Smart Maps - Amsterdam app for iPhone and iPad
★ Offline High Quality Map ★ Offline Guide ★ Real-Time GPS Tracking ★ Discover Places Around You ★ Offline Search ★ Universal App
Explore and discover the city with Smart Maps - The Offline Street Level Map & Guide! Save the money you pay for expensive data roaming charges when you travel abroad! Smart Maps its also a great alternative to the classic Maps app, because its much faster and has a few awesome features like "Around Me" or "City Guide".
Smart Maps was ranked:
★ OFFLINE MAP
No Internet connection required. The entire app was designed with the concept that it should work offline, without the need for Internet.
★ REAL-TIME GPS TRACKING
Smart Maps tracks your position and updates it on the map in real-time. GPS tracking requires a device with GPS (iPhone or iPad 3G). If you have an iPod or iPad without GPS, you will need a WiFi connection to determine your location.
★ OFFLINE GUIDE
Browse through sights, museums, restaurants, shops, hotels, parks, railway & subway stations and more. Finding the point of interest closest to you is a tap away.
★ 2 IN 1: UNIVERSAL APP
Smart Maps works just as good on an iPad as it does on an iPhone or an iPod. If you dont have an iPad you should buy one just to see how amazing Smart Maps are looking on this device :)
★ DISCOVER PLACES AROUND YOU
Smart Maps will scan an area of 1 km around your location and it will display the points of interest within that area. Its a very convenient way to discover a new city or to find out new locations in your home town. The classic gesture - "Pull down to refresh" - makes this feature a pleasure to use.
★ OFFLINE SEARCH
As you begin to type, a list with the proposed results will appear. You can search for streets, landmarks, parks, attractions, museums and much more!
★ RETINA GRAPHICS
Looks great on devices with Retina display.
★ COMPASS
See the direction youre heading (available only if your device has compass support).
★ AUTO-LOCK
Want to keep the screen always lit? Theres an option within the app for that.
★ BOOKMARKS
Save your favorite locations with just a tap.
★ ADVANCED MAP FEATURES
- Scale display (using the metric or the English system)
- Hold your finger on the map for 2 seconds to drop a pin
- Shake your device to remove all red pins
- Distance computing: see the distance to each point of interest
★ OFFLINE HELP
Got a question? Theres a 99% chance you will find the answer in the offline help :)
Unlike other offline apps, Smart Maps covers a very large city area. We recommend using iTunes or a reliable WiFi connection when installing, due to the large apps size.
Thank you for downloading Smart Maps!
Pros and cons of Smart Maps - Amsterdam app for iPhone and iPad
Smart Maps - Amsterdam app good for
Weve been using this app for past week staying in Amsterdam and it has made getting around so easy, and subtle! No standing at the corner trying to figure out where you are on a paper map and having ask directions, just check your screen to see where you are and your destination, and a very short learning curve to figure out how to use and navigate with the app. The guide section seems very thorough and accurate for the centrum, we havent been to any out-lying areas so dont know about how far out it extends. Overall I would highly recommend this app and will definitely be purchasing Smart Maps for other cities in our future travels.
It has a detailed and very fast offline map. It also has all of the important pois as well as lots of others. I used it all the time during our 6 day trip to amsterdam. The only downside would maybe be the number of low priority pois like restaurants and cafes. It has some restaurants in it and that was enough to give me the direction of others :) must buy app if going to amsterdam!
Im one of those people that obsesses about having the best map for their trip. This one is pretty good. It is at least as detailed as any printed street map, down to the level of showing where house numbers appear on blocks. It has lots of useful icons for places to eat, shop, etc. Its usable at various zoom levels. You can add placemarks to help you plan your next day of sightseeing.
A few things would make it better:
1. The tram lines should show the number of the line and where it stops.
2. It would be cool if some of the icons were clickable for more info. But I guess that would make it a guidebook, not a map.
3. It would be cool to be able to name the placemarks yourself (currently they just take on the name of the nearest location on the map).
All the smart map apps are great. This one was very helpful. Using this app helped get me around the city with great ease. Also, pointed out "shops", bars, and other points of interest.
I travel to Amst often, this is always with me. Even my local Amst. Friends are impressed
Purchased this app for an upcoming trip to Amsterdam. It is very intuitive and easy to bookmark places we want to go. We had purchased a tour guide book which had a fold out map and it had some good ideas but I dreaded the thought of using a paper map, made my head spin just looking at it. And not having cell phone service over there was a worry because I use the gps all the time in the states. Then I found this app and very much relieved. Im starting to bookmark some of the places we want to check out and cant wait to use the gps function when we get over there. Thanks Smart Maps!!
Some bad moments
There are 300 some POIs but they do seem to be very useful. The map area is rather small; it does not even include the Schiphol Airport.
Once youve typed something into the search bar, you can no longer use search. Whenever you click in search and type a letter on the keyboard, the keyboard disappears. Buggy app!
Sure the app has many POIs but absolutely no descriptions. How do you know the restaurant or shop is good or what kind it is? You dont. Its a crapshoot.
