Application Description

Transform your smartphone into a robust off-road GPS navigator with AlpineQuest, utilizing offline topographic maps for seamless exploration. With **no ads, no data sharing, no monetization, no analytics, and no third-party libraries**, your privacy and experience are our top priorities.

AlpineQuest stands as **the ultimate tool for all your outdoor pursuits**, from hiking and running to trailing, hunting, sailing, geocaching, and off-road navigation. The app grants you access to a vast array of **online topographic maps** that you can store locally, ensuring they remain accessible even when you're out of cell coverage. Additionally, it supports numerous **on-board file-based raster map formats**.

Leveraging your device's GPS and magnetic sensor, along with a handy compass display, AlpineQuest ensures you're always aware of your real-time location on the map. The map can also be oriented to align with your direction of view, making navigation intuitive and precise.

Save and manage an unlimited number of **placemarks**, share them with friends, and track your journey with **advanced statistics and interactive graphics**. AlpineQuest remains fully functional without cell coverage, ideal for exploring remote wilderness areas.

**Try the Lite version for free now and experience the difference!**

For any suggestions or issues, please use our dedicated forum at https://www.alpinequest.net/forum (no registration required, all questions answered) instead of leaving comments.

Key Features (Full Version):

★★ Maps ★★

• Built-in **online maps** with **automatic local storage** including road, topo, and satellite maps, plus **online layers** like road names, hillshade, and contours.
• Access a wide range of additional online maps and layers from our community list, covering major worldwide and local topo maps.
• Store entire map areas for offline use.
• Support for **on-board offline maps** (raster) including **KMZ Overlays, OziExplorer OZFx2, OZFx3 (partial support), calibrated images, GeoTiff, GeoPackage GeoPkg, MbTile, SqliteDB, and TMS** zipped tiles. Visit our website for MOBAC, a free map creator.
• Support for **QuickChart** Memory Map (.qct maps only, .qc3 not compatible).
• Built-in **image calibration tool** to use any scan or picture as a map.
• **Digital elevation model** storage (1-arcsec SRTM DEM) and support for **HGT** elevation files (1-arcsec and 3-arcsec resolutions) for terrain, hillshade, and steep slope visualization.
• Support for **polar maps** (Arctic and Antarctic).
• Display multiple maps in layers with customizable opacity, contrast, color, tint, and blending settings.

★★ Placemarks ★★

• Create, view, save, and restore an **unlimited number of items** such as waypoints, routes, areas, and tracks.
• Import and 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 and save online locations with the community using Community Placemarks.
• Access **details, advanced statistics, and interactive graphics** for various items.
• Use the Time Controller to replay time-tagged tracks.

★★ GNSS Position / Orientation ★★

• Real-time on-map geolocation using device GNSS receivers (GPS/Glonass/Galileo/…) or network.
• Map orientation, **compass**, and target finder functionalities.
• Built-in **GNSS/Barometric track recorder** for extended tracking, running in a separate, lightweight process, with battery level and network strength recording.
• Proximity alerts and leave path alerts.
• Support for barometer on compatible devices.

★★ Additional Features ★★

• Support for metric, imperial, nautical, and hybrid distance units.
• Various coordinate formats including Latitude/Longitude, grid coordinates (WGS, UTM, MGRS, USNG, OSGB, SK42, Lambert, QTH, …) with on-map grid display.
• Import over hundreds of coordinate formats from https://www.spatialreference.org.
• ...and more!

What's New in Version 2.3.8d

Last updated on Aug 14, 2024

• New setting to customize the display style and side of the menu bar.
• Enhanced support for recent Android versions.
• Improved backup and restore functionality.
• New default URL for sharing coordinates as text.
• Option to set the application’s “Media” folder as the default location for placemarks, icons, pictures, and file-based maps.
• Added Croatian and Persian translations.
• Various improvements and bug fixes.

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