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===== About ===== | ===== About ===== | ||
- | * <wrap box>Menu > More > Data Import</ | ||
- | **Data import** is used when you want to work with **tracks** and **points** from external sources - websites, file folders, databases, applications, | ||
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- | ===== Locus Map file manager ===== | ||
- | When selecting the Data Import function, 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. <wrap info> | ||
- | {{ : | + | **Import** is used when you want to **work with tracks and/or points from outside of Locus** - websites, apps, add-ons, etc. |
- | | + | ===== 1. Launch import ===== |
- | * **Dropbox tab** - directory | + | * **Menu > (more functions) > Import**\\ |
- | * **Remote file tab** - contains socket | + | ===== 2. Select a file ===== |
+ | **Locus file browser** opens the last used memory | ||
+ | You can sort the files by **name, size and creation date**:\\ {{ : | ||
+ | Other available drives can be switched from the topbar menu:\\ {{ : | ||
+ | * **Locus Map directory** - the content of the app's main working | ||
+ | * **Local drives** - list of local memory drives (usually the Internal and external SD card code name) | ||
+ | * **Local** - the content of the app's main working directory | ||
+ | * **Dropbox** - contents | ||
+ | * **Google Drive** | ||
+ | * **Remote file** - a field for inserting | ||
+ | ===== 3. Set parameters and import ===== | ||
+ | After selecting the file 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:\\ {{ : | ||
+ | ==== Points ==== | ||
+ | * **Folder selector** - selects the folder into which the points will be imported. It is possible to create a new folder directly from the menu. | ||
+ | * **Merge points with imported track** - adds the points to the track as waypoints (points are not imported to a separate folder) | ||
+ | * **Delete other points in folder** - removes all other points from the selected folder before the import | ||
- | ===== Import dialog ===== | + | <WRAP center round tip> |
+ | **[[manual: | ||
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- | After selecting the file 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. | + | ==== Tracks ==== |
- | {{ :manual: | + | * **Folder selector** - selects the folder into which the tracks will be imported. It is possible to create a new folder directly from the menu. |
+ | * **Delete other tracks in folder** - removes all other tracks from the selected folder before the import | ||
+ | * **Use style of the folder** - the imported track will take color, thickness, pattern etc. defined for the folder it is imported to | ||
+ | <WRAP center round tip> | ||
+ | **[[manual: | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | ==== Settings ==== | ||
- | * **[[manual: | + | * **Display only (not save)** - tracks are just displayed on the map screen - useful for a quick preview |
- | * **[[manual: | + | * **Show on the map after import** |
+ | * **Update elevation** - adds or updates | ||
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+ | * **Import** - confirms the action | ||
- | After pushing the **Import button** the imported points appear in the selected folder of the **[[manual: | + | After pushing the **Import button** the imported points appear in the selected folder of the **[[manual: |