Welcome to the AlpineQuest Online Help for 2.x versions.

Use the menu on the right of this page to get some help on a particular feature.

Use the language selector on the right to choose your preferred language.

A complete PDF export of this help is available here (en) for offline use (available here as separate zipped files).

Korean users can find great tutorials, help and information at the official South Korean AlpineQuest Board founded by Solro. There is a complete up-to-date offline help available here.

If you don't find your answer in these pages, or if you have any question or suggestion, visit our support forum: www.alpinequest.net/forum/.

The main view of the application is the map. This is the view displayed when you start the application.

By default, it covers the whole screen, hiding the system status bar (this can be changed in the application settings). Just press the application main menu button to temporarily display the status bar.

You can change the map display resolution from the application settings.

Information boxes can be displayed in the top-left part of the screen. They are all related to a particular feature, you can choose to display or hide them from the related sub-menu.

For example, you can change the screen center coordinates format or visibility as explained here.

The zoom controls allow you to change the scale of the map. If your device supports multi-touch, you can use two fingers to zoom in or out. Alternatively, you can use the zoom buttons or the zoom slider.

The zoom buttons allow you to jump to the next scale level of the current map (if it has multiple levels). If no more levels are available for the current map, the application can automatically load a new map that matches the new requested zoom scale.

The zoom slider allows you to finely control the map scale. The scale level of the current map will be chosen accordingly. The zoom slider will only change the scale level of the current map, it will never load a new map like it's the case with the zoom buttons.

By default, the zoom slider is hidden. Use the application settings to display it and configure its behavior.

The map center point shows the exact map center location, which coordinates are given in the coordinates information box.

When you tap it, the map center point menu is displayed, allowing you to manage the current target, create placemarks or access tools.

See here how to add shortcuts in the map center menu

This menu displayed at the bottom of the screen gives access to all the features and tools of the application. They are sorted in five main categories, there is one menu button for each one:

• Application related functionalities, like custom menu buttons, settings, etc.;
• Maps & layers: list available maps, change the maps, etc.;
• Placemarks: save and retrieve placemarks like waypoints, search locations, etc.;
• Positioning: show/hide real-time GPS location on the map, record tracks, etc.;
• Orientation: display the compass and get orientation information.

You can:

• Click a menu button to display its sub-menu that lists main functionalities for that feature;
• Double-click a menu button to display its sub-menu and expand it to display all options;
• Long-press a menu button to call the main functionality of the sub-menu. For instance, long-press the first menu button to reduce the features menu.

More details are available in the gestures page.