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--- manual:user_guide:points:import [2015/02/18 07:08] – created mstupka
+++ manual:user_guide:points:import [2018/04/20 09:40] – [Point import dialog] mstupka
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-====== Points Import ======
+{{ :manual:user_guide:ic_import_alt.png?nolink|}}====== Points Import ======
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+===== About =====
+Points import is used when you want to work with points from external sources - file folders, databases, applications, add-ons etc. Either you choose the data yourselves or Locus Map receives them. There are several ways **how to launch the import**:
+  * **Menu > Import Data** - general import dialog for both points and tracks
+  * **Menu > Points > top bar menu > Import**
+  * **Main screen top panel > Data > top bar menu > Import**
+  * **Points > any folder menu > Import** - imports directly into the selected folder
+{{ :manual:user_guide:import.png?nolink |}}
+===== Locus Map file manager =====
+Locus Map opens a file manager window displaying up to four tabs where to choose files to import (depends on whether Dropbox and Google Drive is installed on your device). **Importable files are in full color and are clickable.**
+<wrap info>[[manual:user_guide:points:import#supported_file_formats|More about supported formats see here >>]]</wrap>
+  * **Local file** tab - directory structure of your device memory. Importable files are usually stored in SDCARD folder.
+  * **Dropbox** tab - directory structure of your Dropbox folder. Dropbox login is required when approaching the tab for the first time.
+  * **Google Drive** tab - directory structure of your Google Drive. Google Drive login is required when approaching the tab for the first time.
+  * **Remote file** tab - contains socket for inserting URL of a remote file stored in a internet repository (Rapidshare, Mega, Mediafire etc.)
+===== Import dialog =====
+After selecting the file or receiving it from some external application or add-on Locus Map analyses it and modifies the import dialog according to the content - the dialog can process points or tracks or both of them at once.
+==== Point import dialog ====
+{{ :manual:user_guide:import2.png?nolink |}}
+Appears when the imported file contains just points:
+  * **Topbar** - displays the file name
+  * **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.</wrap>  If you started import from a //folder action menu// in //Data manager// it is already pre-selected.
+  * **Empty selected folder** - deletes all points in the selected folder before the import
+  * **Display only (not import)** - the import is unfinished, points are not saved, just displayed on the map - useful for quick preview of imported file
+  * **Show on the map after import** - imports points according to settings and displays them on the map
+  * **Update altitude** - //unchecked// - adds elevation to imported points without this info, //checked// - updates the value of imported points' elevation (both only if the elevation data is available)
+  * **Bottombar** - consists of Cancel button aborting whole operation and Import button to confirm and start importing.
+===== Supported file formats =====
+Locus Map points import supports following file formats:
+  * {{:manual:user_guide:ic_file_type_kml.png?nolink&30|}} **KML and KMZ**
+<wrap info>Supported both for //Import// and //Export//</wrap>
+[[https://developers.google.com/kml/documentation/|Keyhole Markup Language]] is XML based plain text format with really wide range of usage. Since the version 2.2 KML format is standardized by OGC so it is used by many web/desktop/mobile applications as well as Locus Map.
+  * {{:manual:user_guide:ic_file_type_gpx.png?nolink&30|}} **GPX**
+<wrap info>Supported both for //Import// and //Export//</wrap>
+[[http://www.topografix.com/gpx.asp|GPS eXchange format]] is an XML based text format used for handling points, tracks and routes. Locus fully supports all valid tags. More detailed description of GPX format is available on this [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPS_eXchange_Format|Wikipedia page]].
+  * {{:manual:user_guide:ic_file_type_empty.png?nolink&30|}} **OpenAir**
+[[http://www.winpilot.com/usersguide/userairspace.asp|OpenAir]] is a special format used by aircraft pilots and navigators for defining air spaces and areas.
+  * {{:manual:user_guide:ic_file_type_empty.png?nolink&30|}} **LOC**
+[[http://file.org/extension/loc|Location file format]] is free but a little bit limited format for importing POIs or waypoints
+  * {{:manual:user_guide:ic_file_type_ov2.png?nolink&30|}} **Ov2**
+[[http://www.tomtom.com/|TomTom]] format for POI database.
+  * {{:manual:user_guide:ic_file_type_empty.png?nolink&30|}} **Upi**
+[[http://www.sygic.com/en/poi|Sygic]] format for POI database.
+===== Import settings =====
+  * <wrap box>Menu > Settings > Miscellaneous</wrap>
+==== Check duplicates ====
+Enables scanning imported points and checking duplicates of points or geocaches during POI import. Due to this check the import is a little bit slower.

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