AlpineQuest Explorer Lite

Transform your phone into a robust off-road GPS with offline topographic maps! With AlpineQuest, you can enjoy a seamless outdoor experience free from the clutter of **advertisements, data sharing, monetization, analytics, and third-party libraries**.

AlpineQuest stands out as **the ultimate solution for all outdoor enthusiasts**, catering to a wide array of activities such as hiking, running, trailing, hunting, sailing, geocaching, and off-road navigation. The app allows you to access and store an extensive selection of **online topographic maps locally**, ensuring they are available even when you're beyond cell coverage. Additionally, it 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 never lost again. **Real-time localization on the map** and the ability to **orient the map** to your direction of view enhance your navigation experience.

Save and manage an unlimited number of **placemarks**, and share them with friends effortlessly. **Track** your routes, access **advanced statistics**, and view **interactive graphics** to fully understand your outdoor achievements.

Designed to be fully functional without cell coverage, AlpineQuest is your perfect companion for exploring the depths of wilderness. **Take advantage of the Lite version for free** and experience the difference today!

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

Key Features (Full Version):

★★ Maps ★★

• Built-in **online maps** with **automatic local storage**; includes road, topo, and satellite maps along with **online layers** such as road names, hillshade, and contours.
• Access more online maps and layers with a single click from the community maps list, encompassing major worldwide and local topographic maps.
• Complete **area storage** of online maps for offline use.
• Support for **on-board offline maps** (raster) including **KMZ Overlays, OziExplorer OZFx2, OZFx3 (partial support), calibrated images, GeoTiff, GeoPackage GeoPkg, MbTile, SqliteDB**, and **TMS** zipped tiles. Visit our website for MOBAC, the free map creator.
• **QuickChart** Memory Map support (.qct maps only, .qc3 maps not supported).
• Built-in **image calibration tool** to transform any scan or picture into a map.
• **Digital elevation model** on-board storage (1-arcsec SRTM DEM) and support for **HGT** elevation files (1-arcsec and 3-arcsec resolutions) to visualize **terrain, hillshade, and steep slopes**.
• **Polar maps** (Arctic and Antarctic) support.
• 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** including 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 using Community Placemarks.
• Access **details, advanced statistics, and interactive graphics** for various items.
• Utilize 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** for long tracking, running in a separate, lightweight process, with battery level and network strength recording.
• Proximity and leave path alerts.
• Support for barometer (on compatible devices).

★★ And More ★★

• Choose from metric, imperial, nautical, and hybrid distance units.
• Support for 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 Version 2.3.8d

Last updated on Aug 14, 2024

• 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.
• New default URL for sharing coordinates as text.
• Ability to set the application's "Media" folder as default for placemarks, icons, pictures, and file-based maps.
• Added Croatian and Persian translations.
• Various improvements and bug fixes.