AlpineQuest Explorer Lite

Transform your smartphone into a robust off-road GPS with offline topographic maps, ensuring you're always on the right path!

No ads ~ No data sharing & monetization ~ No analytics ~ No third-party libraries

AlpineQuest stands as the ultimate tool for all your outdoor adventures and sports, encompassing activities like hiking, running, trailing, hunting, sailing, geocaching, and off-road navigation, among others.

You can access a vast selection of online topographic maps which are stored locally on your device, making them readily available even when you're out of cellular range. AlpineQuest also supports various on-board raster map formats.

Utilizing your device's GPS and magnetic sensor, coupled with a compass display, the days of getting lost are behind you. Your real-time location is pinpointed on the map, which can also be aligned to match your direction of view.

Save an unlimited number of placemarks and share them effortlessly with friends. Track your journeys, delve into advanced statistics, and explore interactive graphics. With these tools at your fingertips, your outdoor capabilities are limitless.

AlpineQuest remains fully functional even without cell coverage, making it perfect for those venturing into remote wilderness areas.

Take advantage of this Lite version for free right now!

For any suggestions or issues, please visit our dedicated forum at https://www.alpinequest.net/forum (no registration required, all inquiries addressed) instead of leaving comments.

Key features include (available in the full version):

★★ Maps ★★

• Access to built-in online maps (with automatic local storage; includes road, topo, and satellite maps) and online layers (such as road names, hillshade, and contours);

• Easily obtain additional online maps and layers from the integrated community maps list, covering major global maps and numerous local topographic maps;

• Capability to store complete map areas for offline use;

• Support for on-board offline maps (raster), including KMZ Overlays, OziExplorer OZFx2, OZFx3 (partial), calibrated images, GeoTiff, GeoPackage GeoPkg, MbTile, SqliteDB, and TMS zipped tiles (visit our website to access MOBAC, the free map creator);

• Compatibility with QuickChart Memory Maps (.qct maps; .qc3 maps not supported);

• Integrated image calibration tool to transform any scan or photo into a usable map;

• On-board storage of digital elevation models (1-arcsec SRTM DEM) and support for HGT elevation files (1-arcsec and 3-arcsec resolutions), enabling visualization of terrain, hillshade, and steep slopes;

• Support for polar maps in Arctic and Antarctic regions;

• Ability to display multiple maps in layers with adjustable opacity, contrast, color, tint, and blending settings for each map.

★★ Placemarks ★★

• Create, view, save, and retrieve an unlimited number of items including waypoints, routes, areas, and tracks;

• Import and export GPX files, Google Earth KML/KMZ files, and CSV/TSV files;

• Import ShapeFile SHP/PRJ/DBF, OziExplorer WPT/PLT, GeoJSON, IGC tracks, Geocaching LOC waypoints and export AutoCAD DXF files;

• Share and save online locations with other users through Community Placemarks;

• Access details, advanced statistics, and interactive graphics for various items;

• Use the Time Controller to replay time-tagged tracks.

★★ GNSS Position / Orientation ★★

• On-map geolocation utilizing device GNSS receivers (GPS/Glonass/Galileo/…) or network;

• Map orientation, compass, and target finder features;

• Built-in GNSS/Barometric track recorder (designed for long tracking, operates in a separate, lightweight process) with recording of battery level and network strength;

• Proximity and path departure alerts;

• Support for barometers on compatible devices.

★★ Additional Features ★★

• Options for metric, imperial, nautical, and hybrid distance units;

• Support for multiple coordinate formats including Latitude/Longitude and grid systems (WGS, UTM, MGRS, USNG, OSGB, SK42, Lambert, QTH, etc.) with on-map grid display;

• Ability to import numerous coordinate formats from https://www.spatialreference.org;

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What's New in Version 2.3.8d

Last updated on Aug 14, 2024

2.3.8b/c/d
• New setting to customize the display style and position of the menu bar;
• Enhanced compatibility with recent Android versions;
• Upgraded backup and restore functionality;
• Updated default URL for sharing coordinates as text;
• Option to set the application's "Media" folder as the default location for placemarks, icons, pictures, and file-based maps;
• Added translations in Croatian and Persian;
• Various enhancements and bug fixes.