AlpineQuest Explorer Lite

Turn your phone into a real off-road GPS using offline topo maps!

No advertisements ~ No data sharing & monetization ~ No analytics ~ No third party libraries

AlpineQuest is the complete solution for all outdoor activities and sports, including hiking, running, trailing, hunting, sailing, geocaching, off-road navigation, and much more.

You can access and store locally a large range of online topographic maps, which will remain available even while out of cell coverage. AlpineQuest also supports many on-board file-based raster map formats.

By using the GPS and the magnetic sensor of your device (with compass display), getting lost is a thing of the past: you are localized in real-time on the map, which can also be oriented to match where you are looking.

Save and retrieve unlimited placemarks, and share them with your friends. Track your path, get advanced statistics and interactive graphics. You won’t have any more questions about what you can accomplish.

By staying fully operational out of cell coverage (as often in mountain or abroad), AlpineQuest assists you in all your desires for deep wilderness exploring…

Don’t hesitate, use this Lite version right now for free!

PLEASE report suggestions and issues on our dedicated forum at https://www.alpinequest.net/forum (no registration needed, all questions answered) and not in comments.

Key features are (for full version):

★★ Maps ★★

• Built-in online maps (with automatic local storage; road, topo, and satellite maps included) and online layers (road names, hillshade, contours);

• Get more online maps and layers in one click from the included community maps list (all major worldwide maps and many local topo maps);

• Complete area storage of online maps for offline use;

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

• QuickChart Memory Map support (.qct maps only, .qc3 maps not compatible);

• Built-in image calibration tool to use any scan or picture as a map;

• Digital elevation model on-board storage (1-arcsec SRTM DEM) and support for HGT elevation files (both 1-arcsec and 3-arcsec resolutions) allowing display of terrain, hillshade, and steep slopes;

• Polar maps (Arctic and Antarctic) support;

• Multiple maps in layers display, with per-map opacity/contrast/color/tint/blending control.

★★ Placemarks ★★

• Create, display, save, restore an unlimited number of items (waypoints, routes, areas, and tracks);

• Import/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 using Community Placemarks;

• Details, advanced statistics, and interactive graphics on various items;

• Time Controller to replay time-tagged tracks.

★★ GNSS Position / Orientation ★★

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

• Map orientation, compass, and target finder;

• Built-in GNSS/Barometric track recorder (long tracking capable, running in a separate and light process) with battery level and network strength recording;

• Proximity alerts and leave path alerts;

• Barometer support (compatible devices).

★★ And more ★★

• Metric, imperial, nautical, and hybrid distance units;

• Latitude/Longitude and grid coordinate formats (WGS, UTM, MGRS, USNG, OSGB, SK42, Lambert, QTH, …) 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 set the display style and side of the menu bar;
• Improved support of recent Android versions;
• Improved backup and restore tool;
• New default URL when sharing coordinates as text;
• Added ability to set the application “Media” folder as default for placemarks, icons, pictures, and file-based maps;
• Added Croatian and Persian translations;
• Various improvements and bug fixes.