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AlpineQuest Explorer Lite
AlpineQuest Explorer Lite
May 22,2025
App Name AlpineQuest Explorer Lite
Developer Psyberia
Category Travel & Local
Size 8.0 MB
Latest Version 2.3.8d
Available on
4.7
Download(8.0 MB)

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 ultimate solution for all outdoor enthusiasts, catering to activities such as hiking, running, trailing, hunting, sailing, geocaching, off-road navigation, and much more.

You can access and store a vast array of online topographic maps locally, ensuring they remain available even when you're out of cell coverage. AlpineQuest also supports numerous on-board file-based raster map formats.

By utilizing your device's GPS and magnetic sensor (with compass display), getting lost becomes a thing of the past. You are localized in real-time on the map, which can also be oriented to match your current viewpoint.

Save and retrieve unlimited placemarks and share them with friends. Track your journey, access advanced statistics, and view interactive graphics. With AlpineQuest, you'll never wonder about your capabilities again.

Staying fully operational without cell coverage (common in mountainous areas or abroad), AlpineQuest supports your adventures into deep wilderness exploration.

Don't wait, try this Lite version for free right now!

Please report any suggestions or issues on our dedicated forum at https://www.alpinequest.net/forum (no registration required, all questions answered) rather than in comments.

Key features include (for the 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 more online maps and layers with one click from our community maps list (covering 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 for 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) for displaying terrain, hillshade, and steep slopes;

Polar maps (Arctic and Antarctic) support;

• Display multiple maps in layers with per-map control over opacity, contrast, color, tint, and blending.

★★ Placemarks ★★

• Create, display, save, and 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 through 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 device GNSS receivers (GPS/Glonass/Galileo/…) or Network;

• Map orientation, compass, and target finder;

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

• Set up proximity alerts and leave path alerts;

• Barometer support (for compatible devices).

★★ And more ★★

• Choose from metric, imperial, nautical, and hybrid distance units;

• Use 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 customize the display style and side of the menu bar;
• Enhanced support for recent Android versions;
• Improved backup and restore tool;
• Updated default URL when sharing coordinates as text;
• Added option 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.

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