AlpineQuest Explorer Lite

Transform your phone into a powerful offline GPS using topographic maps!

No ads, data sharing, monetization, analytics, or third-party libraries.

AlpineQuest is the ultimate outdoor companion for hiking, running, trailblazing, hunting, sailing, geocaching, off-road navigation, and more.

Access and store a vast array of online topographic maps, readily available even without cell service. AlpineQuest also supports numerous onboard raster map formats.

Never get lost again! Real-time GPS and magnetic sensor (with compass) pinpoint your location on the map, which can be oriented to match your view.

Save and share unlimited waypoints, track your journeys, and access advanced statistics and interactive graphics. Explore the wilderness with confidence.

Works flawlessly offline, making AlpineQuest ideal for remote areas and international travel.

Download the free Lite version today!

For suggestions and issues, please use our forum: https://www.alpinequest.net/forum (no registration required, all questions answered). Do not post in the comments section.

Key Features (Full Version):

★★ Mapping ★★

• Integrated online maps (with automatic local storage; road, topo, and satellite maps included) and online layers (road names, hillshade, contours).
• Easily add more online maps and layers from the community maps list (global and local topo maps).
• Complete offline area storage of online maps.
• Onboard offline map support (raster) including KMZ Overlays, OziExplorer OZFx2, OZFx3 (partially), calibrated images, GeoTiff, GeoPackage GeoPkg, MbTile, SqliteDB, and TMS zipped tiles (use MOBAC, the free map creator, available on our website).
• QuickChart Memory Map support (.qct maps only, .qc3 maps are not compatible).
• Built-in image calibration tool for using any scan or picture as a map.
• Digital elevation model (DEM) onboard storage (1-arcsec SRTM DEM) and support for HGT elevation files (1-arcsec and 3-arcsec resolutions) for terrain, hillshade, and steep slope displays.
• Polar map (Arctic and Antarctic) support.
• Multi-layer map display with per-map opacity, contrast, color, tint, and blending controls.

★★ Waypoints & Tracking ★★

• Create, display, save, and restore unlimited waypoints, routes, areas, and tracks.
• Import/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.
• Share online locations with others using Community Placemarks.
• Detailed information, advanced statistics, and interactive graphics for various items.
• Time Controller to replay time-tagged tracks.

★★ GPS & Orientation ★★

• On-map geolocation using device GNSS (GPS/Glonass/Galileo/…) or network.
• Map orientation, compass, and target finder.
• Built-in GNSS/Barometric track recorder (long tracking, separate lightweight process) with battery level and network strength recording.
• Proximity and leave-path alerts.
• Barometer support (compatible devices).

★★ More Features ★★

• Metric, imperial, nautical, and hybrid distance units.
• Latitude/Longitude and grid coordinate formats (WGS, UTM, MGRS, USNG, OSGB, SK42, Lambert, QTH, …) with on-map grid displays.
• Import hundreds of coordinate formats from https://www.spatialreference.org.
• And more!

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

• New menu bar style and side settings.
• Improved support for recent Android versions.
• Enhanced backup and restore tool.
• New 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.