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--- manual:user_guide:points:import [2015/02/18 07:28] – mstupka
+++ manual:user_guide:points:import [2019/08/21 16:11] – 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:
+Points import is used when you want to work with points from outside of Locus - websites, apps, add-ons etc. Either you choose the data yourselves or Locus Map receives them.
-  * Menu > Import data
+===== 1. Launch import =====
-  * Data > Top panel menu > Import
+There are a few ways:
-  * Data > Points tab > any folder menu > Import -
+  * **Menu > (more functions) > Import** - general import for [[manual:user_guide:functions:data_import|both points and tracks >>]]\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:points:import3.png?nolink |}}
+  * **Menu > Points > {{:manual:user_guide:tracks:add.png?30|}} > Import**\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:points:import4.png?nolink |}}
+  * **(Menu) > Points > any folder menu > Import** - imports directly into the selected folder\\  {{ :manual:user_guide:points:import5.png?nolink |}}
-===== Import dialog =====
+===== 2. Find the imported file =====
+A file manager opens with tabs displaying available drives - **local**, **Dropbox** (if installed), **Google Drive** (if installed) and a field to fill in a URL of a **remote file**. **Importable files are in full color and are clickable** (more about supported formats see below):\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:points:import.png?nolink |}}
+  * **Local** - directories in your device memory (both internal and external).
+  * **Dropbox** - contents of your Dropbox. Dropbox login is required when using the tab for the first time.
+  * **Google Drive**  - contents of your Google Drive. Google Drive login is required when using the tab for the first time.
+  * **Remote file** - a field for inserting a URL of a remote file stored on the internet
+===== 3. Select where to import =====
+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 ====
+Appears when the imported file contains just points:\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:points:import2.png?nolink |}}
+  * 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 //Points manager// it is already pre-selected.
+  * **Delete other points in folder** - removes all other points from the selected folder before the import
+  * **Display only (not save)** - points are just displayed on the map screen - useful for a quick preview of the imported file
+  * **Show on the map after import** - displays imported points on the map when the import is finished
+  * **Update elevation** - adds or updates the value of imported points' elevation (both only if the offline elevation data is available)
+  * **Cancel** - aborts the action
+  * **Import** - confirms the action
+===== Supported file formats =====
+Locus Map is able to import the 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.

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