# Mapy.com

12 Hacker News commenters recommended Mapy.com and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend Mapy.com for its outdoor map rendering, trail display, and OpenStreetMap-based data. One critic says it charges even for offline maps.

## Why people recommend it

- Excellent outdoor layer rendering (5 comments): "Mapy.com does that really well (not affiliated). ... best render imo - especially the "outdoor" layer" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48813848)) "I agree that the outdoor layer render is probably the best there is!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48815134)) "they mostly use OSM data and rendering of map tiles is great" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48460966))
- Strong trail and bike route display (3 comments): "I vastly prefer mapy.com in just showing a simple red dashed line for any official bike trail" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48796806)) "it's based on OSM data as well and at least for hiking in Europe it's the best" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47849522)) "Mapy.com and OsmAnd are much better for trail use than Google Maps." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49206633))
- Built on OpenStreetMap data (2 comments): "it's based on OSM data as well and at least for hiking in Europe it's the best" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47849522)) "they mostly use OSM data and rendering of map tiles is great" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48460966))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Google Maps](https://hackerapproved.com/p/google-maps.md): 272 recommend
- [Apple Maps](https://hackerapproved.com/p/apple-maps.md): 145 recommend
- [Cartes](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cartes-app.md): 8 recommend
- [Magic Earth](https://hackerapproved.com/p/magic-earth.md): 7 recommend
- [Maps on WatchOS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/maps-on-watchos-app.md): 7 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://mapy.com/en/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Mapy.com", https://hackerapproved.com/p/mapy-com/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).