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Offline Maps & Downloads

Offline maps let the base map render with no connection — the other half of caching off-grid (the first half being offline cache sets). Most offline map capabilities are part of Cachly Pro.

Pro Offline Maps PRO

Cachly Pro’s offline maps are worldwide vector maps built from OpenStreetMap data and optimized for readability. Download them via the map-layers icon or Settings › Cachly Pro › Download Offline Maps. Maps update every two weeks. Features include:

  • Contours & hillshades as supplementary downloads, switching with your metric/imperial units.
  • Customizable layer visibility — trails, 3D buildings, points of interest — and 3D map rendering.
  • County lines & names for US states and comparable international regions — visible even at low zoom, so nearly a whole state’s county lines fit on screen.
  • Trail symbols & colors from OpenStreetMap, plus optional bold road color schemes designed to match UK Ordnance Survey styling.

Points of interest & their icons PRO

Pro Offline Maps label points of interest with their own icons, colored by category — blue for transport, green for parks and outdoors, brown for culture and civic places, orange for food and drink, red for health and hazards, and so on. Here are all 129 POI icons you’ll see on the map:

  • Aerialway map iconAerialway
  • Airfield map iconAirfield
  • Airport map iconAirport
  • Alcohol shop map iconAlcohol shop
  • American football map iconAmerican football
  • Amusement park map iconAmusement park
  • Aquarium map iconAquarium
  • Art gallery map iconArt gallery
  • Attraction map iconAttraction
  • Bakery map iconBakery
  • Bank map iconBank
  • Bar map iconBar
  • Baseball map iconBaseball
  • Basketball map iconBasketball
  • BBQ map iconBBQ
  • Beachvolleyball map iconBeachvolleyball
  • Beer map iconBeer
  • Bicycle map iconBicycle
  • Bicycle parking map iconBicycle parking
  • Bicycle rental map iconBicycle rental
  • Building map iconBuilding
  • Bus map iconBus
  • Butcher map iconButcher
  • Cafe map iconCafe
  • Campsite map iconCampsite
  • Car map iconCar
  • Casino map iconCasino
  • Castle map iconCastle
  • Cave entrance map iconCave entrance
  • Cemetery map iconCemetery
  • Charging station map iconCharging station
  • Cinema map iconCinema
  • Cliff map iconCliff
  • Clothing store map iconClothing store
  • College map iconCollege
  • Commercial map iconCommercial
  • Cricket map iconCricket
  • Dam map iconDam
  • Danger map iconDanger
  • Dentist map iconDentist
  • Doctor map iconDoctor
  • Dog park map iconDog park
  • Drinking water map iconDrinking water
  • Embassy map iconEmbassy
  • Entrance map iconEntrance
  • Fast food map iconFast food
  • Ferry map iconFerry
  • Fire station map iconFire station
  • Flower map iconFlower
  • Fuel map iconFuel
  • Garden map iconGarden
  • Gate map iconGate
  • Geocaching map iconGeocaching
  • Gift map iconGift
  • Golf map iconGolf
  • Grocery map iconGrocery
  • Hairdresser map iconHairdresser
  • Harbor map iconHarbor
  • Heliport map iconHeliport
  • Horse racing map iconHorse racing
  • Hospital map iconHospital
  • Ice cream map iconIce cream
  • Industry map iconIndustry
  • Information map iconInformation
  • Laundry map iconLaundry
  • Library map iconLibrary
  • Lighthouse map iconLighthouse
  • Lodging map iconLodging
  • Marine map iconMarine
  • Military map iconMilitary
  • Monument map iconMonument
  • Motor map iconMotor
  • Motorcycle parking map iconMotorcycle parking
  • Mountain map iconMountain
  • Museum map iconMuseum
  • Music map iconMusic
  • National map iconNational
  • Native lands map iconNative lands
  • Park map iconPark
  • Parking map iconParking
  • Pharmacy map iconPharmacy
  • Picnic site map iconPicnic site
  • Pitch map iconPitch
  • Place of worship map iconPlace of worship
  • Playground map iconPlayground
  • Police map iconPolice
  • Post map iconPost
  • Prison map iconPrison
  • Railway map iconRailway
  • Light rail map iconLight rail
  • Metro / subway map iconMetro / subway
  • Ranger station map iconRanger station
  • Recycling map iconRecycling
  • Christian worship map iconChristian worship
  • Jewish worship map iconJewish worship
  • Muslim worship map iconMuslim worship
  • Restaurant map iconRestaurant
  • Roadblock map iconRoadblock
  • Rocket map iconRocket
  • Ruins map iconRuins
  • School map iconSchool
  • Shelter map iconShelter
  • Shop map iconShop
  • Skateboard map iconSkateboard
  • Skiing map iconSkiing
  • Soccer map iconSoccer
  • Stadium map iconStadium
  • Stream map iconStream
  • Suitcase map iconSuitcase
  • Sushi map iconSushi
  • Swimming map iconSwimming
  • Telephone map iconTelephone
  • Tennis map iconTennis
  • Theatre map iconTheatre
  • Theme park map iconTheme park
  • Toilets map iconToilets
  • Toll booth map iconToll booth
  • Town hall map iconTown hall
  • Trail map iconTrail
  • Veterinary map iconVeterinary
  • Volcano map iconVolcano
  • Volleyball map iconVolleyball
  • Warehouse map iconWarehouse
  • Waste basket map iconWaste basket
  • Water map iconWater
  • Waterfall map iconWaterfall
  • Wetland map iconWetland
  • Wheelchair map iconWheelchair
  • Zoo map iconZoo

Map styles PRO

Beyond the POI icons, Pro Offline Maps draw roads, paths, water, terrain and land use with a consistent visual language, grouped by type below. Each swatch shows the element’s color and line weight at a typical zoom level (widths scale as you zoom in and out). The optional UK Ordnance Survey bold road scheme recolors the main roads; its variants are shown at the end.

Roads

  • Motorway map styleMotorway
  • Motorway link map styleMotorway link
  • Trunk road map styleTrunk road
  • Primary road map stylePrimary road
  • Secondary road map styleSecondary road
  • Tertiary road map styleTertiary road
  • Minor / residential map styleMinor / residential
  • Service / alley map styleService / alley
  • Link road map styleLink road
  • Unpaved road map styleUnpaved road
  • Under construction map styleUnder construction
  • Access road map styleAccess road

Paths & trails

  • Path / trail map stylePath / trail
  • Track map styleTrack
  • Mountain-bike trail map styleMountain-bike trail
  • Cycle path map styleCycle path
  • Bridleway map styleBridleway
  • Sidewalk map styleSidewalk
  • Steps map styleSteps
  • Raceway map styleRaceway
  • Motocross track map styleMotocross track
  • Pedestrian area map stylePedestrian area
  • Waymarked route map styleWaymarked route

Rail, air & ferry

  • Railway map styleRailway
  • Subway map styleSubway
  • Service rail map styleService rail
  • Ferry route map styleFerry route
  • Pier map stylePier
  • Airport runway map styleAirport runway
  • Power line map stylePower line
  • Airport taxiway map styleAirport taxiway
  • Helipad map styleHelipad
  • Airport apron map styleAirport apron
  • Airport surface map styleAirport surface

Water

  • Ocean / lake map styleOcean / lake
  • River map styleRiver
  • Stream map styleStream
  • Canal / waterway map styleCanal / waterway
  • Dam map styleDam
  • Basin / reservoir map styleBasin / reservoir
  • Lake / pond map styleLake / pond
  • Ditch / drain map styleDitch / drain

Land cover

  • Woodland / forest map styleWoodland / forest
  • Grassland map styleGrassland
  • Wetland map styleWetland
  • Farmland map styleFarmland
  • Bare rock map styleBare rock
  • Scree map styleScree
  • Sand / beach map styleSand / beach
  • Glacier / ice map styleGlacier / ice
  • Quarry map styleQuarry
  • Ice shelf map styleIce shelf

Land use

  • Residential area map styleResidential area
  • Commercial area map styleCommercial area
  • Industrial area map styleIndustrial area
  • Cemetery map styleCemetery
  • Hospital grounds map styleHospital grounds
  • School grounds map styleSchool grounds
  • Military area map styleMilitary area
  • Parking lot map styleParking lot
  • Aerodrome map styleAerodrome
  • Winter sports map styleWinter sports
  • Landfill map styleLandfill
  • Power station map stylePower station
  • Indigenous / protected land map styleIndigenous / protected land
  • Railway land map styleRailway land

Parks & recreation

  • Park map stylePark
  • National / protected park map styleNational / protected park
  • Sports pitch map styleSports pitch
  • Playground map stylePlayground
  • Sports centre map styleSports centre
  • Protected area map styleProtected area
  • Marine park map styleMarine park
  • Military training area map styleMilitary training area
  • Park grass map stylePark grass

Buildings & boundaries

  • Building map styleBuilding
  • Country boundary map styleCountry boundary
  • State / province boundary map styleState / province boundary
  • County boundary map styleCounty boundary
  • Ceremonial county (England) map styleCeremonial county (England)

Contours

  • Contour (major) map styleContour (major)
  • Contour (minor) map styleContour (minor)
  • Contour (index) map styleContour (index)
  • Contour (standard) map styleContour (standard)

Skiing

  • Downhill ski run map styleDownhill ski run
  • Nordic ski trail map styleNordic ski trail
  • Winter hiking trail map styleWinter hiking trail
  • Ski lift map styleSki lift

Barriers, walls & cliffs

  • Cliff / ridge map styleCliff / ridge
  • Fence map styleFence
  • City wall map styleCity wall
  • Castle wall map styleCastle wall
  • Castle grounds map styleCastle grounds
  • Ruins map styleRuins

Reference lines

  • Latitude / longitude line map styleLatitude / longitude line
  • Equator map styleEquator

UK Ordnance Survey bold roads

  • Motorway map styleMotorway
  • Motorway link map styleMotorway link
  • Trunk road map styleTrunk road
  • Primary road map stylePrimary road
  • Secondary road map styleSecondary road
  • Tertiary road map styleTertiary road
  • Minor road map styleMinor road

Trail waymarks PRO

Waymarked hiking and cycling routes are drawn from their OpenStreetMap osmc:symbol tag, which Cachly builds in different configurations: a trail colour for the route line, plus an optional waymark symbol made of a background shape and a foreground mark, each in its own colour.

Trail colours — the colour of the route line on the map

  • Blue trail colourBlue
  • White trail colourWhite
  • Yellow trail colourYellow
  • Red trail colourRed
  • Red / white trail colourRed / white
  • Purple trail colourPurple
  • Orange trail colourOrange
  • Orange / white trail colourOrange / white
  • Green trail colourGreen
  • Brown trail colourBrown

Waymark backgrounds — the badge shape and colour behind a symbol

  • Red waymarkRed
  • Blue waymarkBlue
  • Green waymarkGreen
  • Yellow waymarkYellow
  • Orange waymarkOrange
  • Purple waymarkPurple
  • Brown waymarkBrown
  • Black waymarkBlack
  • White waymarkWhite
  • Red circle waymarkRed circle
  • Blue circle waymarkBlue circle
  • Green circle waymarkGreen circle
  • Yellow circle waymarkYellow circle
  • White circle waymarkWhite circle
  • Black circle waymarkBlack circle
  • Green round waymarkGreen round
  • Red round waymarkRed round
  • Green frame waymarkGreen frame
  • Red frame waymarkRed frame
  • Yellow frame waymarkYellow frame

Waymark foreground symbols — drawn on the background in any trail colour (shown here in red)

  • Bar waymarkBar
  • Lower bar waymarkLower bar
  • Stripe waymarkStripe
  • Cross waymarkCross
  • X waymarkX
  • Slash waymarkSlash
  • Backslash waymarkBackslash
  • Dot waymarkDot
  • Circle waymarkCircle
  • Rectangle waymarkRectangle
  • Rectangle (outline) waymarkRectangle (outline)
  • Triangle waymarkTriangle
  • Triangle (outline) waymarkTriangle (outline)
  • Triangle (inverted) waymarkTriangle (inverted)
  • Diamond waymarkDiamond
  • Diamond (outline) waymarkDiamond (outline)
  • Corner waymarkCorner
  • Pointer waymarkPointer
  • Right arrow waymarkRight arrow
  • Arch waymarkArch
  • Crest waymarkCrest
  • Bowl waymarkBowl
  • L waymarkL
  • Fork waymarkFork
  • Turned T waymarkTurned T
  • Drop waymarkDrop
  • Drop (outline) waymarkDrop (outline)
  • Heart waymarkHeart

Pictorial waymark symbols — used on routes that carry a themed emblem

  • Hiker waymarkHiker
  • Horse waymarkHorse
  • Shell waymarkShell
  • Modern shell waymarkModern shell
  • Ammonite waymarkAmmonite
  • Mine (hammer & pick) waymarkMine (hammer & pick)
  • Tower waymarkTower
  • Wolf’s hook waymarkWolf’s hook

When an offline map is active on the Live tab, Cachly can search map features completely offline, within your currently visible screen area — zoom to frame your target region first. Toggle it on under Settings; enable Allows Partial Words so searching “water” matches waterfall and waterway. For structured point-of-interest queries by OpenStreetMap tag (parking, drinking water, bus stops…), see OSM POI Search.

Downloading a region

Choose a region to download; Cachly fetches it in the background (a background session keeps large downloads going even if you leave the app). The Downloads screen shows progress and manages what you’ve saved.

Download over Wi-Fi before heading out, and pair maps with an offline cache set so both the map and the cache data are on your device.

Custom tile URLs

Adding a custom tile source: URL template in z/x/y format, TMS geometry option and presets like UK OS Maps.
Adding a custom tile source — URL template in z/x/y format, TMS geometry option and presets like UK OS Maps.

Beyond the built-in sources, Cachly can load tiles from any tile server — specialist commercial maps or free ones (many free servers require your own API key). Open the Map Types panel, scroll to Custom Tile URLs and tap Add Custom Tile URL.

On the Tile URL Details screen, give the source a name and enter its URL template in z/x/y format — for example https://{s}.tile.openstreetmap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png:

  • {z}, {x}, {y} — zoom level and tile coordinates (required).
  • {s} — rotates across the server’s subdomains.
  • {q} or {quadtree} — for servers that address tiles with a quadtree key instead of z/x/y.

Under Geometry, enable TMS / Flipped Geometry for servers whose y-axis runs the other way (TMS layout). A Presets section offers ready-made configurations — such as UK OS Maps — so common services need no manual setup. Saved sources appear in the Map Types panel like any other map, and can be edited or removed later.

Other formats Cachly handles include MBTiles (with local tile search) and DeLorme PRO.

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