Getting Started with the Map Store

This tutorial aims to outline the different ways to search the map store to find the perfect map for your needs!

Make sure you set up your Map Store account by following the steps on the welcome screen if this is the first time you open the app, or by clicking on the head/bust icon at the top of your Library page. 

After setting up your account you can start exploring maps based on your location, activity, or by category. Or if you are looking for something specific you can use our search function. There are two different ways to search the maps store. There is the search bar function and the ability to search using the map. 

Using the Search Bar

The search bar is designed to search through locations, for example, if you just search Toronto many different maps will show up. To make your search more precise you can include keywords and specialized filters. 

1. Enter Toronto, Ontario in the search bar.

 To get even more precise, you can use our built-in filters to narrow down your search:

• Categories: Organize maps by their primary type, such as Parks & Forests, Topographic, Imagery, or Aeronautical.
• Activity: Focus on how you plan to use the map with filters for Hunting & Fishing, Hiking, Cycling, Off-Roading, or Tourism.
• Price: Quickly isolate free maps or set a maximum price limit to stay within your budget.

2. Filter your search to only include free maps, select the tourist category, and sort by most popular. 

3. At the top of the list, there should be two maps of parks in Toronto, one of the East end and one of the West end.

4. After downloading both maps, go back to your Library and you will see them in Maps 

Organizing Your Maps

Avenza maps offer two options to organize and manage your maps, folders, and collections. 

Folders and Collections both allow you to group maps based on your needs, including a mix of store-bought and custom-imported maps. However, they serve different purposes:

• Folders allow you to organize and group maps (e.g., separating projects) based on your needs. 
• Collections are for sequential use. When maps are in a Collection, the app allows you to automatically transition from one map to the next as you walk or drive, without having to manually open each map individually.

5. To add the two Parks maps to a collection by tapping on the + icon and select Add Collection.

6. Call the Collection Toronto Parks.

7. Move the two maps into the collection by selecting the Toronto, ON Gardens & Parks (East/West) maps

Search Using the Map

Another option for searching the map store is to use the map to explore all the maps of the area you are interested in. This section will show how to search for maps using the Store map.

1. From the Map Store, tap on the map icon under Explore on a map. it will open up the map of your current location, with all of the maps in the store of that area

2. Search for Banff National Park.

3. From here you can see all of the maps for the national park, click on any of the Map symbols or numbers to explore all of the maps in a given area.

4. Go to the filters, and at the bottom of the list under Product, select Map Bundles.

5. Select any of the available bundles or scroll through the options, until you find the Banff National Park by Parks Canada, or you can also filter the maps to only show free bundles

6. Tap on Free and then on the Select button to select all the maps in the bundle. Once all the maps are selected, tap on Download Selected to download the entire bundle.

7. When the Map is downloading, make sure you have a solid internet connection and enough available storage on your device. Also, make sure you remain on the screen while the maps download, don’t close the app or let your device turn off/sleep.

8. Back on your Library, the bundle will automatically be placed in a folder called Banff National Park. 

If you cannot find a map of the area you are looking for, feel free to request a map here