YAMAP -Social Trekking GPS App

version 17.8.0 (2026/10/19) - Minor fixes and adjustments were made.

YAMAP is The Most Popular Outdoor App in Japan. YAMAP makes your outdoor adventures, like mountain trekking and skiing, safer and more fun with your smartphone. YAMAP does not require a mobile signal to track and log your outdoor activity. Our detailed outdoor maps provide information you need like elevation, parking and trailhead locations. YAMAP lets you build an online outdoor journal easily so you can share your love of the outdoors! ▲ Video about YAMAP https://youtu.be/wDq25Yc07nY ▲ Three Main Features of YAMAP 1) Safe YAMAP makes your smartphone a special GPS device for the outdoors. YAMAP could provide accurate positioning information with YAMAP's maps in Japan and your smartphone's GPS, even if you are in places not reached by mobile phone signals, such as in mountainous regions. 2) Convenience YAMAP's maps are used as digital ones with your smartphone, and as ones on paper by downloading them to your PC (or tablet PC). 3) Share You can easily share your outdoor data with your family and friends through YAMAP. Finishing your outdoor and saving your data, you can uploads it to your online 'ACTIVITY REPORT' where you can view your route, outdoor data, and a comprehensive workout history. ▲ Major awards / podiums of YAMAP - Good Design Special Award "Monodzukuri Design Award (Small and Medium Enterprise Agency Director General Award)" won (2014) - Selected as 'Venture 100 to Move Japan' at the magazine AERA（August 24, 2015） - B DASH CAMP "Pitch Arena" champion (2015) - Ministry of the Environment (Japan) · National Park Official Partner (2017) - Red Herring Top 100 Global Winner (2017) ▲ Wear OS YAMAP also supports Wear OS. Please check the following important points before using the Wear OS version of the app. - The Wear OS version of the app cannot be used standalone. When you start using it, you need pairing with a smartphone where the YAMAP smartphone app is installed. - When you launch the Wear OS version of the app, please start activity using the YAMAP Smartphone app. Then, Wear OS version of the app screen will switch to the activity information screen automatically. The following functions can be used after pairing. - Browsing activity information like elevation and distance during trekking - Displaying your trail on the screen ▲ Regarding the foreground service permissions - Foreground location data YAMAP app requires foreground location data in order to record your trajectory. Depending on the smartphone you are using, you may not be able to obtain it correctly. For more details, please check the following help page: https://help.yamap.com/hc/ja/articles/900000921583 - Foreground screen recording The 3D replay feature, which allows you to review your trajectory with photos, needs foreground screen recording when recording videos. https://help.yamap.com/hc/ja/articles/21271985055769 - Data sync The foreground data sync feature is employed for the purpose of downloading map data. ▲ Terms of service https://yamap.com/terms ▲ Privacy policy https://yamap.com/terms/privacy ▲ YAMAP Operating Company YAMAP INC.　 E-mail: support@yamap.co.jp Help Center: https://help.yamap.com/