AlpineQuest Explorer Lite

Transform your smartphone into a robust off-road GPS navigator with offline topographic maps! With AlpineQuest, you can enjoy a seamless outdoor experience without the distractions of **advertisements, data sharing, monetization, analytics, or third-party libraries**.

AlpineQuest is the ultimate tool for a variety of outdoor activities and sports, including hiking, running, trailing, hunting, sailing, geocaching, and off-road navigation. You can access and store a vast array of **online topographic maps locally**, ensuring they remain accessible even without cellular coverage. Additionally, the app supports numerous **on-board file-based raster map formats**.

Leverage your device's GPS and magnetic sensor, complete with a compass display, to ensure you're always precisely located on the map in real-time. The map can even be oriented to align with your current view, making navigation intuitive and straightforward.

Save an unlimited number of **placemarks** and easily share them with your friends. Track your journey and access **advanced statistics and interactive graphics** to enhance your understanding of your adventures. AlpineQuest remains fully operational even without cell coverage, making it perfect for deep wilderness exploration.

Why wait? Download the **Lite version for free** and start your adventure today!

For any suggestions or issues, please visit our dedicated forum at https://www.alpinequest.net/forum (no registration required, and all questions are answered promptly) rather than leaving comments.

Key Features (Full Version):

★★ Maps ★★

• Built-in **online maps** with **automatic local storage** including road, topo, and satellite maps, along with **online layers** like road names, hillshade, and contours.
• Access additional online maps and layers from the community maps list, featuring major worldwide and local topo maps.
• Complete **area storage** for offline use of online maps.
• 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 for MOBAC, the free map creator.
• Support for **QuickChart Memory Maps** (.qct maps only, .qc3 maps not compatible).
• Built-in **image calibration tool** to transform any scan or picture into a usable map.
• **Digital elevation model** storage (1-arcsec SRTM DEM) and support for **HGT** elevation files (1-arcsec and 3-arcsec resolutions) for displaying 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 settings.

★★ Placemarks ★★

• Create, display, save, and restore an **unlimited number of items** such as waypoints, routes, areas, and tracks.
• Import and export **GPX**, **Google Earth KML/KMZ**, 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 the community using 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 using your device's GNSS receivers (GPS/Glonass/Galileo/...) or network.
• Map orientation, **compass**, and target finder features.
• Built-in **GNSS/Barometric track recorder** that operates in a separate, light process, capable of long tracking while recording battery levels and network strength.
• Proximity and leave path alerts.
• Barometer support for compatible devices.

★★ And More ★★

• Support for metric, imperial, nautical, and hybrid distance units.
• Various latitude/longitude and grid coordinate formats (WGS, UTM, MGRS, USNG, OSGB, SK42, Lambert, QTH, etc.) with on-map grids display.
• Ability to 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.
• Enhanced support for recent Android versions.
• Improved backup and restore functionalities.
• Updated default URL for sharing coordinates as text.
• Option to set the application's "Media" folder as the default for placemarks, icons, pictures, and file-based maps.
• Added Croatian and Persian translations.
• Various improvements and bug fixes.

AlpineQuest Explorer Lite Screenshots