This app was so useful during our recent trip to Amsterdam. This was our first time visiting and the app was indispensable for getting around the city. We didnt have cell service and free wi-fi was spotty at best. The fact that this app doesnt require any data connection to navigate is one of its top merits. I loved that there was a directional arrow at our GPS location to tell us which way we were headed - a must on Amsterdams winding streets! Many of our planned destinations were in the app and some that we didnt know about. I loved that you could store a waypoint to get back to things again. Thats the only way I could have gotten back to some stores and other places I wanted to re-visit.
As a GIS professional, I really like the cartography and accuracy of the map, too!
A few suggestions for improvements:
It would be great to have more restaurants listed. We visited at least one we found in the app and it was very good but we could have used it many more times if there were more choices. Also a listed of restaurants sorted by cuisine instead of price would be great.
It would be nice to have a way to display waypoints in different colors by category and to label them on the map or at least display details as an option.
Overall, a really nice app that I would definitely use again if we visit Amsterdam at a later date.
Geomama2005 about The Map - Amsterdam