~ minor fix + minor improvement ~ area creator tool doesn't display current drawn surface anymore (added in r8580, fixed in r9200) 2.3.9d • 2025.04.04 [AQ 2.3.9d/392; r9227; 2025.04.08] • Added tap screen then move up/down zooming; • Added UTM coordinates in feet; • Various improvements and bug fixes. ~ dates in exported placemarks incorrectly use Arabic-Indic numerals on a Persian localized device (fixed in r9226) ~ area creator tool doesn't display current drawn surface anymore (added in r8580, fixed in r9200) ~ displayed folders doesn't have names (added in r9108, fixed in r9169) 2.3.9c • 2025.02.12 [AQ 2.3.9c/390; r9156; 2025.02.12] • Added ability to set coordinate systems as favorite; • Various improvements and bug fixes. ~ displayed photos not correctly scanned if there is no recorded track (added in r9001, fixed in r9144) ~ possible app crash when changing the current QCT map (added in r9018, fixed in r9060) ~ possible app crash in rare situations when displaying a picture (added in r7104, fixed in r9051) + add user settings to use decimals in UTM coordinates (added in r9155) 2.3.9b • 2024.11.19 [AQ 2.3.9b/387; r9048; 2024.11.19] • Various improvements and bug fixes. ~ expression "minus" incorrectly computed in aqx files (added in r8989, fixed in r9039) ~ app crashes when displaying a map selection preview and menu rounding is set to zero (added in r7599+r8896, fixed in r9023) + new aqx v13 version that supports dynamic map parameters, including Yeti service input form (added in r9045) + improved photo indexer (added in r9044) + search by reverse bearing produces a reversed search result line (added in r9041) 2.3.9 • 2024.10.23 [AQ 2.3.9/386; r9021; 2024.10.23] • Added ability to display photos of all recorded tracks as previews over the map (“Placemarks” menu → “Displayed placemarks” → tap the eye at the right of “Photos”); • Added ability to view the EXIF information of photos; • Sunrise and sunset times are given in both device and screen-center time zones; • Various improvements and bug fixes: ~ creation time of folders incorrectly reported (added in r8826, fixed in r8945) + track activities are exported in GPX files in the type tag (added in r9016) + added ability to define parameters in on-demand custom .aqx files, that can be changed from the application UI (added in r8991) 2.3.8d • 2024.08.01 [AQ 2.3.8d/381; r8932; 2024.08.01] • Added a new setting to set the display style and side of the menu bar; • Various improvements and bug fixes: ~ error when creating a favorite map set from the maps explorer for composite maps (added in r8739, fixed in r8915) ~ icons of imported files are not downloaded or imported (added in r8806, fixed in r8907) ~ fix error in selected tracks menu (added in r8849, fixed in r8879) ~ restore all maps of favorite sets as visible, even if they were hidden (added in r8772, fixed in r8865) ~ no map painter initialization in some conditions (added in r8772, fixed in r8865) ~ Android versions older than 8 cannot display the lower zoom levels of the default map (1-9) (added in r8808, fixed in r8851) + display log files in a built-in text file viewer (added in r8917) + added new elevation shift user setting dedicated to pole-mounted RTK receivers (added in r8914) + manifest now targets SDK 34 / Android 14 (added in r8905) + gather selected placemarks on the map asynchroneously to avoid UI freezes (added in r8883) + remove preview option in the auto-routing settings of services that do not support previews (added in r8881) + improved detection of lost signal in the track recorder (added in r8867) 2.3.8c • 2024.06.02 [AQ 2.3.8c/376; r8848; 2024.06.04] • Various improvements and bug fixes: ~ high number of anrs when saving settings on closing app (fixed in r8824) + move placemarks from/to media folder depending on storage device settings (added in r8846) + use https for all ptc maps (added in r8843) 2.3.8b • 2024.05.20 [AQ 2.3.8b/373; r8817; 2024.05.23] • Improved support of recent Android versions; • Improved backup and restore tool; • New default URL when sharing coordinates as text; • Added ability 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: + use https for the lower zoom levels of the default map (1-9) (added in r8808) + new internal not exported file provider for pictures (added in r8801) + allows placemarks to be saved in the media folder for new installs (added in r8798) + disable https in services for Android versions older than 8 (added in r8720) 2.3.8 • 2024.03.25 [AQ 2.3.8/367; r8719; 2024.03.27] • Added ability to backup and restore all the application data into or from a single file; • Added ability to display arrows, distances and ETE along the real-time location and compass heading lines (to be activated in the application settings); • Added new slope unit (glide ratio); • Various improvements and bug fixes. 2.3.7c • 2024.01.31 [AQ 2.3.7c/363; r8643; 2024.02.01] • Added new track recorder automatic frequency based on current speed; • Added new fields in the Explorer mode: mean ascent and descent speeds (using the track recorder data), North and target direction arrows (using the device magnetic sensor); • Added new imperial distance unit using meters instead of feet; • Added new coordinate systems (India NSF LCC, Morocco ITRF 2020, MCK-164 to MCK-170); • Time estimations of each route legs are now displayed on the map; • Various improvements and bug fixes: ~ waypoints in displayed folders cannot be selected if at least one waypoint is hidden (added in r7531, fixed in r8620) ~ calories not computed anymore for drawn paths and routes (added in r8463, fixed in r8590) + durations estimations on routes displayed on the map (added in r8613) 2.3.7b • 2023.11.17 [AQ 2.3.7b/362; r8586; 2023.11.20] • Added duration estimation of drawn paths and routes based on the selected activity; • Various improvements and bug fixes: ~ colors in gpx files are incorrectly exported (added in r7731, fixed in r8569) ~ possible anr when canvas scale value is changing too fast (added in r8275, fixed in r8562) + estimated walking time for track (added in r8580, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3354) 2.3.7 • 2023.10.09 [AQ 2.3.7/358; r8528; 2023.10.12] • Added ability to set custom items in the map center point popup menu; • Added new “Quick-routing” (quick auto-routing) that skips the creation dialog; • Added new recorded tracks graphics by months (if only one year is selected) and by activities; • When using the BRouter offline auto-routing service, a real-time preview of the computed route is displayed as the map is moved; • Various improvements and bug fixes: ~ edit track activity from list throws exception if track is not loaded (added in r8152, fixed in r8515) + quick auto-routing without prompt to a point (added in r8497, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=18828#p18828) + added ability to customize items in the center tap popup (added in r8496, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=17270#p17270) 2.3.6c • 2023.09.23 [AQ 2.3.6c/356; r8485; 2023.09.24] • Added “Sort by…” shortcuts in the explorers; • Added new activities; • Improved Android 13 support; • Various improvements and bug fixes: ~ still areas are not displayed (added in r8350, fixed in r8484) ~ fatal “measure” exception may occur when displaying a placemark sliding menu (added in r7483, fixed in r8482) ~ maps remain unchanged when loading a new workspace with no maps (added in r8389, fixed in r8479) ~ media files access not working on Android 13 or more devices (added in r8404, fixed in r8472, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=18946#p18946) ~ granting permissions is not asked to the user anymore (added in r8442, fixed in r8467) ~ maps with fake extention not recognized (added in r8372, fixed in r8457) ~ dialog buttons of about and whatsnew dialogs not displayed on some devices (r8456) 2.3.6b • 2023.09.14 [AQ 2.3.6b/353; r8448; 2023.09.15] • Added new settings to hide the lines to target and from real-time location; • Various improvements and bug fixes: + added a new setting to disable distance lines (added in r8443, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=18867#p18867, /viewtopic.php?p=18932#p18932) 2.3.6 • 2023.08.30 [AQ 2.3.6/351; r8428; 2023.09.02] • Added ability to set custom fields in the top Explorer mode bar; • Added new Explorer mode fields: instant slope (using sensors of devices), terrain slope (using 1″ stored elevation data), approximate remaining battery time, done so far energy (Wh) and power (W); • Added ability to measure distance and elevation gain between two points of a path (by setting one of them as target point); • Added mean battery consumption, overall cell network coverage, developed energy and power in recorded tracks statistics; • Added ability to filter recorded tracks by battery consumption; • Recorded tracks events (breaks, maximums, etc.) are now displayed on the map at higher scales (can be turned off from settings); • Calories are now computed based on the activity; • Improved track details events; • User is warned when he’s about to lose its current map configuration, and has the ability to save it as favourite before displaying a new map; • Various improvements and bug fixes: ~ error while opening some file-based maps from an external file manager (added in r7891, fixed in r8372) ~ displayed placemarks are lost if changing a workspace while still loading placemarks (added in r7618, fixed in r8327, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=18608#p18608) ~ current favorite set no more selected after restart (added in r8275, fixed in r8315, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=18613#p18613) ~ calibrated maps zoom scales improperly computed (fixed in r8280, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=18476#p18476) ~ file-based maps zoom auto-load should not happen if other maps are displayed (added in r6525, fixed in r8272) ~ long-press volume up do not change explorer panel if geolocation is not active (fixed in r8265) ~ stats do not reset immediately when starting a new activity (added in r8210, fixed in r8250) ~ while following a track, recorded track is sometimes not updated on the map (added in r6091, fixed in r8250) + user is warned when he's about to lose its current map config (added in r8389, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=17591#p17591) + map is automatically updated when network is back (added in r8396) + added user settings for night mode colors (added in r8312, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=18448#p18448) + added colored dashes in the path style picker (added in r8311, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=18617#p18617) + added current slope explorer mode field (added in r8281, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=18455#p18455) 2.3.5b • 2023.06.08 [AQ 2.3.5b/344; r8244; 2023.06.09] • Various improvements and bug fixes: ~ stats do not reset when starting a new activity (added in r8210, fixed in r8242) ~ exception when selecting a target location on a track that is not displayed (added in r8152, fixed in r8240) ~ incomplete portuguese translation (added in r8159, fixed in r8239) 2.3.5 • 2023.05.27 [AQ 2.3.5/343; r8234; 2023.06.01] • 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; • Various improvements and bug fixes: ~ exception when diplaying empty recorded tracks folder (added in r8194, fixed in r8226) ~ statistics are not filled with DEM elevations if some locations already have elevations (added in r8059, fixed in r8208, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=17794#p17794) ~ real-time location sometimes relock even if relock preference is un-checked (fixed in r8202, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=18059#p18059) + while recording a track, reset statistics when starting a new activity (added in r8210) + added timestamp for intent locations (added in r8204, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=18271#p18271) + removed confirmation when deleting a location from a path (added in r8201, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=18240#p18240) + added ability to rename workspaces (added in r8197, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=18082#p18082) + improve xsv importer (added in r8188, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=18087#p18087) 2.3.4 • 2023.04.30 [AQ 2.3.4/340; r8183; 2023.05.02] • Added global statistics, graphics and filters when displaying recorded tracks; • Added activities for recorded tracks, displayed in various colors and filterable in the recorded tracks folder; • Tracks events are now displayed with a graphical progress line; • In the auto-routing tool, long-pressing the “Delete” button now deletes the last segment entirely; • Various improvements and bug fixes: ~ incorrect computation of statistics in some cases (added in r8059, fixed in r8178) ~ fix start custom activity main menu button on Android 12 (fixed in r8161, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=17926#p17926) + improve force update local data in area downloader (added in r8162, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=18085#p18085) + explorers display asyncroneously (added in r8132) + added url encoding and bitwise functions in aqx parser (added in r8128, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=17805#p17805) + added base64 functions in aqx parser (added in r8114, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=17739#p17739) + long-press the delete button in the auto-routing tool now deletes the last segment entirely (added in r8096, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=17572#p17572) 2.3.3d • 2023.01.16 [AQ 2.3.3d/336; r8093; 2023.01.18] • Added ability to import multiple maps at once; • Various improvements and bug fixes: ~ wrong types of elevations imported from GPX and KML files (added in r7730, fixed in r8091) ~ exception when computing partial statistics using a middle point (added in r8059, fixed in r8071, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=17462#p17462) 2.3.3c • 2022.12.30 [AQ 2.3.3c/334; r8067; 2023.01.03] • Added ability to resize pictures when exporting KMZ files; • The auto-routing tool now uses BRouter routings by default if available; • Various improvements and bug fixes: ~ metadata description text view not allowing multilines anymore (added in r8006, fixed in r8064, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=17378#p17378) + added ability to resize pictures of exported KMZ files (added in r8046, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=17176#p17176) + allow multi-touch long presses (added in r8045, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=17277#p17277) + improve community maps list handling and updating (added in r8040, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=17240#p17240) + add a confirm checkbox before deleting map data (added in r8039, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=17117#p17117) + limit the length of displayed text on the map like waypoints (added in r8035, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=17182#p17182) + auto-display keyboard when inputing names (added in r8034, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=17181#p17181) 2.3.3b • 2022.11.24 [AQ 2.3.3b/332; r8027; 2022.11.26] • Various improvements and bug fixes: ~ special folders are always displayed in english in some places (added in r7979, fixed in r7999) + add user setting to not display dates of tracks with names in the explorer (added in r8026, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=17156#p17156) + add a message for long-pressing menu items (added in r8015, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=17027#p17027) + add a new section/lap button in the track recorder side view (added in r8007, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=17056#p17056) + auto-display keyboard when inputing names (added in r8006, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=17025#p17025) + put first letter as capital when inputing names (added in r8006, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=17025#p17025) + improved kml import (added in r7997, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=17066#p17066) + replaced close icon by check icon in placemark creator sideview (added in r7994, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=17059#p17059) 2.3.3 • 2022.10.26 [AQ 2.3.3/330; r7986; 2022.10.31] • Added ability to group multiple placemark file; • Added ability to change the color of built-in icons; • Added metric distance unit with elevations in feet; • Added new settings to change the center texts information align; • Added ability to display or hide placemark labels independently from the global option; • Added new placemark type “Text”; • Added support for GeoTIFF “NoData” value; • Added Indonesian translation; • Various improvements and bug fixes: ~ cannot use .prj file projection to import shp files (added in r6920, fixed in r7949) ~ failure to load geopkg maps with spaces in name (fixed in r7935, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=16814#p16814) ~ areas part of a placemark file are not styled anymore (added in r7889, fixed in r7929, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=16755#p16755) ~ pictures imported from kml files are not working (added in r7823, fixed in r7922) ~ too much decimals when exporting locations (added in r7724, fixed in r7898, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=16797#p16797) ~ undisplay tracks before editing points even if they're part of a file (fixed in r7890, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=12988#p12988) + added ability to display or hide placemark labels independently from the global option (added in r7967, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=10959#p10959) + improved accuracy of oblique stereographic projection (added in r7945, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14305#p14305) + added ability to colorize custom svg icons (added in r7943, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=16831#p16831) + add ability to share a location with only a map provider url (added in r7940, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=16816#p16816) + add ability to display the time of the day as abscissa in the graphics (added in r7911, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=16681#p16681) + only display the track when using dynamic profile (added in r7890, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=15958#p15958) + add support for geotiff format nodata values (added in r7883, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=16542#p16542) + add ability to group multiple placemark files (added in r7881, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=16372#p16372) + improve input of SK42 coordinates (added in r7870, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=16527#p16527) 2.3.2c • 2022.08.06 [AQ 2.3.2c/325; r7867; 2022.08.09] • Added vertical accuracy support (compatible devices only); • Added more information in the displayed placemarks sliding menu; • Various improvements and bug fixes: ~ overscaling imprecisions depending on location (added in r6916, fixed in r7860, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=16479#p16479) ~ done so far stats not available for currently recorded track (added in r7545, fixed in r7847, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=15582#p15582) ~ silent exception when opening a placemark from a partition root with saf (added in r7763, fixed in r7842) + added user setting to allow restore any track (added in r7862, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=16453#p16453) + improve handling of intents (added in r7858, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=16499#p16499) 2.3.2b • 2022.07.19 [AQ 2.3.2b/323; r7840; 2022.07.20] • Added Slovene translation; • Various improvements and bug fixes: ~ concurrent use of colored path builder can lead to incorrect path drawings (added in r7483, fixed in r7833) ~ set clip data exception when sharing a file on Android 10 and more (added in r7716, fixed in r7826) ~ spanish and dustch translation for brouter app detection inverted (added in r7773, fixed in r7816) ~ follow path process fails when following the same path again (added in r7651, fixed in r7809) + improve handling of corrupted qct files (added in r7838, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=16316#p16316) + improve area download process state display (added in r7837, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=16396#p16396) + improve waypoint icon display in the lists (added in r7795, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=16120#p16120) 2.3.2 • 2022.06.16 [AQ 2.3.2/322; r7793; 2022.06.16] • Added offline auto-routing using BRouter application; • Added ability to sort waypoints by icon; • Added ability to ignore elevations when importing a placemark file; • Added ability to store pictures, audio files and exported file in the media folder; • Proximity alerts are now set per workspace; • Locations formats and grids are now set per workspace; • Improved handling of files on Android 11 and more versions; • Various improvements and bug fixes: ~ navigation time in title bar can take up to one minute to update after screen is turned off (added in r5379, fixed in r7760) ~ proximity alerts deleted when changing workspace (added in r7351, fixed in r7754, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=15871#p15871) ~ expression functions 'hash' and 'sha1' creates an md5 hash instead (added in r7036, fixed in r7732) ~ store area threads not destroyed when using the start again button (added in r6914, fixed in r7728) ~ incorrect autorouting services in cycling automatic mode (added in r6809, fixed in r7714) + add offline auto-routing using brouter app (added in r7773, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=13043#p13043) + locations formats and grids are now set per workspace (added in r7753, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=16088#p16088) + add user setting to align center texts on the left (added in r7747, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=15863#p15863) + add sort waypoints by icon (added in r7744, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=16058#p16058) + add ability to ignore elevation when importing files (added in r7730, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=16002#p16002) 2.3.1c • 2022.05.03 [AQ 2.3.1c/318; r7713; 2022.05.04] • Various improvements and bug fixes: ~ application crash when non root activity is started (added in r7684, fixed in r7692) + audio files exported in the kmz format (added in r7710, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=15523#p15523) + improved display of current map name (added in r7707, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=15828#p15828) + after searching for a distance circle, remain at the center (added in r7705, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=15811#p15811) + export all picture names in csv (added in r7704, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=15825#p15825) 2.3.1b • 2022.04.16 [AQ 2.3.1b/317; r7688; 2022.04.17] • Various improvements and bug fixes: ~ placemarks removed from the map can still be selected (added in r7531, fixed in r7684, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=15670#p15670) 2.3.1 • 2022.04.09 [AQ 2.3.1/316; r7682; 2022.04.13] • Added new Explorer mode fields: compass heading value and arrow; • New zoom slider, which can be displayed without the zoom buttons; • When using the measure tool while the main grid is displayed, horizontal and vertical distances are also displayed; • Various improvements and bug fixes: ~ follow path and proximity alerts tasks may fail to start if data transfered to agent is too large (added in r6246, fixed in r7651) ~ exception when tapping a segment point as target (added in r7551, fixed in r7643, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=15528#p15528) ~ sliding menus not working on SDK's below 14/4.0 (added in r7473, fixed in r7637) + correct google auto-routing over China (added in r7667, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=15531#p15531) + improved zoom slider (added in r7657, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=15546#p15546) 2.3.0 • 2022.03.21 [AQ 2.3.0/310; r7635; 2022.03.21] • New application logo and launcher icon; • New menu when selecting a displayed placemark on the map; • Placemarks are now restored after the map view is displayed in order to speed up the application startup; • Placemarks are now displayed independently per workspaces; • Added basic statistics in the selection popup when tapping a displayed track or area on the map; • Added ability to display quadrant bearings; • Added ability to edit the tint of maps; • Added more long-press map actions; • Added some settings in the maps and placemarks explorers; • Built-in maps are now displayed in workspaces; • Improved selection popups when tapping a displayed placemark on the map; • Improved support of Polar maps; • Improved support of Android 11 and 12; • Various improvements and bug fixes: ~ layout computation loop when displaying side views (added in r3926, fixed in r7566) ~ areas perimeter not complete when the areas are not closed (fixed in r7544) ~ incline units displayed two times (added in r7220, fixed in r7498) ~ heading line arrows can be displayed in the wrong direction in some particular cases (added in r7187, fixed in r7479) ~ auto-relock and auto-rotate settings not correctly restored after explorer mode in some cases (added in r5416, fixed in r7450) ~ store area tool does not reopen the current instance if any (added in r7068, fixed in r7433) ~ some preference default values not selected (fixed in r7417) ~ incorrect polar projection for some areas (added in r6739, fixed in r7371) ~ default map not selected when zooming out to the maximum (added in r7087, fixed in r7367) ~ internal storage not detected in rare cases (fixed in r7319) ~ exception can occurs when closing the placemark creator without adding any points (added in r7139, fixed in r7304) ~ placemarks and maps folders not listed in the explorer drawer when starting the application for the first time (added in r4104, fixed in r7301) + added picture waypoint and audio waypoint as long press actions (added in r7340) + added resume tracker intent (added in r7477, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=15247#p15247) + added ability to activate the navigation mode with two fingers even if pitch is disabled (added in r7448) 2.2.9b • 2021.10.29 [AQ 2.2.9b/296; r7255; 2021.10.31] • The track recorder also record the cell network strength (compatible devices only) and the battery level, which can be displayed in the profile view; • Added audio waypoints allowing to record an audio track associated to a waypoint and play it from the map; • Added global distance, time, elevation gain and area for displayed track, route and area lists in the placemark explorer; • Added new Explorer mode fields: cell network strength, battery level, and GNSS constellations in use; • Added new dynamic coloring of tracks based on the cell network strength; • Various improvements and bug fixes: ~ incorrect bearing scanner default value in case there is no current bearing (added in r6390, fixed in r7251) ~ copyright and registered symbols inverted (added in r4218, fixed in r7249) ~ open with apple plans do not use the correct url (added in r7008, fixed in r7231) ~ loader threads of map canvas not correctly destroyed (added in r6733, fixed in r7229) ~ displayed track of the tracker sometimes remains blue after the record is stopped (fixed in r7227) ~ compass heading line does not display correctly in perspective map view on some devices (added in r4151, fixed in r7187, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=12440#p12440, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=11721#p11721) ~ erase color information box does not give center color on some devices (added in r4775, fixed in r7185, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14720#p14720) ~ reload of the map canvas can fail if some points are at the poles (fixed in r7141, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=12485#p12485) ~ set a proximity as target then delete it does leave the target to the deleted alert (fixed in r7120) + added global stats in the placemark explorer (added in r7247, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=11677#p11677) + added ability to add custom open with urls (added in r7224, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14934#p14934) + added audio waypoints (added in r7201, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6166#p6166) + compass heading line is now infinite (added in r7187, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=11822#p11822) + disable https in services for Android versions older than 4.1 (added in r7215) 2.2.9 • 2021.09.06 [AQ 2.2.9/289; r7111; 2021.09.07] • Added import support of GeoTIFF (.tif, .tiff) file based maps; • Added a new “Dashmode” track recorder option, that allows to start and stop the recording along with the application; • Improved location search dialog and added various search mode in the custom menu items list; • Improved tracks details: pictures are now displayed in the “Events” section; • Improved location formats management: added ability to import WKT/PROJ text definitions and to remove imported formats; • Area units are now separated from distance units in the settings; • Included all Russian МСК coordinate systems in the built-in location formats; • Various improvements and bug fixes: ~ store area tool can be displayed multiple times (fixed in r7068, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14664#p14664) + dynamic number of decimals displayed for lengths depending on the value (added in r7091, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14741#p14741) + added done so far fields in the dashboard real time location panel (added in r7070, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14666#p14666) + added set as target custom menu item and long press action (added in r7069, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14658#p14658) 2.2.8d • 2021.07.07 [AQ 2.2.8d/285; r7057; 2021.07.15] • Various improvements and bug fixes: ~ CompeGPS Raster Image maps not correctly projected (added in r6485, fixed in r7052) ~ possible deadlock in path creator when deleting last location (added in r3029, fixed in r7024) ~ banding of incorrect layer transparency (added in r6647, fixed in r7017, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14138#p14138) ~ real-time location accuracy circle not correctly displayed according to map display resolution (added in r6742, fixed in r7012, https://www.alpinequest.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14524#p14524) ~ exception while canceling touch event during image calibration (added in r5823, fixed in r6990) 2.2.8c • 2021.04.19 [AQ 2.2.8c/282; r6979; 2021.04.19] • Improved share coordinates dialog; • Added max speed and max elevation fields in the Explorer mode; • Various improvements and bug fixes. 2.2.8b • 2021.03.04 [AQ 2.2.8b/277; r6906; 2021.03.05] • Added import support of IGC track files; • Various improvements and bug fixes. 2.2.8 • 2021.02.25 [AQ 2.2.8/276; r6896; 2021.03.01] • Added import support of GeoJSON placemark files; • Added support of polar coordinate systems (arctic and antarctic); • Added ability to convert placemarks between types and to reverse paths; • Added ability to create a quick waypoint as long press map action; • Added ability to display previews for all types of placemarks in the placemarks explorer; • Added a “Screensaver” custom button that turns the screen black, disables the “Screen always on” option and is removed when screen turns off; • Improved print map tool (added display of scale bar, scale value and grid names); • Improved display and input of location coordinate systems; • When renaming a placemark, the underlying file is also renamed; • Greatly improved import speed of external placemark files (GPX, KML/KMZ, SHP, etc.); • Unfortunately, the GraphHopper routing service had to be removed due to incompatible terms of services; • Various improvements and bug fixes. 2.2.7c • 2020.11.03 [AQ 2.2.7c/266; r6660; 2020.11.04] • Added a new setting to style the display of grids; • Improved support of pointer devices (scroll to zoom); • Various improvements and bug fixes. 2.2.7b • 2020.10.20 [AQ 2.2.7b/265; r6623; 2020.10.22] • Added multiple sort options for the different types of placemarks; • Various improvements and bug fixes. 2.2.7 • 2020.10.12 [AQ 2.2.7/263; r6589; 2020.10.14] • Added support of CompeGPS Raster Image (.rmap) file based maps; • Added ability to quickly change the visibility of displayed maps; • Added ability to save map comparison setups as favorite sets; • Improved draw path and auto-routing tools now able to display the elevation profile and more statistics; • Improved image calibration tool now able to calibrate with only 1, 2 or 3 points and able to manually edit the points coordinates; • Improved multi-placemarks edition tool; • Improved support of Android 10 devices; • Current favorite map/set is now highlighted; • Various improvements and bug fixes. 2.2.6 • 2020.09.03 [AQ 2.2.6/257; r6471; 2020.09.04] • Tracks are now displayed with a preview image in the placemarks explorer (can be disabled from the “Tracks” header menu); • Added new compare maps tool (display multiple maps, long-press any one and select “Compare”); • Added ability to choose what information to display at the screen center (length, bearing, gain, ETA) for the distance lines; • Added OpenRouteService auto-routing service; • Added search by bearing tool; • Various improvements and bug fixes. 2.2.5d • 2020.05.25 [AQ 2.2.5d/247; r6331; 2020.05.26] • Added ability to create a circular area given a radius distance from the screen center (previously only possible using the search by distance tool); • Improved opening of files from other applications; • Various improvements and bug fixes. 2.2.5c • 2020.05.06 [AQ 2.2.5c/244; r6293; 2020.05.07] • Various improvements and bug fixes. 2.2.5b • 2020.05.03 [AQ 2.2.5b/243; r6288; 2020.05.04] • Added alphanumeric placemarks sorting; • Improved KML/KMZ format placemarks import; • Various improvements and bug fixes. 2.2.5 • 2020.04.25 [AQ 2.2.5/241; r6278; 2020.04.28] • Recorded tracks are saved as soon as the track recorder is stopped (no more “paused” state); • Improved the track recorder controls in the Explorer mode; • Improved text search in displayed placemarks; • Various improvements and bug fixes. 2.2.4 • 2020.02.24 [AQ 2.2.4/235; r6131; 2020.02.24] • Added more choices in the Explorer mode fields (including remaining gain of followed path); • Added ability to sort placemarks in reverse order; • Added ability to add items to the clipboard (copied items doesn’t replace current clipboard content); • Added ability to display maps and layers in reverse color; • Added ability to control maps and layers brightness and contrast separately; • Improved layers blending mode; • Improved search dialog (new “Clear text” and “Paste from clipboard” buttons); • Added auto correction of GPS Week Number Rollover issue (reported date 20 years in the past); • Various improvements and bug fixes. 2.2.3 • 2019.10.18 [AQ 2.2.3/223; r5853; 2019.10.21] • Added ability to calibrate images in order to use them as maps (just open an image with the maps explorer) (.jpg/.png/.bmp/.gif); • Added import support of OziExplorer maps using images (.map+.jpg/.png/.bmp/.gif); • Various improvements and bug fixes. 2.2.2 • 2019.08.26 [AQ 2.2.2/218; r5776; 2019.08.27] • Added ability to display a circular scale over the map (Main menu → Options → Display circular scale); • Added ability to display and compute bearings relative to the magnetic north; • Added support of OziExplorer maps using images (.map+.png/.jpg/.bmp/.gif with maximum size of 2018px × 2018px); • Added a request to the system to allow the application to use the track recorder even if the screen is turned off; • Various improvements and bug fixes. 2.2.1b • 2019.07.03 [AQ 2.2.1b/212; r5646; 2019.07.04] • Various improvements and bug fixes. 2.2.1 • 2019.06.18 [AQ 2.2.1/209; r5628; 2019.06.18] • Added ability to resize the Explorer mode information panel (vertical mode only); • Added an improved edit mode for the Explorer information fields; • Added display of pace in addition to speed in tracks information; • Added ability to force update an on-demand map data (Maps menu → Displayed maps → long press a map → Force update data); • Added ability to lock and un-lock the map (from touch-events) by long-pressing the volume (-) button; • Added a setting to completely disable the map pitching (perspective view); • Added “Inch of mercury (inHg)” pressure unit; • Improved zoom controls and long-press actions settings; • Make warning sounds less repeated when following paths; • Various improvements and bug fixes. 2.2.0b • 2019.04.16 [AQ 2.2.0b/202; r5491; 2019.04.16] • Added more data fields in the Explorer mode; • Improved accuracy of geodetic algorithms; • Various improvements and bug fixes. 2.2.0 • 2019.04.04 [AQ 2.2.0/200; r5449; 2019.04.04] • Added Explorer mode with inclined view and information on done and followed path; • Added small arrows showing the direction of tracks that have been recorded; • Various improvements and bug fixes. 2.1.1f • 2019.01.10 [AQ 2.1.1f/192; r5134; 2019.01.10] • Added ability to jump to current target from the screen center menu; • Added German translation (thanks to Lukas Kessler); • Various improvements and bug fixes. 2.1.1e • 2018.12.19 [AQ 2.1.1e/189; r5109; 2018.12.19] • Added Bonne projection support; • Various improvements and bug fixes. 2.1.1d • 2018.11.29 [AQ 2.1.1d/188; r5031; 2018.11.29] • Improved Android 8.0 and 9.0 devices support; • Added ITM coordinate system support; • Various improvements and bug fixes. 2.1.1c • 2018.11.27 [AQ 2.1.1c/187; r5018; 2018.11.27] • Added sunset/sunrise times (algorithmic approximations) for any locations (center icon tap → Tools → Information); • Added display of ETA when moving the center screen away from the current GPS location; • Added display of Maidenhead Locator grid; • Various improvements and bug fixes. 2.1.1b • 2018.11.17 [AQ 2.1.1b/185,186; r4992; 2018.11.19] • Added graphical hardware acceleration support (fixes display slowness on some devices); • Added Google Hybrid map; • Various improvements and bug fixes. 2.1.1 • 2018.09.10 [AQ 2.1.1/180; r4789; 2018.09.12] • Added ability to erase a color of any displayed map; • Various improvements and bug fixes. 2.1.0c • 2018.08.17 [AQ 2.1.0c/179; r4756; 2018.08.17] • Various improvements and bug fixes. 2.1.0b • 2018.08.10 [AQ 2.1.0b/177; r4752; 2018.08.11] • Various improvements and bug fixes. 2.1.0 • 2018.07.04 [176; r4665] • Updated menu icons; • Updated placemark icons; • Added support for SVG user icons; • Various improvements and bug fixes. 2.0.10 • 2018.04.16 [171; r4337] • Added import support of ShapeFile SHP placemark files, with DBF and PRJ side files support; • Added support for Geohash and Open Location Code location format display and input; • Added display of screen center DEM elevation even if the coordinates are not displayed; • Added bulk start option in time controler (to start all displayed tracks at the same time); • Improve export of placemarks in CSV/TSV format; • Various improvements and bug fixes. 2.0.9 • 2018.03.19 [168; r4219] • Added support for OZF2 and partial OZFX3 file-based offline map format; • Added ability to add folders as favorite in explorers for faster selection (long press a folder → Add as favorite); • Added option to hide controls when long-pressing the map (must be activated from settings); • Added option to display compass heading and GPS course as lines (must be changed from settings); • Added ability to copy screen center coordinates from the screen center tools menu (screen center tap → Tools → Copy); • Improved location formats settings and added D/DM/DMS option for all geodetic formats; • Various improvements and bug fixes. 2.0.8 • 2018.01.19 [159; r4049] • Added various maps using locally stored elevation data (DEM): Heights, Terrain, Hillshade, Slopes (+30°) and Sensitive Heights; • Improved auto-routing and add support for Google auto-routing service; • Record and display heading of picture waypoints when the compass is active; • Various improvements and bug fixes. 2.0.7e • 2017.12.05 [155; r3998] • Improved auto-routing and add support for Google auto-routing service; • Record and display heading of picture waypoints when compass is active; • Various improvements and bug fixes. 2.0.7d • 2017.12.02 [154; r3989] • Added a new location details side-view (screen center tap → Tools → Information); • Added support for registered GraphHopper auto-routing; • Various improvements and bug fixes. 2.0.7c • 2017.11.23 [153; r3963] • Added ability to display and compute bearings relative to the grid north; • Various improvements and bug fixes. 2.0.7b • 2017.11.07 [151; r3914] • Various improvements and bug fixes. 2.0.7 • 2017.11.05 [150; r3906] • Added support for raster OGC® GeoPackage map file format; • Improved on map menus; • Improved import of KML/KMZ files; • Various built-in location formats added, including Russia’s SK42; • Various improvements and bug fixes. 2.0.6 • 2017.08.30 [142; r3720] • Added ability to edit details (name, color, icon, comment, etc.) of multiple placemarks at the same time; • Improved creation of placemarks, that can be added to any displayed files; • Long-pressing a menu button while the sub-menu is displayed toggles a secondary action; • Various improvements and bug fixes. 2.0.5 • 2017.06.05 [133; r3588] • Added multi-selection in the placemarks explorer for some actions; • New actions added in the custom menu button choices (including “Create measure”); • New infobox displayed when using the “Use only stored data” mode; • Added import support of OziExplorer track files (.plt); • Added pressure unit “Millimeters of mercury (mmHg)” in addition to “Hectopascals (hPa)”; • Various improvements and bug fixes. 2.0.4 • 2017.05.02 [130; r3510] • Added ability to edit items in the main menu to set up custom shortcuts and actions; • Added read/import support for MBTile raster maps; • Added read support for XYZ/TMS zipped tile maps; • Added search of what3words locations (requires Internet connection); • Improved placemark creators; • Improved displayed placemarks list; • Various improvements and bug fixes. 2.0.3 • 2016.12.15 [125; r3301] • Added ability to automatically download and use elevation data (DEM) of any areas (currently from 56°S to 60°N); • Added support for .HGT elevation files; • Various improvements and bug fixes. 2.0.2c • 2016.11.04 [121; r3213] • Various improvements and bug fixes. 2.0.2b • 2016.10.25 [120; r3189] • Added ability to manually rotate the map with two fingers (can be enabled/disabled from settings); • Added ability to select visible items when displaying a complete placemark file; • Added ability to group separate waypoints from the waypoints menu; • Added ability to clear some colors when displaying a map (see online help on maps); • Updated Android status bar icons when recording a track or following a path; • Various improvements and bug fixes. 2.0.2 • 2016.06.30 [116; r3102] • Added basic automatic routing using OSRM online service; • Added read/import support for RMaps SQLite maps; • Added export of placemarks in AutoCAD DXF file format; • Added ability to correct maps having shifts over China; • Added a simple night mode; • Changed the on-map compass direction arrow to a field of view; • Improved on-map grids; • Various improvements and bug fixes. 2.0.1b • 2016.05.16 [112; r2991] • Added a new floating “Create” button in the maps and placemarks explorers; • The search by name now also search in displayed placemarks; • Ability to import placemark files (GPX, KML, KMZ, etc.) in the current folder (by long-pressing the file and selecting “Import...”); • Various improvements and bug fixes. 2.0.1 • 2016.05.07 [109; r2958] • Improved Track recorder; • Improved displayed placemarks management; • Improved import/export of placemarks; • Improved KML/KMZ files support; • Improved area styles; • Ability to set a transparent background for the information boxes; • Various improvements and bug fixes. 2.0.0 • 2016.04.11 [105; r2853] The application has been completely updated, please don’t hesitate to report any bug or translation errors by email so we can fix it as soon as possible. • Added storage workspaces allowing to store temporary data and to clear only parts of the map storage; • New measure tool to quicky compute distances and bearings between any points; • Continuous map display towards east and west; • Ability to import KMZ overlays maps; • Ability to sort displayed placemarks by distance from screen center; • Ability to remove built-in on-demand maps; • Ability to display entire LDK placemark files at once; • Added exit button in immersive fullscreen mode; • Added direction to North and cardinal sector in the orientation information box; • Added Russian translation (thanks to Alexlong); • Added partial Slovak translation (thanks to Frantisek); • Improved on-map heading icon; • Improved favorite maps and sets; • Improved support of Android 6.0 (Marshmallow); • Various improvements and bug fixes. 1.4.22 • 2015.02.09 [73; r1531] • Added ability to suggest a new map (at the end of community maps list); • Added ability to import on-board file based maps (AQM and QCT) in a new format for faster display; • Added ability to save all displayed waypoints in a new placemark file; • Added new setting to display slopes in degrees or percents; • Improved “Lock screen” feature (un-lock with “Back” button or “Volume” long-press); • The store area tool new restore its area and max zoom level when restarted; • Added Slovenian coordinates system and grid support; • Few bug fixes. 1.4.21 • 2014.12.17 [72; r1491] • New “placemark file” able to contain all other existing types of placemarks; • Searched locations (by name or coordinates) are saved locally and can be edited like any other placemarks; • Pictures of waypoints are now exported in KMZ files and can be displayed in Google Earth; • New offline mode to force the application only use stored data of maps; • Added ability to edit the coordinates of an existing waypoint; • Added ability to create categories of custom icons; • Added ability to exclude gaps between track segments from the statistics; • New Google Public Transport layer; • New location search using distance and bearing; • Improved GPS location tracker economy mode (active from the 20s update delay); • Improved CSV/TSV files importer and exporter; • Few bug fixes. 1.4.20 • 2014.10.02 [71; r1425] • Ability to display stored maps coverage up to 4 zoom levels; • Improved statistics and graphics: new noise removal process and nicer smoothed display; • Ability to display arrows on paths (new forward and backward arrows styles); • Ability to choose the sensor used for the compass (few available depending on the device hardware); • Few bug fixes. ! issue with the Location Tracker update delay setting not restored ! MGRS grid exceptions over the equator 1.4.19 • 2014.08.15 • Improved GPS location (auto source now uses both GPS and network); • Improved compass (add pitch/roll level and reduce noises); • Ability to export placemarks (sets, routes, areas, tracks) in GPX and KML files from the placemarks explorer; • Ability to choose waypoint pictures from the device gallery; • Added barometer on/off menu toggle and information box on the map; • Autoload on-board maps when moving out of bounds; • Changed tracker notification sounds when losing signal; • Few bug fixes. ! get last known location not used ! parts of tracks painted may be missing in particular situations ! crash when loggin in Community placemarks (android version dependent) 1.4.18 • 2014.07.12 • Improved search by name, now returning more results from Google Maps, OSM Nominatim and locally stored Public Waypoints from Community placemarks; • Added option for Android 4.4 immersive mode (works only for devices with software buttons); • Improved storage device chooser setting; • Improved errors report tool; • Few bug fixes. 1.4.17b • 2014.06.24 • Added ability to report errors from the application (main menu > More... > Report errors); • Few bug fixes. 1.4.17 • 2014.06.21 • Fixed very large placemarks labels display on high pixel density devices; • Added Ability to change the display color and size of the target; • Improved import of CSV/TSV placemarks files; • Improved on-map compass; • Few bug fixes. 1.4.16 • 2014.06.09 • Added proximity alerts; • Added ability to share a location (by email, SMS, ...); • Added mils bearing/compass units (Exact, NATO, Soviet and Swedish); • Improved search dialog, allowing formatted searches; • Improved compass display; • Improved follow path feature not requiring the Location Tracker anymore; • Improved exported KML tracks; • Added ability to easily move waypoints displayed on the map (Edit action “Move to center”); • Added read support of OziExplorer .WPT files; • Added new Imperial distance units with no yards; • Added new modes for “Open with...” waypoint action (Navigation walking, biking, ...); • Added map display size option; • Added Turkish (thanks to Mehmet) and Romanian (thanks to Florin) translations; • Few bug fixes. 1.4.15 • 2014.04.17 • New separated options to display primary and secondary grid overlays; • New setting to change the default color of displayed placemarks; • Added more coordinate systems (UK, Lithuania, Netherlands, ...); • Improved MGRS, UTM and DFCI grids; • Few bug fixes. 1.4.14 • 2014.03.20 • Added display grid overlay option for coordinate formats (including UTM and MGRS/USNG zones); • Added ability to display tracks with dynamic colors representing length, elevation, speed or incline; • Added ability to change tracks and routes style (various dashes available); • Added ability to select a translucent color from the color picker dialog; • Added radio QTH Maidenhead Locator System (display and search); • Added DFCI Grid System (display and search); • Added ability to search MGRS and USNG locations or grid squares; • Few bug fixes. 1.4.13 • 2014.01.29 • New default online map: OpenSurferMap Roads; • New built-in map layers: Grayscale Map, Roads, Contours and Admin Boundaries layers; • New built-in Bing Maps: Roads, Aerial, Hybrid and Transports; • New follow path side panel with remaining distance, gain and ETA display; • Ability to modify contrast and saturation for all maps and layers; • Disabled ability to store complete map areas and export maps for Google products (sorry, we had to); • Few bug fixes. 1.4.12 • 2014.01.07 • Improved center screen popup menu; • Improved search of places and locations, added search of Irish Grid locations; • Added Austrian and Belgium grid coordinate systems; • Few bug fixes. 1.4.11 • 2013.12.16 • New built-in OSM Humanitarian map; • Improved compass with static or moving graduations setting; • Improved map canvas quality; • Added various coordinate formats (Lambert 93, Greek Grid; display and search); • Ability to import hundreds of coordinate formats from “www.spatialreference.org” (display and search); • Improved sort of placemarks in the placemarks explorer (added various sorts for paths); • Few bug fixes. 1.4.10b • 2013.11.14 • Various coordinate formats added (KKJ, Madagascar, Lambert); • Few bug fixes. 1.4.10 • 2013.11.06 • Ability to create favorite map and map sets for faster handling; • Ability to export any maps and placemarks as a JPEG image; • New built-in OSM Thunderforest Outdoor stored map; • Ability to follow routes like paths; • Ability to draw areas like paths; • Improved placemark set creator tool; • Added NTF Lambert II coordinate format; • Improved display of missing stored map areas, using previous levels data is any; • Improved storage device chooser; • Few bug fixes. 1.4.9 • 2013.10.16 • Set, route and track placemarks are now browsed when clicked in the placemarks explorer, with new action buttons; • No more loading time for AQM maps (from the second loadings); • Improved follow path feature, with ability to be warned if going too far from it while tracking; • Improved details window; • Ability to export details and statistics as text files; • Display current zoom value in the scale box; • Improved storage places listing in the placemarks explorer (easier device memory / external memory selection); • New storage type overlay icon over folders (differencing internal and external memory) in the placemarks explorer; • Few bug fixes. 1.4.8 • 2013.09.16 • Ability to add waypoints to the GPS Location Tracker from the map; • New statistics setting to define the minimum time of breaks to take into account; • New setting to control areas filling on the map; • Ability to store a custom user weight in tracks; • Fixed NAD27 coordinates (UTM & USNG); • Few bug fixes. 1.4.7 • 2013.09.03 • Burned calories computation for tracks (based on distance, speed, elevations and user entered weight); • Improved placemarks creation and edition windows; • Improved pictures management (added new picture and delete actions); • Ability to take multiple pictures per waypoint while tracking; • placemark comments displayed when selected on the map; • New hybrid imperial distance format (with imperial distances and metric elevations); • Fixed Location Tracker graphic profile; • Few bug fixes. 1.4.6 • 2013.08.08 • Ability to filter (search) placemarks in the placemarks explorer; • Maps and placemarks explorers can now list and easily browse all storage places of the device; • New direction to waypoint arrows in the placemarks explorer and Displayed placemarks side list; • Ability to store multiple pictures in the same waypoint; • Waypoint’s pictures are now oriented based on EXIF data; • Ability to create placemarks from the screen center pop-up menu; • Improved area display on the map (now outlined and filled); • Location Tracker data graphic now remember axis settings, more information added; • New user settings added; • Few bug fixes. 1.4.5 • 2013.07.16 • New slope computation tool; • Added read support for CSV/TSV placemark files; • Added ETA on target in the GPS Localisation window; • New center screen pop-up menu allowing to target and open the center location with an external application easily; • Improved icon chooser and filter; • Improved area downloader: increase download speed and retry failed downloads; • Add alternative coordinates display setting; • Display storage path when clicking on the storage usage status bar; • Ask a confirmation before removing all displayed placemarks; • Improve and fix area and imperial units; • Few bug fixes. 1.4.4 • 2013.07.01 • New selection framework for placemarks displayed on the map; • Improved route and set creator (with ability to delete or move existing points); • New manual track creator (move and draw); • New cache storage use state in the maps explorer; • Track segments can now have metadata like a name, a description or a color; • Few bug fixes. 1.4.3 • 2013.06.11 • Ability to store a complete map area for off-line use; • Ability to sort on-board maps by name or scale; • New built-in stored map: USGS Imagery Topo (USA); • Improved placemark color chooser dialog; • Faster color edition from the Displayed placemarks side panel; • New “Open with” (external application) action for waypoints; • New “Display distance line” option in the GPS Localisation sub-menu; • Few bug fixes. 1.4.2 • 2013.05.20 • Ability to quickly change the map opacities from the displayed maps and layers side panel; • Ability to temporarily hide displayed placemarks using the check-box in the displayed placemarks side panel; • Dynamic waypoints sorting (by name or distance) in the displayed placemarks side panel; • Ask the user the action (browse or display) to perform when opening GPX/KML/KMZ/LOC files from another application; • Bigger and higher quality compass, target finder and satellites view displays; • New bounds icons for displayed tracks; • Few bug fixes. 1.4.1 • 2013.05.10 • Ability to sort waypoints by name or distance in the placemarks explorer; • Ability to use custom icons for waypoints (PNG, JPG, GIF and BMP formats supported); • Ability to display the contents of all GPX files in a folder; • Ability to select time or distance as Y axis in tracks graphics; • New option to disable the automatic zoom adjustment on map levels; • Fast access to URL of displayed placemarks; • Few bug fixes. 1.4.0 • 2013.04.24 • Improved map canvas; • New placemarks and maps explorers; • Improved community maps feature and storage management; • New built-in stored maps: OSM Landscape, Google Bike and Google Transport; • Ability to search UTM/NAD27 coordinates; • Few bug fixes. 1.3.12 • 2013.03.15 • Ability to tweak statistics settings (smoothing depth, elevation and moving thresholds); • Improved zoom levels of USGS Topo Maps (USA); • Improved GPS Location Tracker settings dialog; • Overall accuracy indicator for tracks in the details window; • New setting to control the display of track time-bounds on the map; • Improved placemarks display size setting; • Few bug fixes. 1.3.11 • 2013.02.25 • The GPS Location Tracker can export pressure and accuracy values (if any) in GPX format; • Improved multi-touch zoom accuracy; • Improved icons rendering on high-density screens; • Fixed ANRs on some devices when writing on the SD card; • Few bug fixes. 1.3.10 • 2013.02.15 • The GPS Location Tracker can now record, plot and export the accuracy of each location (not compatible with GPX and KML exports); • New “Accuracy” axis in the graphics of GPS tracks; • Fixed GPS Localisation crash on some devices; • Few bug fixes. 1.3.9 • 2013.02.13 • New USGS topo maps (USA only), officially supported and added as built-in online maps; • Improved GPS Localisation and Tracker settings, allowing distance based tracking (set the update frequency to 1 second and choose the distance); • Ability to load and display all the content of a GPX/KML/KMZ file in one click (long-press a file and select “Load content”); • Ability to export tracks from the GPS Location Tracker in KML format; • Ability to move to the next or previous waypoint from the details window of a waypoint; • Few bug fixes. 1.3.8 • 2013.01.31 • The GPS Location Tracker now records barometric elevations (based on pressure values, more accurate than GPS elevations, requires a device with a barometric sensor); • New placemarks management and storage (faster, doesn’t use the GPX format by default); • New placemark type: area; • Ability to copy/paste waypoints, routes, areas and tracks; • Improved support of KML files (tracks, colours, icons); • Added support of KMZ files; • USNG coordinate format now uses NAD27 datum; • New UTM coordinate format using NAD27 datum; • New option to control the zoom using the volume buttons; • Few bug fixes. 1.3.7 • 2012.11.22 • Updated the GPS location lock behavior (now uses the Location menu button to move back to the current GPS location); • Added support for Mobac Custom XML Online Maps; • Improved online maps storage format; • Automatic update of online maps stored data; • QCT map previews; • Few bug fixes. 1.3.6 • 2012.10.29 • Improved QCT MemoryMap rendering quality and speed; • Improved GPS Location Tracker data loading speed; • Improved Localisation and Orientation sub-menus; • Few bug fixes. 1.3.5 • 2012.10.02 • Ability to share public waypoints displayed on the map for all Community placemarks users; • Ability to filter displayed public waypoints by category; • Export details feature improved; • Ability to export the track graphics only as a JPG image; • Zoom buttons set the map in high resolution zoom factors (depending on the device screen and settings); • Few bug fixes. 1.3.4 • 2012.08.29 • Ability to take pictures associated to waypoints (depending on the device capabilities); • Ability to take pictures while recording a track; • Ability to change the default waypoints icons on the map; • Ability to remove points from a GPX track based on a dynamic profile; • Ability to split a GPX track at any point (allows massive locations delete); • New optional confirm exit dialog; • Ability to lock the screen from touch events; • Few bug fix. 1.3.3 • 2012.07.28 • New device menu button behavior: now controls the AlpineQuest features menu; • Ability to hide the main menu button when the menu is closed, to get a complete fullscreen map; • Ability to export the current GPS location from the Geolocation window; • New UI for details, clearer and easier to read; • New dynamic profile side view: display a touchable profile of a track on the map; • Improved time controller: now in massive start mode (all displayed tracks starts at the same time); • More permissive coordinate search; • Few bug fix. 1.3.2 • 2012.07.12 • Explorers have been improved, contextual menus are now available by clicking on the item icons; • New Create placemark dialog; • Ability to zoom to an area of the map by double-clicking on it; • Ability to add waypoints to the currently recorded track; • Ability to click on placemarks displayed on the maps to get few actions; • Ability to click on the current location to change few geolocation settings; • Partial Italian and Spanish translations; • Few bug fixes. 1.3.1 • 2012.06.12 • New mps and placemarks explorers; • Ability to browse the complete SD memory card in explorers; • Ability to scan all maps from the SD memory card; • Improved custom online map support; • Improved current location display; • Clicking on the GPS Tracker notification icon now display the GPS Tracker details; • Ability to add new segments / lap the the recording track; • Fixed GPX file export; • Few bug fixes. 1.3.0 • 2012.05.21 • New user interface for menus, geolocation and orientation windows; • New location tracker window with current track graphic display; • Ability to change placemarks display size on the map; • High-contract menu icons suitable for outdoor use; • Improved map canvas. 1.2.15b/c • Fixed MemoryMap (.QCT) loading; • Fixed KML points display. 1.2.15 • New improved map canvas (supports more layers and placemarks displayed at the same time); • placemarks are now displayed like map items; • Map layers feature is now available in the Lite version; • Map layers are now restored after closing the application; • MemoryMap (.QCT) format has been improved (no more loading time, faster display); • New built-in Online Map Layer: Hills Shading; • Few bug fixes. 1.2.14 • Statistics on GPX tracks have been again improved; • Graphics now display some events (summit, maximum speed, main breaks); • Ability to plot the incline of tracks depending on the distance or time; • Ability to export details and statistics as a JPG image file; • Ability to create rings (delimiting areas) exported as KML files; • Support for WMS online tile servers in custom maps; • Online map OSM OsmaRender has been removed (project ended); • Few bug fixes. 1.2.13 • Statistics on GPX tracks have been improved and completed. Don’t hesitate to ask for more; • Graphic on GPX tracks has been improved and is selectable; • Two new build-in online maps have been added; • The Create placemarks dialog has been improved; • New preference to disable the warning if the GPS signal is lost while tracking; • Few bug fixes. 1.2.12 • Elevation computation using device barometer (if available); • Ability to copy/cut/paste community waypoints; • Magnetic declination computation (based on GPS location) to give true north in orientation; • Notify the user (sound, vibrate and LED) when the Location Tracker has lost the GPS signal; • Improved Osgb grid coordinates search; • Warn the user if the selected QCT map has no bounds; • Warn the user if the selected AQM map is too big for the system; • Few bug fixes. 1.2.11 • Improved location tracker; • Display system location settings if no location source is available; • Fix Google online maps. 1.2.10 • New feature: Community placemarks to save and share locations with other users; • Improved localisation drawing on map; • Ability to display last current locations on the map; • Ability to display the current direction on the map; • Ability to search for Osgb grid coordinates; • Few bug fixes. 1.2.9 • Get more online maps from the community with Community Maps; • Multiple waypoints creator asks for names; • Reduced memory usage; • Integration as a map viewer and location displayer in other applications such as “c:geo”. 1.2.8 • New geolocation and location tracker UI; • Satellites status in the geolocation window; • New orientation and target finder UI; • Ability to add a compass shift in the orientation window; • Improved custom maps; • Partial Korean language support. 1.2.7 • New “Displayed and focused placemarks” side panel manager, to clear, focus, detail, move to any displayed placemark; • New “Time control” side panel, to display time-tagged placemarks depending on the time chosen; • Improved GPX Route creator, now displayed in a clear side panel; • New “Displayed map and layers” side panel manager, with per-layer opacity control; • New “Google Roads” online layer to display worldwide roads from Google over any other displayed map. 1.2.6 • Ability to display any number of placemarks on the map; • Ability to display unfocused placemarks; • Better .LOC files support; • Improved online maps cache. 1.2.5 • New customizable zoom slider and buttons; • New map layers feature; • New fake levels in AQM offline maps to un-zoom much more the maps; • Display of map levels in the maps explorer; • Multitouch improved; • Few bug fixes. 1.2.4 • Custom online map sources support that allows users to add online maps in AlpineQuest; • When selecting a waypoint, display all other waypoints of the same folder; • Fixed offline map selection; • Fixed OpenStreetMap Cycle/Hike online map. 1.2.3 • Read Quick Chart maps (.qct) distributed by Memory-Map; • Display details about offline maps; • Multitouch zoom for Android 2.0 and higher; • Online maps cache improved to avoid hangs that happened on some devices. 1.2.2 • New GPS tracker available in the geolocation window; • New option to disable the screen keyguard while the application is started; • New hi-contrast sub-menu icons. 1.2.1 • Ability to change text sizes on map; • Ability to change colors of displayed points and paths; • Ability to edit GPS details; • Few improvement in sub-menus; • Built-in starting help. 1.2.0 • New map canvas UI; • Bearing from the current location to the center point (see here); • Compass displayed at the center of the map (see here); • Distance and elevation to the end when following a route or track (see here); • Fixed waypoint names that disapeared; • Fixed OSM Mapnik, Google Earth and Google Terrain online maps; • Fixed map freezes. 1.1.3 • New geolocation UI; • New orientation UI that include the direction to the focused waypoint; • Map rotation using GPS cap which should be preferred to orientation sensor rotation in some cases; • Irish Grid coordinate format added. 1.1.2 • Altitude adjustment to display Geoid height (instead of WGS84 height) (suggested by Wos); • Auto select waypoints of a list in forward, backward or closest mode; • On-screen GPS speed indication (suggested by cdufour); • MGRS and USNG coordinate formats added; • CH1903 coordinate format added (suggested by cdufour); • OSGB coordinate format improved (suggested by cpf); • Ability to search for an UTM coordinate; • Small UI enhancement when displaying distances, length, altitudes, etc. 1.1.1 • Fix force close with context menu. 1.1.0 • Folders for the offline maps (suggested by bastien); • placemarks are restored at startup; • Keep the zoom level when switching the map; • Ability to configure the storage mode of online maps in the settings; • Fixed online maps cache folder creation. 1.0.9 • Map management window improved with online and offline maps separated; • New online maps using Google Maps in addition of existing OpenStreetMap maps; • New setting window with more options (like fullscreen setting); • New what’s new window; • Support for small screen devices, which should now list AlpineQuest in their Android Markets; • Download progression of online tiles displayed on the map canvas; • Online maps stored in a single file to avoid a lot of image files on the SD card; • New error/warning toast dialog (hope you’ll not see it too much); • Fixed: Exceptions at startup. 1.0.8 • Status bar icon when recording a track in background (suggested by emvee); • Full screen map view. Use the “Menu” button of your phone to display the Android Status bar; • placemarks explorer improved as the GPX loader (faster, uses less memory, detects corrupted file); • Online help (see below); • Loads KML files (suggested by Stefano); • Detects stops in track statistics and few more stats (suggested by twoten); • Ability to close the GPS tab without stopping the GPS using a setting (suggested by twoten & ukuest); • Confirms close application when recording a track (suggested by ukuest); • Fixed: Droid X issues (reported by chinook9); • Fixed: Exceptions at startup (reported by bastien & dags1972 here, by Anton); • Fixed: 0m track length error (reported by Xy()niX, htcdesire and ukuest). 1.0.7 • Supports screen orientation. This is a beta feature. The compass is incorrect in landscape mode, this will be fixed soon; • Search a location by name in the search dialog. This feature requires an Internet access; • Install on SD available on Android >= 2.2 (you must uninstall and reinstall the application); • Ability to create a focus location from the center location. Click on the bottom right dialog and select “Create from center position” in the context menu (suggested by bastien here); • The GPS is again temporary stopped when AlpineQuest is send in background (except if a track is being recorded). See here; • Fixed a graphical issue when displaying waypoints and route while map rotation activated. 1.0.6 • New GUI, with openable/closable dialogs, allowing fast access to a lot of features; • placemarks are now created in the current place of the placemarks explorer (as suggested by Stefano); • The focus dialog as been enhanced (allowing fast access to the placemarks explorer); • The focused placemark is restored after the restart of the application; • The geolocation feature as been enhanced, a new “auto” provider is available in addition to others (like “gps” or “network”) that uses the “gps” in priority when available. The geolocation rate can be fine tuned, and the hardware availability check is not done only at startup; • Ability to move the map when the rotation is activated. 1.0.5 • AQM maps version 2: supports multi-level of details, without having to reload a new map for each level; • UTM and OSGB: beta support of these coordinate systems (display only, not input); • Fixed a bug on online maps that made some images not downloadable. • The level number of online maps has been reduced for memory saving . 1.0.4 • Graphics and statistics: it is now possible to display statistics and graphics on waypoints, routes and tracks; • GPX management improved: a lot more information on GPX files is available, including comments, descriptions, links... You can also re-order waypoints inside routes, and rename/delete/copy them. • Online mode improved: display of online maps is much more faster than in AlpineQuest 1.0.3. However we still recommend you to use AQM maps created with the AQM Map Creator in order to be able to use a lot of data sources (including some topo. ones); • Icons in menu: all menus now use icons to deliver a visual help; • AQM maps display faster; • A “.nomedia” file is created in AlpineQuest folder in order to exclude online map tiles from the Gallery; • The “Quit” button has been fixed. 1.0.3 • Online mode: it is possible to display online maps and store them on the SD card for offline use. This is an early version of this feature, a lot of enhancements are planned. Not that downloading the map images is much longer than using AQM offline maps; • Fast map switching: new “Plus” and “Minus” buttons have been added, that allow to change the current map easily and automatically. The “Plus” button will select a more detailed map if available, the “Minus” a less one; • GPX management improved: it is now possible to rename, delete or add waypoints, routes and tracks inside GPX files. Note that graphics and statistics are still not available, but should be featured in the next release; • A “Quit” button have been added in the contextual menu. Edit: this button doesn’t work yet, use the “Back” phone’s button to quit AlpineQuest 1.0.2 • 2010.05.03 • Track recording: AlpineQuest can use the GPS or the Network location provider to record a track into a standard GPX file during a hike; • Route creation: it is now possible to create GPX routes using AlpineQuest when setting up a hike. It’s also possible to add waypoints to an existing route; • Cut and paste: cut and paste actions have been added on waypoints and GPX files in order to manage placemarks easier; • US customary system / Imperial units: it is possible to use these distance units in addition of the metric unit system; • GUI has been modified: controls are a bit bigger, focus information is displayed in a box, current location provider is displayed below the current coordinates; • A file called “alpinequest.log” is created in the “alpinequest” folder of the SD card when starting up the application. Information about map loading is logged in it; • Action “Quick save waypoint” has been added in the contextual menu in order to save a waypoint in 1 sec.; • GPX file loading has been improved. 1.0.1 • 2010.04.18 • Auto-move to map : when selecting a map that is out-of-bounds, AlpineQuest asks the user if he wants to slew to the center of the new map (mainly discussed with Robert, but also with Loub and Borg, thanks to them !); • Auto-select next waypoint (beta, full version only) : when long-clicking on a waypoint that is part of a GPX route or track, the user can select “Play from this waypoint” to indicate to AlpineQuest to automatically select next waypoint (in route or track) when reaching this first waypoint. The threshold distance can be set in the settings view under “Play next (m)” (this feature has been proposed by Blaze here, thanks to him); • Adaptive zoom range : when selecting “More size” in the settings for the map size (use with caution, consumes memory), the user is able to un-zoom more; • On-screen shortcuts enhancement : screen shortcuts have changed a little bit and a visual feedback is used; • AlpineQuest remembers the state of the geolocation and orientation when restarting (see topic); • A new contextual menu has been introduced and must be used to un-select the focused elements. Use the center of the information bar on-screen shortcut to show it; • It is now possible to focus all waypoints of a GPX file (previously possible only on route or track waypoints); • The scale and zoom ratio is shown when zooming; • Current location displays using a fixed length string (thanks to Borg). 1.0.0 • 2010.03.28 • First release.