by John Thorn, UK First, some history… Twenty years ago, when you wanted a map for […]

Locus Map is such a comprehensive and versatile software that it sometimes happens that it surprises […]

Recently, several of our map partners have released a number of new maps as well as […]

Hi Locusers! Last year we informed you about our ongoing work on the public route database. […]

One of our partnered map providers, Discovery Walking Guides, has resolved to offer their digital maps […]

The snowdrops are slowly blooming out, out are crocuses, daffodils, and tulips. And also bear garlic! […]

Locus Map offers a lot of maps for your outdoor fun. Over 150 online maps that […]

Search&Rescue support program Over the years of Locus Map’s history, a lot of times our users […]

by Andreas Woithon, Matsch&Piste There are a few demanding terrains for navigation on this planet. Deserts […]

It’s everywhere around us again. In the streets, shopping malls, TV, e-shops… Xmas trees, glittering decorations, […]

Last time we talked about maps helpful for your winter activities with Locus – LoMaps displaying […]

Looking out of the window we’re sure it’s here. Overcast sky, temperatures dropped to zero, freezing […]

Despite very nice summer-like weather in October here in mid-Europe, we’ve continued working hard on tuning […]

The autumn is here, the main season is over. Nevertheless, we haven’t given up our jobs. […]

There is no map in the world that could be marked as flawless. Each map is […]

Rise and fall of NFC in Locus NFC (Near Field Communication) started to gain popularity some […]

When you are moving in free terrain with no roads or paths, heading to a distant […]

a guest blog post by Matej Halouska and Adriana Plotzerova We have been actively traveling for […]

The development can’t be stopped, not mentioning that one of Locus Map. We admit that not […]

Using your favorite hiking navigation via a wearable device is welcome by more and more outdoor […]

You’ve got used to getting more and more versions of your favorite navigation app regularly in […]

Hi there, can you feel it too? Despite the skiing season in the Alps has not […]

You are keen sportsmen and sportswomen, you record your every activity – mountain hikes, bike rides, […]

Locus Map Watch add-on for wearables has been available for a few months now, gaining bigger […]

Route planner, one of the main features of the mobile outdoor navigation Locus Map, has become […]

Obviously, many of you, hikers, mountain bikers, crosscountry skiers or other outdoor sports fans have already […]

You would say alas, the summer is over. Temperatures dropped twenty degrees in just a few […]

We’ve been working on the Wear for Locus for a while and we can proudly announce […]

Locus Map is a globally available application. It’s used and enjoyed by thousands of fans from […]

The summer is in full swing and we are publishing a brand new version of your […]

Stuck Locus Map Pro initialization, missing geocache listing, impossibility to send offline logs or Locus being […]

In the beginning… Live tracking, i.e. sharing your location in real time, has been a part […]

Here it is again, we are proudly launching a New Locus Map 3.31! It is full […]

Modern vector maps like our LoMaps or partnering OpenAndroMaps contain lots of meta information about various POIs […]

by Josef Žajdlík Riding in a group of 6+ cyclists can cause troubles. Different performance and […]

Large bike resorts like those in Alps or in Whistler usually offer a decent dedicated map […]

Navigating your outdoor activities from your wrist is now even better – we’re introducing a new, […]

As the main hiking and biking season is coming closer and closer we’ve been working hard […]

Bone shattering freezes are over, snows are slowly melting, we wake up with first rays of […]

We all successfully survived Christmas and New Years Eve celebrations and threw ourselves again into work. […]

Sometimes it happens that your track recording is faulty – it is inaccurate, contains “bumps” or […]

Controlling your favorite outdoor mobile navigation has never been easier and faster – we’re introducing Wear for […]

We in Locus team have resolved that you deserve one more treat for this Christmas. Besides […]

Christmas is knocking at the door and we’ve got a gift for you – full-featured, unlimited […]

A month has passed and we are releasing another version of Locus Map – 3.27. Last […]

You know, we want Locus Map to be still better and better. And you, our users, are […]

The most colorful outdoor season of the year is here. To make it more enjoyable for […]

by Josef Žajdlík This year’s bike pilgrimage organized by Orel Uherský Brod lead to Fátima in […]

by Christian Bischof Bikepacking means to me to travel with little baggage on almost all kinds […]

Despite the summer vacations are only a bit behind its middle, we have been extensively developing […]

by David Kubát, a scooter-rider and a geocacher (edited) For quite a long time I’ve been […]

Maps of Alpine Association of Slovenia (PZS – Planinska zveza Slovenije) in the map scale 1 […]

As you may have known, so far, maps of the well-known French publisher IGN or, more […]

It’s been over a month since last “big” release and the summer is not only knocking […]

by Ted Thomas Camping is one of those activities of America that everyone can do. If […]

by Manish Chandra Singh Mountain biking is a great idea for adventure and sport junkies all […]

“Hey bro, you work with these maps, eh?…”, recently a friend of mine asked me and I […]

by Peter Hanson If you have plans to travel to Southeast Asia, or if you’re just […]

You say, so early? It was not so long ago when we presented the 3.22 version full […]

OpenStreetMap project is one of the fastest growing World mapping platform. More and more providers use […]

As you may know, Locus Map’s homeland is the Czech republic. Our office is in Prague […]

Despite many ski resorts are still operating to their full capacity and in many mountains it […]

Locus is here (besides others) so that you can fully focus on your geocache hunt – […]

by Sarah Murphy There is always a sense of excitement when I set off to visit […]

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Recently, besides never ending improving of features and fine-tuning of Locus UX, we’ve been focusing on […]

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United states of America offer unthinkable amount of opportunities for hiking enthusiasts. All the same, as […]

Imagine every place on Earth has its own simple address. Any torn hut in the middle […]

Not long ago we teased you about the Christmas giving by the 50% sale of the […]

City streets, stores and shopping malls glittering with Christmas decorations, speakers pouring streams of carols at […]

Recently, Locus Map map portfolio has been growing like mushrooms after rain. Let’s sum it up […]

Some time ago in a new version of Locus we introduced a complete portfolio of outdoor […]

Last time here we presented tips how to set notifications of leaving a route, switch to […]

You know it, you’re riding your bike in the woods by Locus navigation and there are […]

by Pablo Riveiro De Arriba Before traveling to Morocco for the first time, three years ago, […]

It’s not so long ago when we informed here about the release of 3.19 version, full of […]

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You know we didn’t hang around in summer – your mobiles and tablets were given several […]

Smartphone battery consumption is one of the most disputed topics across user communities of all mobile […]

Most of modern active sporty people use at least some of many available sport tracking devices […]

You can visualize a lot of things above the map in Locus. Geocaches, your planned routes […]

Versatility of our app that is primarily designed for leisure time use outdoors seems not to […]

What is GPX? You must have met this GPX abbreviation many times before when working with tracks […]

by Sarah Murphy If you’ve never heard of the Geocaching Triad, it’s touted by Groundspeak as […]

Locus Map can cooperate with many applications. Being it various map programs, sport trackers, add-ons from […]

As you have obviously noticed, MapQuest maps are not in Locus online map portfolio since 7/11. […]

A few days ago, without much boasting, we published a new Locus version. It was no […]

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And here it is again. We’ve got hit by the new-release fever, we can’t help it, […]

Elevation, altitude, altitude measurement optimization… there are loads of questions of this type at our helpdesk. […]

Not everybody needs to spend their vacations in luxury of a five-star resort, a comfortable bungalow […]

Do you know Sigeric? Besides he was the Archbishop of Canterbury in the late 90’s of […]

by Sarah Murphy Dublin city centre has lots of great caches to not only keep you […]

Locus Map 3.17 is here with a long, long awaited feature – offline address search. It took […]

Today it’s a bit off topic, however, there can be found of course a direct connection with […]

Not just a game for kids When I with my family began geocaching some six years […]

Outdoor navigation app is developed at a desk in a warm office, however, its terrain testing […]

There are a few ways how to use Locus for navigation on your bike. But which […]

A few times we’ve mentioned one of Locus gadgets named quite commonly Dashboard. You can obviously […]

Not only EU but the whole World resonates with the movement for better gender balance. Universal […]

You know that. You arrive at your vacation and you’re given a bulletin, leaflet or a […]

Are you keen skialpinists? Or ski freeriders? Or backcountry skiers, snowshoe hikers? Then you’ll surely welcome […]

Who is Kagu? The Kagu (or Cagou) is a highly unusual, almost flightless bird, which due […]

A lot of our users dream about using Locus on their PCs. Imagine browsing your favourite […]

The plan was very simple since the very beginning. To begin the climb of the highest Czech mountain […]

Old-new map? What? The title is boasting that all is just new! Yes and no, the […]

Locus Map offers a wide range of settings for navigation or guidance in terrain or along […]

by Sarah Murphy On 3rd June 2000, Chris O’Brien placed the first ever geocache in Europe […]

Happy Old Locus Year 2015? Before we start talking about the new year 2016, new horizons […]

Streets, stores and shopping malls glittering with Christmas decorations, speakers pouring streams of carols at sweating […]

We’re sure most of you understand the value of Locus community of users and subscribers. It […]

In recent blogposts we were talking about various aspects of navigation like automatic recalculation settings or […]

Last time we talked about offline navigation in Locus – what to download and where, what […]

Quite a few new users often ask us how come that Locus Map can’t navigate offline? […]

We have mentioned once that it’s possible to display Strava Global Heatmap in Locus. Anyway, we […]

A few weeks have passed and we are releasing a new Locus Map version again. It’s slightly […]

Despite our main target in developing Locus Map is its intuitiveness, the mobile app has become […]

Another feature we are going to present in this blog is Live tracking. For those who […]

In September we announced competition for the best story with Locus Map. The prize was a […]

Not long ago we introduced association of Locus Map and GPSies.com, one of the largest World […]

Loads of features. Loads of maps to download. Loads of settings and customizations. One thing was […]

This question has been nagging us and our users since Android Kitkat 4.4.2. arrival on scene […]

In the middle of the summer we set off to a Locus testing trip to the […]

Soon after a man learns how to ride a bike and starts rolling first kilometers he […]

Two months ago a new topic emerged on our helpdesk. It wasn’t a bugreport nor an […]

Well, I must admit that the title may appear a bit misleading, however, the fact is […]

Check our brand new video promoting bike riding adventures with Locus Map. Do you like it? […]

  Summer vacations are merrily passing by and so Locus Map Team doesn’t hesitate and maps […]

The summer in full throttle, the heat consuming whole Europe, time to escape to the woods […]

You bet! Three free Locus Maps for all new Locus Map users. The map choice is […]

It sounds a bit weird and fashion-like or a sort of cliché but nevertheless there must […]

Weekends in Rychlebske Mountains have become my “highlights” since I with my coleague were invited by […]

You’ve probably heard of Munzee having become a part of Locus Map thanks to the Munzee add-on […]

I fell in love at first sight with the mountain bike in a perfumed shopping mall […]

No, it’s not the Enigma cipher or countdown of a space shuttle launch as you may […]

A tiny town of Meshgin Shar is another destination on my journey. It’s a convenient place […]

Prize: 3 x 1000 LC! Three of you (or three of your photos) may win a […]

It’s autumn 2008 and I’m heading on to a long planned trip around Iran and Turkey. […]

Der Traum Seit 270 Tagen sind wir „on the road“. Andy, die Schreibende und unsere Reisegefährtin […]

Dear friends, it’s here again. Menion and his Locus Team persist in their efforts to improve […]

This face-resembling picture of beautifully curved landscape of d’Auvergne volcanoes several kilometres from Clermont Ferrand nicely introduces […]

As keen geocachers you surely can imagine the situation when you’re ready to set on your […]

It’s Monday afternoon. Again, locking my cabin door I’m throwing the pack on my back and […]

Have you ever been to England? No? It’s a high time you packed a few things […]

We proudly announce that a new version of your favourite application has just been put on […]

Dear Locusers, We’re happy to say that the new version is ready for installation. New 3.6.0 version […]

Dear users  As we have mentioned before, one of Locus Pro distribution channel, AndroidPIT store, has […]

Dear users. We would like to wish you a merry and mostly peaceful Christmas. As a […]

Dear users, We’re glad to introduce the new version of Locus Map – 3.5.0. What is […]

Dear users, The App Center will be terminated on 31 December 2014. It means that you […]

Dear Locuser, We’re happy to introduce new version 3.4.0 that is available in your store. What […]

Dear Locusers, as you probably know we release new version about every month. And because new […]

Hello Locusers, almost five weeks of work and testing, brings another bunch of very interesting news. […]

Dear Locusers, New month is here and also Locus comes with new version. The list of […]

Dear Users, We’d like to introduce new great part of Locus which is available from version […]

Hi Locusers, long time no see, but don’t worry. For a long six weeks, we worked […]

Výlety a zábava s dětmi – www.vylety-zabava.cz tipy na výlety s dětmi po celé České republice. Webová služba […]

Hi Locusers, We wanted to release only small fix version but we‘ve changed so much features […]

Dear Locusers, new version of Locus Map app is available on Google Play. We daresay that […]

Problem After upgrade on Android 4.4.2 Locus Map does not run correctly – crashes or does […]

Ahoj, před pár dny jsme vydali nové offline mapy pro aplikaci Locus map. V Locus store […]

Dear Locusers, Couple days ago we published new offline vector maps for Locus Map Android app. […]

Dear Locus-maniacs, we are really glad to announce new Locus version. It will be available on […]

Ve spolupráci s fakultou stavební ČVUT připravujeme průzkum v použitelnosti mapové aplikace Locus Map. Naším cílem […]

  Good news especially for our German users. Until February 20, you can download Locus Pro […]

Locus GIS is an Android application for users which need to work with geospatial data on […]

Dear Users, new Locus Map is available so let’s go update. What you’ll get with new […]

Hi, Issue with server solved. Everything works fine now. Dear user, we’re facing some issue with […]

Dear Locus users, Is it true, the new version is coming! Last 2.16.0 doesn’t come with […]

  New month is sign that new version of Locus is coming. So what news can […]

Last version 2.14.1 brings testing version of new feature – fast zoom mechanism (currently working only […]

Shading, vector world map and bunch of improvements It’s been more then month since previous Locus […]

Hello Locusers, We’re very happy that we can introduce new version of Locus. It comes with […]

Dear users, OpenHikigMaps are temporary unavailable due to an accident on provider site. The server which […]

End of May is here and together with that new Locus version. It comes with package […]

After more then month (previous version was released 27.3.2013) is available a new version. Which great […]

  News in version 2.10.0 I would like to introduce a new pack of interesting features. […]

New Main menu One post about new Main menu was already wrote a few days ago, […]

Android eco-system is growing. Very fast. Design patterns that were fresh and clean are now old […]

Fresh vector maps After more then month, we bring you a new bunch of vector maps. […]

ANT+ Last version offers great news for all sportsmen. Do you enjoy running or cycling together […]

  New vector offline maps Locus in version 2.8.0 comes with new vector maps and with […]

Due to the constant uncertainty about validity of the Add-on Vector maps for Locus, we would […]

Dear users, we are still thinking, what can we improve, because still si what to improve […]

Vector maps update I have finally almost complete pack of updated vector maps. CloudMade from where […]

Are you using a free version of Locus and would you like to buy the application […]

AndroidPIT”s reviews are some of the most through and informative app reports currently online. Combining a […]

New, dramatically improved version, is slowly coming on Android market. There is a lot of news […]

Since new version of Locus 1.14.6 comes new addon – GeoGet database. Do you know GeoGet? GeoGet […]

Good day to all, I have here few important news for you about recent update Summary: […]

Welcome to first post on new Locus homepage Hope you’ll like it. We’re preparing (finally) some […]

After almost month of testing of vector maps by Locus community (on Locus forum) I decided […]

During a last month, in Locus application and also here on forum was link to survey […]

Good day to all. As you noticed, Locus is very actively developed. To be true, I […]

Since new version (today released) 1.8.0, Locus support creating “Custom screen”. What this means? You can […]

This should be interesting post for people that are worried about some changes in Locus during […]

Hi to all users, this will be just a short explanation of newly required permissions for […]

Hi to all, I bring bad news for everyone. When I started creating Locus, I knew […]