AlpineQuest Off-Road Explorer

Psyberia

About this app

AlpineQuest is the complete solution for all outdoor activities and sports, including hiking, running, trailing, hunting, sailing, geocaching, off-road navigation and much more.

You can access and store locally a large range of on-line topographic maps, which will remain available even while being out of cell coverage. AlpineQuest also supports many on-board file-based raster map formats.

By using the GPS and the magnetic sensor of your device (with compass display), getting lost is part of the past: you are localized in real-time on the map, which can also be oriented to match where you are looking at.

Save and retrieve unlimited placemarks, share them with your friends. Track your path, get advanced statistics and interactive graphics. You won’t have anymore questions about what you can accomplish.

By staying fully operational out of cell coverage (as often in mountain or abroad), AlpineQuest assists you in all your desires of deep wilderness exploring...

No advertisements ~ No data sharing & monetization ~ No analytics ~ No third party libraries

Don’t hesitate, try the free Lite version right now!

PLEASE report suggestions and issues on our dedicated forum https://www.alpinequest.net/forum (no registration needed, all questions answered) and not in comments.


Key features are:

★★ Maps ★★
• Built-in online maps (with automatic local storage; road, topo and satellite maps included) and online layers (road names, hillshade, contours);
• Get more online maps and layers in one click from the included community maps list (all major worldwide maps and many local topo maps);
• Complete area storage of online maps for off-line 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 to get 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) allowing display of terrain, hillshade and steep slopes;
• Polar maps (Arctic and Antarctic) support;
• Multiple maps in layers display, with per-map opacity/contrast/color/tint/blending control.

★★ Placemarks ★★
• Create, display, save, restore 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 using Community Placemarks;
• Details, advanced statistics and interactive graphics on various items;
• 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 (long tracking capable, running in a separate and light process) with battery level and network strength recording;
• Proximity alerts and leave path alerts;
• Barometer support (compatible devices).

★★ And more: ★★
• Metric, imperial, nautical and hybrid distance units;
• 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 http://www.spatialreference.org;
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Ratings and reviews

Great app for planning and recording walks. I particularly like that you can see the elevation of the point you've focused on, which gives you a realistic feel for how steep a path is going to be. And you can see the distance from where you are to a particular point, which is another really useful feature. Wouldn't go walking without it.

Big problems for Android users. Maps, Tracks and print files etc are stored in Android/data. It seems that Android does not allow easy access to this area. Developers must give users the option to save and use these files in a more accessible location. The track recorder freezes if stationary for more than about 10 minutes, and having "no restrictions" on Android battery saver doesn't solve. Otherwise a good app with many useful features.

The demise of Viewranger was a blessing in disguise. AlpineQuest is a far superior navigation tool that I just didn't know about before. Million times better, with fantastic customer support too. Can't recommend it highly enough. It works exactly how you'd want it to. In particular the ability to easily get bearing, distance & slope to any point on the map, independent of current heading, which is projected out for easy landmark identification. Amazing offline caching; great routing & tracking.

What's new

2.3.5b
• Various improvements and bug fixes.
2.3.5
• Added ability to specify a background color for dashed paths and tracks;
• Added ability to rename workspaces;
• Added mils based slope units;
• While recording a track, the “Done so far” statistics reset when starting a new activity;
• And more...