Austrian maps (BEV & AV) on your iPhone
Austria's mapping tradition runs deep: the BEV (Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen) publishes the official Österreichische Karte (ÖK50), and the Alpenverein's AV-Karten remain the reference for the Eastern Alps' core ranges. Both live mostly on paper — which is exactly what NomadTracks' georeferencing was built for.
The Austrian map landscape
The ÖK50 covers the whole country at 1:50,000 and is available digitally via BEV; the Alpenvereinskarten cover the high ranges at 1:25,000 with mountaineering-specific detail (route markings, ski-route variants). Tourism boards add excellent free panel maps at almost every trailhead.
From sheet to live map
Photograph the AV sheet or the trailhead panel, set control points on summits and marked junctions, and the familiar cartography gains a live blue dot. The 4,250 km expedition stories on this site used exactly this workflow — it was developed by an Austrian team for these mountains.
Offline in the Eastern Alps
Plenty of Austrian valleys and most ridgelines have patchy coverage. Maps stored in NomadTracks work with no signal, and the recorded track is your honest tour log for the hut book.
NomadTracks is not affiliated with or endorsed by any mapping agency. Always check the agency's current licence terms for your intended use; the notes here are a good-faith summary as of June 2026.
FAQ
Where do I get Austrian official maps?
BEV sells the ÖK series digitally and on paper; AV-Karten come from the Alpenverein (free or discounted for members); tourism boards hand out regional hiking maps for free.
Can I use the free trailhead panel maps?
Yes — photograph the panel and georeference it in two minutes. Panels are usually geometrically faithful enough for a few meters' accuracy.
Is NomadTracks Austrian?
Yes — built in Vienna by DonkeyCat GmbH, and tested on these mountains. The German version of this site lives at nomadtracks.app/de/.