), IGN (France & Spain), LINZ (New Zealand), Kartverket (Norway), BGDI swisstopo (Switzerland) and NGI (Belgium). ** No additional companion app is required on your phone. ** This is the sibling to the “Awesome Maps - Activity Datafield" for map access within your activity screens. Both apps have independent data limits (double your trial maps for free!) and share the same single license for unlimited access to premium maps. If you were looking for the other version, it’s here: https://apps-developer.garmin.com/apps/7a4f45d8-c126-459a-a81c-1071bf09c33c Awesome Maps is different to on-device maps that are only available on certain devices and require separate download and install (e.g. from Garmin or others). Awesome Maps loads maps on-demand and creates a small cache to optimise performance. However, it is designed to require data connectivity and so is not suited to planning trips into areas of poor reception, even with unlimited maps data subscriptions. Major benefits, on the other hand, include: • high-quality maps styled for hiking and biking that are always up-to-date • maps on all supported watches and devices, not just Garmin-maps • worldwide coverage, without pre-loading pre-defined offline map areas • satellite, USGS, Ordnance Survey GB, IGN France & Spain, LINZ, Kartverket, swisstopo and NGI maps • North-up or heading-based orientation options • multiple zoom levels with pan/drag to move the map for exploring (touchscreen only) • optional show "snail trail" for the track recently followed • route upload and view (v3.0+) Maps are loaded as tiles that respond dynamically to change in location and heading. All maps are available at a range of zoom-scales chosen from the touch-screen or button-menu with defaults set using standard settings configured from your connected device and Connect IQ app. Future updates will include additional alternative premium country mapping and other ideas and recommendations from user feedback (pre-cache areas?, route overlays?). ** if you have any issues, please use the "Contact Developer" from this app page, from the contact menu in the app or direct email to [email protected] as this allows things to be resolved - unfortunately Garmin review processes are anonymous and don't allow interaction. I will *always* reply; if you send a message please check spam for contacts from CrispGarmin - thank you! Also see the FAQ here: https://garminapps.com/awesomemaps.html ** as an independent developer, access to a range of devices for real-world testing is limited. The Garmin "Simulator" only replicates some real world experiences. So feedback on Awesome Maps image quality, look-and-feel and user experience (touch or buttons) is always appreciated. Awesome Maps is provided as a freemium application; the default Trial version contains full functionality for testing, review and casual-use with limits reset every month. However, for unlimited map access a low-cost subscription service is required. Full details and costs are available from the ‘License…’ menu within the app. Map images require a small data transfer for download. Mobile data is therefore required for access. Please be aware of your own data costs and limits (and potential increased battery usage), especially when travelling/roaming. More information, and direct contact details, available at https://garminapps.com/ See the Garmin Showcase forum for general Awesome Maps discussions at https://forums.garmin.com/developer/connect-iq/f/showcase/433612/awesome-maps

Click 'See All' on reviews below to see all replies and updates. For the full (historical) changelog, help and contact info see the FAQ at https://garminapps.com/awesomemaps.html v3.3.0 - 28 July 2026 Add: Route elevation profile (tap to toggle or use menu from Routes screen) Add: Route extent grid squares Fix: Initial display of grid reference (OS/UTM) on rectangular (e.g. Edge) devices Update: Refined text content and lay3u0 Update: Exception handling v3.2.1 - 21 July 2026 Fix: Satellite (and other?) map display on Edge 1040 (and other?) Fix: Draw snail-trail trace above route so visible Fix: GPS quality/status for devices with older API (e.g. Forerunner 945 LTE) v3.2.0 - 20 July 2026 Add: GPS quality/status indicator on maps (round Watch devices only) Add: Device support for eTrex Touch Fix: License storage issues with Approach devices Update: Routes extended to load up to 1000 points (100 for low-memory devices e.g. Forerunner255) v3.1.0 - 14 July 2026 Add: Routes page/view with menu, preview and summary Fix: Blank map tiles due to Garmin API rotation failure (e.g. Venu2) (Filipe edition) Fix: Tile download priority optimisation re-applied Update: Refined text content and layout Update: Significant refactoring for code support v3.0.2 - 10 July 2026 Add: Discovery hints when reaching map limits Update: Default background tiles Update: Exception handling v3.0.1 - 8 July 2026 Add: Location to home page layout for large-format devices and improve font size Update: Change background "Loading..." tile when no GPS yet to "No Location..." Update: Memory optimisation (if you had issues on Fenix6, please retry) Update: Better image/error handling per-device rotation failure (e.g. Forerunner165) v3.0.0 - 6 July 2026 Add: Device support for GPSMAP H1 / Hi Plus (no glance, no datafield version) (over 100 devices and variants now built and supported for Awesome Maps) Add: Preview / Experimental setting for testing new features (default is 'Off') Add (Preview): Route (x1, short) upload and view on map ** Feedback Please ** (not available on older e.g. Fenix 6 devices due to lack of Garmin API support) Fix: Menu options for ApproachS50, D2-Mach1Pro, D2-AirX10, Epix2-Pro, Tactix7 Fix: Make touch screen identification dynamic to allow for locked touch screen UI updates Update: Refined text content Update: Exception handling (ERA) v2.9.1 - 30 June 2026 Add: Device support for Forerunner 945 LTE, Fenix 6s Pro series and Fenix 6x Pro series (no glance grid references, no datafield version) Fix: North arrow positioning Fix: Menu options for Venu2 and Vivoactive5 Update: Optimise tile download priority Update: Compiler optimisations (Prettier Monkey C) applied - props to Mark W v2.9.0 - 29 June 2026 Add: Device support for Fenix 6 Pro series (inc Sapphire, Solar, Dual Power, quatix 6) Update: Connectivity messages for Fenix 4G/LTE and WiFi-enabled devices Update: Refined text content Update: Memory optimisation v2.8.1 - 21 June 2026 Add: Missing NGI from copyright (optimised layout) Fix: OS grid reference where 2nd-figure was I (translate to J) Fix: Switzerland boundary detection for Swisstopo maps Update: Handle mixed-case settings values ... v2.0.0 - 14 April 2026 Add: Zoom In / Out controls for touchscreen devices Add: Heading icon and map type control (for touchscreen devices) to the map Add: Optimise tile loading for rectangular (Edge) devices Add: Scalebar adaption for non-metric device distance units Add: Device support for D2 Mach 2 Pro Add: Updated icons Fix: Scale for Ordnance Survey maps Remove: Non-tiled maps (increased tiled map allowance to compensate) ... v1.0.0 - 17 March 2026 First release