AlpineQuest Explorer Lite

Transform your phone into a powerful offline GPS using topographic maps! AlpineQuest, a comprehensive solution for outdoor enthusiasts, offers unparalleled offline navigation capabilities. Free from ads, data sharing, and third-party libraries, it ensures privacy and reliability.

This app supports a wide array of online topographic maps, downloadable for offline use, eliminating reliance on cellular service. It also handles numerous onboard raster map formats. Real-time GPS and compass functionality ensures accurate location tracking and orientation, preventing you from getting lost.

Create and share unlimited placemarks, track your routes, and access detailed statistics and interactive graphics. AlpineQuest excels in areas with limited or no cell coverage, making it ideal for wilderness exploration. Download the free Lite version today!

Report suggestions and issues on our forum: https://www.alpinequest.net/forum (registration not required).

Key features (full version):

Maps:

• Built-in online maps (with automatic local storage; road, topo, and satellite maps included) and online layers (road names, hillshade, contours).
• Easily access additional online maps and layers from the community maps list.
• Extensive offline map storage capabilities.
• Supports offline raster maps including KMZ Overlays, OziExplorer OZFx2, OZFx3 (partially), calibrated images, GeoTiff, GeoPackage GeoPkg, MbTile, SqliteDB, and TMS zipped tiles (use MOBAC, a free map creator, for compatibility).
• QuickChart Memory Map support (.qct maps only).
• Built-in image calibration tool.
• Digital elevation model (DEM) support (SRTM DEM and HGT files) for terrain, hillshade, and steep slope displays.
• Polar map support.
• Multi-layer map display with customizable opacity, contrast, color, tint, and blending.

Placemarks:

• Create, save, and restore an unlimited number of waypoints, routes, areas, and tracks.
• Import/export GPX, 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.
• Share locations with others using Community Placemarks.
• Detailed statistics and interactive graphics.
• Time Controller for replaying time-tagged tracks.

GNSS Position/Orientation:

• On-map geolocation using GPS/Glonass/Galileo/BeiDou or network.
• Map orientation, compass, and target finder.
• Built-in GNSS/Barometric track recorder with battery and network strength logging.
• Proximity and leave-path alerts.
• Barometer support (compatible devices).

Additional Features:

• Multiple distance unit options (metric, imperial, nautical).
• Various coordinate formats (WGS, UTM, MGRS, USNG, OSGB, SK42, Lambert, QTH, …).
• Import hundreds of coordinate formats from https://www.spatialreference.org.

What's New in Version 2.3.8d (Aug 14, 2024):

• Customizable menu bar style and position.
• Improved Android compatibility.
• Enhanced backup and restore tools.
• New default URL for sharing coordinates.
• Customizable "Media" folder for placemarks, icons, pictures, and maps.
• Added Croatian and Persian translations.
• Various improvements and bug fixes.