AlpineQuest Explorer Lite

Turn your phone into a real off-road GPS using offline topo maps with AlpineQuest, the ultimate tool for all your outdoor adventures. Whether you're hiking, running, trailing, hunting, sailing, geocaching, or navigating off-road, AlpineQuest has you covered.

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With AlpineQuest, you can access and store a wide range of online topographic maps locally, ensuring they remain available even when you're out of cell coverage. The app also supports numerous onboard file-based raster map formats, making it versatile for any terrain.

Using your device's GPS and magnetic sensor, AlpineQuest provides real-time localization on the map. The compass display helps orient the map to match your current view, making it easier to navigate without getting lost.

Save and retrieve unlimited placemarks, share them with friends, and track your path with advanced statistics and interactive graphics. AlpineQuest's comprehensive features ensure you can accomplish all your outdoor goals.

Designed to function fully without cell coverage, AlpineQuest is perfect for exploring deep wilderness, whether in the mountains or abroad.

Don't hesitate, try the Lite version for free right now!

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

Key features (available in the full version) include:

★★ Maps ★★

• Access built-in online maps with automatic local storage, including road, topo, and satellite maps, as well as online layers like road names, hillshade, and contours.
• Easily access more online maps and layers from the community maps list, covering major worldwide and local topo maps.
• Store complete areas of online maps for offline use.
• Support for onboard offline maps (raster) including KMZ Overlays, OziExplorer OZFx2, OZFx3 (partly), calibrated images, GeoTiff, GeoPackage GeoPkg, MbTile, SqliteDB, and TMS zipped tiles. Visit our website to get MOBAC, the free map creator.
• Support for QuickChart Memory Map (.qct maps only, .qc3 maps not compatible).
• Use the built-in image calibration tool to transform any scan or picture into a map.
• Store digital elevation models onboard (1-arcsec SRTM DEM) and support HGT elevation files (1-arcsec and 3-arcsec resolutions) to display terrain, hillshade, and steep slopes.
• Support for polar maps (Arctic and Antarctic).
• Display multiple maps in layers with customizable opacity, contrast, color, tint, and blending.

★★ Placemarks ★★

• Create, display, save, and restore 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.
• Save and share online locations with other users via Community Placemarks.
• Access detailed information, advanced statistics, and interactive graphics on various items.
• Use the Time Controller to replay time-tagged tracks.

★★ GNSS Position / Orientation ★★

• Utilize on-map geolocation with device GNSS receivers (GPS/Glonass/Galileo/…) or network.
• Benefit from map orientation, compass, and target finder features.
• Use the built-in GNSS/Barometric track recorder for long tracking, which runs in a separate, lightweight process and records battery level and network strength.
• Set up proximity alerts and leave path alerts.
• Enjoy barometer support on compatible devices.

★★ And More ★★

• Choose between metric, imperial, nautical, and hybrid distance units.
• Use latitude/longitude and grid coordinate formats (WGS, UTM, MGRS, USNG, OSGB, SK42, Lambert, QTH, …) with on-map grids display.
• Import hundreds of coordinate formats from https://www.spatialreference.org.
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What's New in the Latest Version 2.3.8d

Last updated on Aug 14, 2024

2.3.8b/c/d

• Added a new setting to customize the display style and side of the menu bar.
• Improved support for recent Android versions.
• Enhanced backup and restore tool functionality.
• Updated default URL for sharing coordinates as text.
• Added the ability to set the application’s “Media” folder as the default for placemarks, icons, pictures, and file-based maps.
• Included Croatian and Persian translations.
• Various improvements and bug fixes.