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====== Search ====== | ====== Search ====== | ||
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- | ===== About ===== | + | **Default search** in Locus Map is Google powered **online search of addresses**. Nevertheless, |
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+ | * **Offline addresses** - part of [[manual: | ||
+ | * **Move to...** | ||
+ | * **Contact** - search the phone **contacts' | ||
+ | * **Search in points** - searching in all locally stored user points of interest | ||
+ | * **Search in tracks** - searching in all locally stored tracks and routes | ||
+ | * **Co-apps search** - search provided by installed 3rd party applications, | ||
+ | * **Search others** - search in external databases - Wikipedia, What3words, Geonames or GNS | ||
- | Search in Locus Map is one of its essential functions as it works with several kinds of databases - maps, addresses, points of interest etc. The feature is divided into following sections: | + | **Locus remembers your last used method |
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- | * other search options can be found in a menu {{: | + | |
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- | * search the phone **contact** addresses | + | |
- | * **Search of offline POIs** - searching in all stored points and tracks | + | |
- | * **Co-apps search** - search provided by a 3rd party application like Geocaching4Locus | + | |
- | * **Search others** - search in external databases like Wikipedia, Google Places or GNS | + | |
- | {{: | + | |
+ | {{: | ||
===== Addresses ===== | ===== Addresses ===== | ||
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- | Searching addresses in Locus works both in **online** | ||
==== Online search ==== | ==== Online search ==== | ||
- | Locus uses Android default **Google search** | + | Locus uses Android default **Google |
+ | {{ : | ||
- | However, there are devices that are not certified by Google and lack this searching engine. For those Locus Map provides search in [[http:// | + | |
- | + | * **Search around location** | |
- | {{ : | + | * **Source for online |
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- | * **Search around location** | + | |
- | * **Source for address search** | + | |
Search results are displayed in a list ordered by the distance from your position. **If there is a single result, it is shown directly on map.** | Search results are displayed in a list ordered by the distance from your position. **If there is a single result, it is shown directly on map.** | ||
+ | <WRAP center round tip> | ||
+ | Default online address searching engine can be changed in **[[manual: | ||
+ | </ | ||
==== Offline search ==== | ==== Offline search ==== | ||
- | Locus can search offline addresses in downloaded **[[: | + | <WRAP center round info> |
+ | Locus can search offline addresses in downloaded **[[: | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | - select **country** (LoMap)\\ \\ {{ : | ||
+ | - start typing name of the **city**, Locus offers results, select the right one. \\ \\ {{ : | ||
+ | - start typing name of the **street**, Locus offers results, select the right one \\ \\ {{ : | ||
+ | - Locus unfolds a list of all **house numbers** available on the street. Either choose the desired number or type numbers to refine the search results \\ \\ {{ : | ||
- | After selecting offline search Locus displays a **list of downloaded LoMaps packets** | + | <WRAP center round tip> Tapping {{: |
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- | * select a country where you want to search for an address | + | |
- | * start typing name of the city, Locus offers results, select the right one. \\ \\ {{ : | + | |
- | * start typing name of the street, Locus offers results, select the right one \\ \\ {{ : | + | |
- | * Locus unfolds a list of all house numbers available on the street. Either choose the desired number or type numbers to refine the search results \\ \\ {{ : | + | |
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- | <WRAP center round tip> Tapping {{: | + | |
{{: | {{: | ||
+ | ===== Move to ... ===== | ||
- | ===== Move to ... ===== | + | **Shifts the cursor on a defined position on map.** You can define the position by a selection of methods:\\ {{ : |
+ | * **Points** | ||
+ | * **Coordinates** | ||
+ | * **Projection** | ||
+ | * **Clipboard** | ||
- | This feature shifts your map to a defined position. There are a few options how to define the position, placed in two tabs - //New location// | + | For **other options of searching a new location** tap {{: |
- | | + | ==== Recently used ==== |
- | * // | + | Recently used/viewed locations, points, places etc. are stored in this tab for future use. |
- | * // | + | |
- | * // | + | |
- | * **Recently used** | + | |
- | Other options of searching a new location | + | |
{{: | {{: | ||
+ | ===== Contacts ===== | ||
+ | <WRAP center round important> | ||
+ | This feature requires **[[: | ||
+ | </ | ||
- | ==== Contacts ==== | + | With this add-on you can **display postal addresses of your contacts on a map**. Locus Map reads your contact list, filters items with attached addresses and displays them in a table. Select or search which contact to display on a map. In case a contact has two addresses, both are displayed. |
- | This option can display addresses of your contacts on a map. Locus Map reads your contact list, filters items with attached addresses and displays them in a table. Select or search which contact to display on a map. In case a contact has two addresses, both are displayed. | + | {{: |
+ | ===== Search points ===== | ||
- | Locus Map lists all contacts with addresses, even incomplete (e.g. just town). Such are not suitable for displaying on a map. | + | **Use this search to find points in your own storage.**\\ {{ : |
+ | By default this search returns the **nearest points** located around your current position - just tap {{: | ||
- | <wrap important> | + | To modify your search, add more parameters: |
+ | * **Search title** | ||
+ | * **Search also in descriptions** | ||
+ | * **Points around** | ||
+ | * **Folder** | ||
- | ===== Search of offline POIs ===== | + | **Results** |
- | Using Locus Map may lead to an enormous increase of stored | + | <WRAP round info>To search and browse LoMaps |
- | * {{: | + | {{: |
- | * {{: | + | ===== Search |
- | * {{: | + | |
- | The **results** are sorted | + | **Use this search to find routes/ |
+ | * **Search title** | ||
+ | * **Search also in descriptions** | ||
+ | * **Tracks around** | ||
+ | * **Folder** | ||
- | <WRAP round important> | + | **Results** |
{{: | {{: | ||
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===== Co-apps ===== | ===== Co-apps ===== | ||
- | Locus Map can coooperate with many **external applications** | + | Locus Map can coooperate with many **[[manual: |
- | A typical example can be search of **nearest geocaches** | + | A typical example can be search of **nearest geocaches** |
===== Search others ===== | ===== Search others ===== | ||
- | This section covers search | + | Search |
- | <wrap info>These searching options are available | + | <wrap info>Available |
{{: | {{: | ||
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==== Wikipedia ==== | ==== Wikipedia ==== | ||
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- | * **Language** | + | * **Language** |
- | * **Location** | + | * **Location** |
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- | * **Search** | + | |
The results are listed in a table of points. They can be displayed on map or imported for later use. Their details contain **URL** | The results are listed in a table of points. They can be displayed on map or imported for later use. Their details contain **URL** | ||
{{: | {{: | ||
- | + | ==== What3words | |
- | ==== Google Places | + | The simplest and best memorable coordinate system in the world. The whole surface |
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- | Google as a leading internet searching engine contains an enormous database of geotagged points of interest. Locus Map enhances this search as it can filter | + | |
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- | Example | + | |
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- | * start **Search > Google Places** | + | |
- | * select **location** | + | |
- | * type a **name** | + | |
- | * results are listed in a **table | + | |
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- | **Search results** | + | |
{{: | {{: | ||
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==== GeoNames and GNS ==== | ==== GeoNames and GNS ==== | ||
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* **[[http:// | * **[[http:// | ||
* **[[http:// | * **[[http:// | ||
- | Locus Map handles both databases in one dialog: | ||
+ | Locus Map handles both databases in one dialog: | ||
* **Search** | * **Search** | ||
- | * **offline | + | * **Offline |
<WRAP round tip >**Tip for offline search:** | <WRAP round tip >**Tip for offline search:** | ||
Both sites provide freely downloadable data files that can be extracted into the // | Both sites provide freely downloadable data files that can be extracted into the // |