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===== About ===== | ===== About ===== | ||
- | {{ : | + | Tracks |
- | * <wrap box>Menu > Import | + | ===== 1. Launch import ===== |
- | * <wrap box>Data > Top panel menu > Import</ | + | There are a few ways: |
- | * <wrap box> | + | * **Menu > (more functions) |
+ | * **Menu | ||
+ | * **(Menu) | ||
- | ===== Locus Map file manager | + | ===== 2. Select the file to import |
- | Locus Map opens a file manager window displaying three tabs where to choose files to import. Importable files are in full color and are clickable. | + | **Locus file browser** opens the last used memory drive. **Importable files are in full color and are clickable** (more about supported formats see below):\\ {{ : |
- | <wrap info>[[manual: | + | You can sort the files by **name, size and creation date**:\\ {{ :manual: |
- | * **Local file** tab - directory | + | Other available drives can be switched from the topbar menu:\\ {{ : |
- | * **Dropbox** tab - directory | + | * **Locus Map directory** - the content of the app's main working |
- | * **Remote file** | + | * **Local drives** - list of local memory |
- | + | * **Local** - the content of the app's main working | |
- | ===== Import dialog | + | * **Dropbox** - contents |
- | After selecting the file or receiving it from some external application Locus Map analyses it and modifies the import dialog according to the content - the dialog can process tracks | + | * **Google Drive** |
- | ==== Tracks | + | * **Remote file** - a field for inserting |
- | {{ : | + | ===== 3. Select where to import |
- | * **Topbar** - displays the file name | + | After selecting the file or receiving it from some external application |
- | * **Folder selector** - selects the folder into which the file will be imported. <wrap tip>It is possible to create a new folder directly from the menu - select //Add new folder// | + | ==== Track import dialog ==== |
- | * **Empty selected folder** - deletes all tracks in the selected folder before the import | + | |
- | * **Display only (not import)** - the import is unfinished, the track is not saved, just displayed on the map - useful for quick preview of imported file | + | |
- | * **Show on the map after import** - imports track according to settings and displays them on the map | + | |
- | * **Fill altitude** - updates altitude information of imported trackpoints (only if the elevation data is available) | + | |
- | * **Bottombar** - contains Cancel button aborting whole operation and Import button to confirm and start importing. | + | |
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- | <WRAP center round tip> | + | |
- | When importing track and detached waypoints in one imported file Locus Map offers connecting the waypoints to the track so that they are stored in the same database and displayed on the map together. Otherwise the points are stored in the points database and can be managed and displayed separately. | + | |
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+ | Appears when the imported file contains just tracks:\\ {{ : | ||
+ | * topbar displays the file name | ||
+ | * **Folder selector** - selects the folder into which the file will be imported. It is possible to create a new folder directly from the menu. If you start import from a //folder action menu// in //Tracks manager// it is already pre-selected. | ||
+ | * **Delete other tracks in folder** - removes all other tracks from the selected folder before the import | ||
+ | * **Use style of the folder** - imported track will take color, thickness, pattern etc. defined for the folder it is imported to | ||
+ | * **Display only (not save)** - tracks are just displayed on the map screen - useful for a quick preview of the imported file | ||
+ | * **Show on the map after import** - displays imported tracks on the map when the import is finished | ||
+ | * **Update elevation** - adds or updates the value of imported tracks' | ||
+ | * **Cancel** - aborts the action | ||
+ | * **Import** - confirms the action | ||
===== Supported file formats ===== | ===== Supported file formats ===== | ||
Locus Map tracks import supports following file formats: | Locus Map tracks import supports following file formats: | ||
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- | ===== Import settings ===== | ||
- | * <wrap box>Menu > Settings > Miscellaneous</ | ||
- | ==== Track color and transparency ==== | ||
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- | Sets **default color** of all recorded, imported or manually created tracks. | ||
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- | ==== Track width ==== | ||
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- | Sets **default width** of all recorded and imported tracks and manually created routes. |