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-===== Adding external maps =====
-**Locus Map** can also work with **external offline maps** acquired from other sources - PC software, cartography publishers, and other map providers. It is necessary to **copy these maps into your phone's memory or on an SD card**. There are a few options where to put the map files:
+**Locus Map** can also work with **external offline maps** acquired from other sources - PC software, cartography publishers, and other map providers. It is necessary to **copy these maps into your phone's memory or on an SD card**.
+===== Adding external maps =====
+There are a few options where to put the map files:
 ==== Locus/Maps directory ====
 The default directory for the raster maps. You can add your maps here in several ways:
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   * **GEMF** (*.gemf) - [[http://www.cgtk.co.uk/gemf|GEMF]] Map Store Format is fast and efficient. It enables storing raster map tiles in the same format (PNG, JPEG only) as SQLite but in faster and more efficient way. Unfortunately it is not widespread much.
   * **MapsForge** (*.map) - [[https://github.com/mapsforge/mapsforge/|The MapsForge]] project is aimed on support of OpenStreetMap based Android applications. It provides its own binary format for OSM data enabling applications render their own maps on-the-fly from raw information. More on [[https://github.com/mapsforge/mapsforge/|MapsForge]] homepage.
-  * **SmartMaps** - binary encrypted format used for maps by a Czech company [[http://www.planstudio.cz/|PLANStudio]]. More information can be found [[http://www.smartmaps.cz/mapy-pro-locus/|here]].
   * **OruxMaps** - SQL-based format of maps designed for the [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.orux.oruxmaps|OruxMaps]] application.
   * **[[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.crittermap.backcountrynavigator|Backcountry Navigator]], [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.trailbehind.android.gaiagps.pro|Gaia GPS]], [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.codesector.maverick.lite|Maverick]]** - their designated map formats
 If you come across a map file in a format **not included in this list** and you would like to use it in **Locus Map** there is no need to worry. There is a lot of desktop conversion software to solve the problem.
-<WRAP round alert>**Versions 2.x of Android operation system can not handle files of 2 and more gigabytes. Keep it in mind when downloading your external maps!**\\ If you need a bigger map, download more smaller areas, copy them into Locus/Maps directory, Locus Map will merge them and use them as one file. </WRAP>

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