# Svalbard Map — Offline Maps, Routes & Stories

> Offline Maps, Routes & Stories (iPhone/iPad app by ADAM ZEMANCIK.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/svalbard-map/id6798810249 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [ADAM ZEMANCIK](https://appshunter.io/developer/6798810251)
- Category: Navigation, Travel
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 24 MB
- Released: 2026-08-22
- Data updated: 2026-09-06
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/svalbard-map/id6798810249/reviews.md

## What is Svalbard Map?

Svalbard in your pocket—before, during and after the journey.

Download maps before mobile coverage disappears. Plan a route, follow your position, record a private track, save places and discover what makes life at 78° North possible.

MAPS FOR THE FIELD

• Download selected topographic areas for offline use.
• Preview saved maps before leaving coverage.
• See your current GPS position and heading.
• Switch between topographic, satellite, orthophoto and nautical views when online.
• Add optional depth soundings to the nautical chart for planning.

ROUTES, TRACKS AND GPX

• Explore eight trek recordings as references in one map-first view.
• Build multi-point route plans with distance and terrain elevation profiles where coverage is available.
• Record your own breadcrumb track—even while your iPhone is locked or you use another app.
• Import GPX routes, tracks and waypoints with a clear preview before anything is saved.
• Export planned routes, recorded tracks and saved places as GPX.

DISCOVER SVALBARD—OFFLINE

Read 35 approachable stories across five chapters, from the hidden systems behind Longyearbyen to sea ice and the North Pole. Search the collection, track what you have read and open relevant locations on the map. Every story is stored in the app and includes sources and a fact-check date; external source links require internet access.

YOUR PLACES. YOUR DATA.

Save camps, viewpoints and other personal places with categories, notes and coordinates. Share one place or a selected group as GPX when you choose.

No account. No advertising. No analytics. Svalbard Map does not collect your data. Your routes, tracks, places and downloaded maps stay in the app’s private storage on your iPhone unless you choose to export or share them.

IMPORTANT

Svalbard Map is a planning and navigation aid—not a safety or rescue system, turn-by-turn navigator, or official nautical chart. Suggested treks are reference recordings, not maintained routes or evidence that access or conditions are safe. Maps, tracks, terrain estimates and guidance may be inaccurate, incomplete or out of date.

Confirm current conditions, restrictions and your route independently. Carry appropriate navigation, communication and safety equipment, follow the Governor of Svalbard’s current requirements, and never rely on a phone or map app for emergency response.

Map data: © Norwegian Polar Institute—Svalbard base map, satellite imagery and orthophoto; satellite imagery includes Copernicus Sentinel data. Nautical chart and depth data: © Kartverket. Terrain elevation: © Norwegian Polar Institute. Attributions and licence links are available in the app.


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.2 — 2026-08-26

Svalbard Map is now both a field companion and an offline introduction to the archipelago.

• Discover Svalbard through 35 approachable, sourced stories—about two hours of reading available offline.
• Explore a redesigned Routes hub with all eight trek suggestions together on one map, plus clearer planned-route and recorded-track libraries.
• Import routes and places from the same GPX file, preview everything first and choose exactly what to save.
• Share one saved place—or a selected group—as a GPX file.
• Name downloaded map areas and use a clearer offline-map download and management flow.
• Enjoy two new trek references, route photos, improved navigation and many smaller refinements.

Free, private and built for Svalbard: no account, no ads and no analytics.

### 1.1 — 2026-08-22

What’s New in 1.1

• Refreshed design and smoother map controls.
• Plan routes with multiple waypoints, then save, edit, and share them as GPX files.
• Explore a new nautical-chart map style with optional depth soundings for planning.
• View elevation profiles for planned treks and selected recorded tracks.
• Discover more local trek suggestions and improvements to offline maps.

### 1.0 — 2026-08-22

No release notes.

## More apps by ADAM ZEMANCIK

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All apps by ADAM ZEMANCIK: https://appshunter.io/developer/6798810251

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