AlpineQuest Explorer Lite

Turn 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 range of online topographic maps for offline use, even without cell service. It also supports numerous onboard raster map formats.

With real-time GPS and compass functionality, getting lost is a thing of the past. Your location is displayed on the map, which can be oriented to match your view.

Create and share unlimited placemarks, track your routes, and access advanced statistics and interactive graphics. Unleash your exploration potential.

AlpineQuest's offline capabilities make it ideal for wilderness adventures, ensuring you stay on course even in remote areas.

Download the free Lite version today!

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

Key features (full version):

★★ Mapping ★★

• Built-in 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 area storage of online maps for offline use.
• 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 incompatible).
• 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.

★★ Placemarks & Tracking ★★

• Create, save, and manage 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 Community Placemarks.
• Detailed information, advanced statistics, and interactive graphics for all items.
• Time Controller for replaying time-tagged tracks.

★★ GNSS & 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 off-route alerts.
• Barometer support (compatible devices).

★★ Additional 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 display.
• Import hundreds of coordinate formats from https://www.spatialreference.org.
• And more…

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.
• Ability to set the application's "Media" folder as the default for placemarks, icons, pictures, and maps.
• Added Croatian and Persian translations.
• Various improvements and bug fixes.