Safari Extension

The app contains a Safari web browser extension that you can use to replace links on web pages to map websites (Google Maps, OpenStreetMap etc.) with links that open this app.

To use the extension, first view a web page that contains map links. For example, most Wikipedia pages for physical locations contain coordinates that you can tap on to view a page of map links. The first screenshot shows the Wikipedia page for Mount Whitney; tapping on the coordinates (36°34′43″N 118°17′31″W) goes to the GeoHack - Mount Whitney page, shown in the second screenshot, which has links to numerous maps including Apple Maps, Bing Maps, Google Maps and OpenStreetMap.

At this point, the first time that you want to use the extension you will need to enable it. Tap the button to the left of the address bar and choose “Manage Extensions”. It should offer “Topo Maps 2 maps redirection”, which you can turn on.

If you now choose “Topo Maps 2 maps redirection” it will present a popup listing the map links - if any - that it has found on the page. Tap “replace” to replace them with link to the app.

On the web page, links that have been replaced should be indicated by a red border. Tapping on one of these links should open Topo Maps 2, centered on that point i.e. Mount Whitney in this case.

This feature is new and only a small range of web pages have been tested. If you find web pages with map links that this extension doesn’t detect, do please tell us and we may be able to add them in future updates.