You bet! We are giving away three free offline LoMaps to all new Locus Map users. The choice of map is up to you, the whole world is available.

New Locus Map users automatically get a welcome gift of three free offline LoMaps to download. However, many of them don't know what these maps are, where to find them, or how to download them. So here's how it works:

What are LoMaps?

LoMaps are world hiking and biking maps based on OpenStreetMap data.

• Online LoMap is the default map of the application and is always available for free in summer and winter mode.
• Offline LoMap, which can be used even without an internet connection,  is available in map packages that cover individual countries and regions and can be downloaded from the Locus Store. The packages are smaller in size than the raster maps downloaded from the online mode and can be switched to different themes: Hiking, Biking, Skiing, City, and Road. Each theme is based on the same map data but displays different layers and symbols according to the user's needs.

Part of the map package is a database of LoPoints (points of interest that can be displayed not only on top of the LoMaps but also on top of all other maps in the area). The points can be searched, sorted, and filtered in the database (Menu > All Functions > LoPoints). Read more about LoMaps in the Locus Knowledge Base >>

Where can I get LoMaps?

It's the same as all the other maps provided by the Locus Map application - they're available in the Locus Store. The Locus Store can be accessed by tapping Menu > Locus Store (you must be online), then selecting Maps > Product Lines. The LoMaps are the first to appear and offer a wide range of map packs. When selecting a map, it's possible to view the map packs on a preview map - this makes it easy to see which areas are covered by which map.

How do I know that the map is free?

The blue DOWNLOAD button contains an icon of a map pack. Tapping it will bring up a dialog confirming that the map is really free and showing the number of gifts remaining.

Each map packet can be downloaded repeatedly in the version available at the moment of the first download. Updates of LoMaps are charged for a symbolic fee.

How can I download LoMaps to my mobile phone or tablet?

Tap on the blue DOWNLOAD button and then confirm the next dialog.

The map will start downloading. Meanwhile, you can continue to work with Locus Map, the download status will be displayed in your system tray. The downloaded map will appear in the Offline tab of your Map Manager.

What should I do to get all LoMaps for free?

Subscribe or purchase the Premium Gold plan. With it, you can download as many offline LoMaps as you want, including all updates.

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Locus Map 3.17 is here with a long, long awaited feature - offline address search. It took us a little bit more time to tackle this task than we had expected. Petr and Menion had to solve many issues so that the system would be functional worldwide. However, they succeeded and Locus can offer addresses without need to be connected to the Internet.

Are offline addresses included in the new Locus?

No, you have to update your LoMaps first. Offline addresses are included in newly rendered LoMaps packets. Offline address search doesn't work with your current or even older LoMaps:

• go to Locus Store
  
  
• tap your profile settings in the upper right corner
  
• select Check for updates
  
  
• update all LoMaps that you want to use for offline search

Where do I find the offline address search?

Right where you are used to search online addresses - in Menu > Search > Address & Place:

• go to Search > Address & Place
  
  
• when you enter it for the first time in Locus 3.17, the icon of the topbar menu shakes and unfolds to offer both online and offline search - select Offline (next time you'll be offered offline directly, you can change the method in the topbar menu)
  
• Locus offers a list of available address packets - countries (corresponding to your updated LoMaps - if you don't update at least one LoMap, there are no address packets). Select the country you want to search address in.
  
• start writing the city name, after two characters Locus starts offering matching entries, choose one you want
• start writing the street name, after two characters Locus starts offering matching entries, choose one you want
  
• Locus displays a list of all house numbers on the street, enter numbers to narrow the selection
  
• any time during the search you can tap the centering icon to show the item on the map

Anything else in the new Locus?

You bet! There are loads of minor changes and fixes as usual, rather a lot more than usual. For example navigation:

• support of navigation commands in BRouter routing service
• option to select means of transport (car, bike, ...) for route recalculation of current active navigation

Maps:

• Swedish Lansstyrelsernas maps were added to the list of online maps (definition in Store)
• we added option to colorize map by altitude
• we redesigned "map overlays" screen
• support of MapsForge V4 maps (e.g. language selection in map detail)

Points and tracks:

• support of long tap in points/tracks list enabling selection mode and pre-selecting single item
• all waypoints closer than 500 m from a track are now visible on track chart

Etc., etc., etc. Enjoy!

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Happy Old Locus Year 2015?

Before we start talking about the new year 2016, new horizons and goals of Locus Map application, we'd like to thank you for the previous year:

Again, our ranks have gained several thousand happy new users all over the World. Again, we dedicated 100% of our working (and leisure too in many cases) time to Locus. Again, we listened to your numerous suggestions and ideas and implemented many of them. Again, we tuned Locus so that its use is easier and at the same time it doesn't lose anything from its complexity and versatility. In this you, our dear users, helped us greatly and Locus is, therefore, as you want it to be. And this year it won't be otherwise.

This year belongs to new maps

While last year we focused primarily on Locus UI optimization, this year we'd like to dedicate to expansion of the content of our Locus Store. Above all, we'd like to widen cooperation with our contemporary map providers. Therefore, you can look forward to offline maps of France and Belgium from IGN, German maps from BKG, offline maps of Netherlands by OpenTopo.nl and hopefully we'll manage to fetch some new maps of United States.

Offline address search

We are still working on optimizing the solution of offline address search in our vector LoMaps. All offline data are quite memory space demanding - we are looking for an optimum compromise between the data quality and size and hopefully this year we'll find it.

Dedicated live tracking service

We'll work hard on our own server solution of your favourite live tracking feature - monitoring and displaying Locus users on map in real time.  Nowadays you can enjoy this feature only in cooperation with third parties, e.g. with live tracking service of GPSies.com we wrote about here.

Of course, overall improving, polishing and fine-tuning of Locus will continue as usual - keep sending your ideas and improvements!

We wish you wonderful wandering with Locus through the year 2016!

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