{"id":1815,"date":"2026-08-21T15:15:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T15:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cartograph.eu\/v3\/?p=1815"},"modified":"2026-08-21T15:18:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T15:18:23","slug":"cartograph-maps-on-apple-watchos-and-google-wearos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cartograph.eu\/v3\/cartograph-maps-on-apple-watchos-and-google-wearos\/","title":{"rendered":"Cartograph Maps on Apple WatchOS and Google WearOS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cartograph.eu\/v3\/download\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.cartograph.eu\/v3\/download\/\"><strong>Cartograph Maps <\/strong><\/a>is now available as companion apps for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cartograph.eu\/v3\/download\/\"><strong>Apple WatchOS <\/strong><\/a>(Apple Watch Series and Ultra series) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cartograph.eu\/v3\/download\/\"><strong>Google WearOS<\/strong><\/a> (for example Google Watch, Samsung Watch, etc.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;<strong>Companion app<\/strong>&#8221; means that the app can be installed together with the Android\/iOS apps but the watch apps run independently (&#8220;<strong>stand-alone<\/strong>&#8220;). So you can go for a walk and use the Cartograph app without carrying your smartphone with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Features <\/strong>include (and are extended based on user feedback and requests):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Mapsforge offline maps<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mapsforge <strong>render themes <\/strong>(e.g. OpenAndroMaps Elevate or Elements)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Track recording<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Offline routing <\/strong>using BRouter (since 4.0.3)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bookmarks<\/strong>\/Waypoints<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Standalone (meaning <strong>no smartphone is required<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>How to install?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Android<\/strong>: Install &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=eu.cartograph3\">https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=eu.cartograph3<\/a>&#8221; on your watch.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>iPhone\/iPad<\/strong>: Install &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/cartograph-maps-3\/id1588186796\">https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/cartograph-maps-3\/id1588186796<\/a>&#8221; on your iPhone\/iPad. The iOS Watch app will then offer you an option to install the app on your Apple Watch.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cartograph Maps for Apple Watch\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mMjO9Ngfak0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<a class=\"wp-block-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cartograph.eu\/v3\/cartograph-maps-on-apple-watchos-and-google-wearos\/\" target=\"_self\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Cartograph Maps on Apple WatchOS and Google WearOS<\/span><\/a>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cartograph Map offline maps for Google WearOS\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bnpFHXgBLpE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is also possible to the Apple Watch with an Android device, and vice versa, an Apple iPhone\/iPad with a Google WearOS device:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cartograph Map - Connect Google WearOS to iOS\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fh1DBepd90A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cartograph Maps is now available as companion apps for Apple WatchOS (Apple Watch Series and Ultra series) and Google WearOS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-help"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cartograph.eu\/v3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cartograph.eu\/v3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cartograph.eu\/v3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cartograph.eu\/v3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cartograph.eu\/v3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1815"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cartograph.eu\/v3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1816,"href":"https:\/\/www.cartograph.eu\/v3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1815\/revisions\/1816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cartograph.eu\/v3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cartograph.eu\/v3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cartograph.eu\/v3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}