Map presets
A map preset saves all four map slots, their order and active slot, including map sources, styles, layers, terrain, overlays, routing preferences and map-object visibility. UI profile, coordinates, colors, icon favorites and menu order remain global settings.
App profile
Changes the arrangement of controls, but not maps, layers, projects or recorded data.
Both profiles contain the same MapTools functions. Compare how the controls will look on this device, then choose a starting layout.
The complete tool menu is always directly available. Suitable when you regularly use many different MapTools functions.
Track, route, marker and telemetry are prominent. Photo, note and audio are quickly available from the Marker submenu; all other tools remain available via More.
A map preset saves all four map slots, their order and active slot, including map sources, styles, layers, terrain, overlays, routing preferences and map-object visibility. UI profile, coordinates, colors, icon favorites and menu order remain global settings.
Search, map switching, object browser, settings, GPS/InfoTap and hiding map controls remain available in both profiles.
Use Settings to manage map presets, repeat this introduction or open the feature overview, and switch the app profile. A profile changes only the arrangement of controls.
Changes the arrangement of controls, but not maps, layers, projects or recorded data.
Maps and map data
Manage maps, vector layers, raster overlays, elevation data, map styles and POI data separately.
Map source and offline maps are managed in the map browser.
Tap a slot to activate it. Change the assigned map via the selector.
Default / base map
Custom theme
Manage maps, vector layers, raster overlays, elevation data, map styles and POI data separately.
HGT tiles provide elevation values for points, profiles, analyses and visible hillshade rendering. DEM GeoTIFF, ASC and DTED are also supported.
Map slots
Tap a slot to activate it. Change the assigned map via the selector.
These settings apply only to this map slot. POI search results stay global.
Map source and offline maps are managed in the map browser.
A map preset saves all four map slots, their order and active slot, including map sources, styles, layers, terrain, overlays, routing preferences and map-object visibility. UI profile, coordinates, colors, icon favorites and menu order remain global settings.
Manage maps, vector layers, raster overlays, elevation data, map styles and POI data separately.
Map presets
A map preset saves all four map slots, their order and active slot, including map sources, styles, layers, terrain, overlays, routing preferences and map-object visibility. UI profile, coordinates, colors, icon favorites and menu order remain global settings.
Tap a slot to activate it. Change the assigned map via the selector.
Map source and offline maps are managed in the map browser.
Save map preset
A map preset saves all four map slots, their order and active slot, including map sources, styles, layers, terrain, overlays, routing preferences and map-object visibility. UI profile, coordinates, colors, icon favorites and menu order remain global settings.
Changes the arrangement of controls, but not maps, layers, projects or recorded data.
Display
Colors for markers, lines, routes, bearings, areas and ViewRange can be selected with a color field, hue control, RGB values and Hex code. The dialog previews the current and the selected color. Favorites are intentionally simple: global object colors plus dedicated favorites for areas and ViewRange.
Maintenance
Service catalogues change. MapTools can read capabilities again, show differences and repair unambiguous references in a controlled way.
Capabilities can be read from the service or a local XML file. The XML contains the catalogue, not map imagery for offline use.
Added, removed and changed layers and affected map presets are shown before changes are applied.
Unambiguous references can be repaired. Presets whose content changed lose their old test state and must be tested again.
Public catalogues honour HTTP cache metadata. Private responses are not persisted; HTML returned by FeatureInfo is not rendered as active web content.
A successful request does not prove free use or caching rights. Licence, registration, quotas and attribution are determined by the service operator.
Map presets
A map preset stores all four map slots, their order, disabled slots, the active slot and object visibility. The Standard preset remains available; custom presets are part of Pro.
Older custom single-slot presets are migrated once. Their name, identifier, map content and object visibility are retained. The previous map content is placed in the slot active during the update; the other three slots are copied from the current setup. Migration does not switch the setup currently in use.
The old preset file is removed only after the new format has been written atomically and read back successfully. Missing maps, themes, layers or terrain data remain referenced and the affected slot is marked incomplete.
If the current setup differs from the loaded preset, MapTools shows a modified state. When switching, you can save or discard the setup, or cancel the switch.
Online maps
MapTools manages custom HTTPS map sources as a basemap or overlay. The four protocols can look similar on the map but differ in setup, tiling, CRS and query capabilities.
XYZ
A URL template containing z, x and y retrieves finished tiles. The origin is at the top left; typical worldwide sources use Web Mercator.
OSGeo TMS
OSGeo TMS also uses fixed tiles but, in its common global profile, counts y from the bottom. MapTools handles this difference.
WMTS 1.0.0
GetCapabilities describes layers, styles, formats, CRS and TileMatrixSets. MapTools selects compatible matrices and can manage multiple ordered layers.
WMS 1.1.1 / 1.3.0
WMS creates an image for an extent, size and CRS. MapTools supports 1.1.1 and 1.3.0, layers, styles, dimensions and GetFeatureInfo for queryable layers.
A URL or standard says nothing about price, registration, quotas, caching rights or licence. Always check the terms of the specific provider.
Guide
The images show entry through a map slot, central map management and the result with visible source attribution.
Rendering and security
Setup stores more than a URL: it also keeps the technical and legal information needed for traceable map rendering.
Compatible WMS or WMTS layers can be selected together, saved in a fixed order and edited later. Basemap, overlay and opacity remain controllable per map slot.
Web Mercator is rendered directly. Other approved CRS are locally reprojected through the central engine; scale limits and layer bounds are respected.
GetFeatureInfo can return information for a tapped position on suitable queryable WMS layers. The service determines content and availability.
Passwords, API keys and tokens are stored encrypted and excluded from backups and .asmaps files. Mandatory attributions from active sources are combined.
External map services and data are not automatically included with MapTools. Costs, accounts, limits, availability, caching and usage rights are governed by the respective provider.
Technology glossary
A provider such as OpenStreetMap, a protocol such as WMS and a container such as MBTiles describe different layers of the map stack.
Further definitions are available from the responsible standards bodies and projects.
Resume
After a genuine background recovery, VTM and offline maps are prepared away from the UI thread. The base map becomes usable before expensive supplementary layers; a non-modal loading message appears only after 500 ms.
Detailed guides
XYZ/TMS is an online tile source, not a file import. Use the protocol and template documented by the provider.
Long-press a map slot, add XYZ/TMS, enter an HTTPS template with {z}/{x}/{y} or documented {quadkey}/{s}, set zoom limits, test and save.
Keep authentication separate, show required attribution and check account, cost, quota, licence, caching rules and privacy before use. TMS uses a different Y-axis convention from XYZ.
