This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.
Previous revision | |||
— | manual:user_guide:functions:search [2023/12/04 14:31] (current) – mstupka | ||
---|---|---|---|
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
+ | {{ : | ||
+ | ====== Search ====== | ||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | **Default search** in Locus Map is Google powered **online search of addresses**. Nevertheless, | ||
+ | {{ : | ||
+ | * **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 | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Locus remembers your last used method and offers it directly when you tap Search next time.** | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{: | ||
+ | ===== Addresses ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Online search ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Locus uses Android default **Google address search** | ||
+ | {{ : | ||
+ | |||
+ | * **Search text** | ||
+ | * **Search around location** | ||
+ | * **Source for online 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.** | ||
+ | <WRAP center round tip> | ||
+ | Default online address searching engine can be changed in **[[manual: | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Offline search ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | <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 \\ \\ {{ : | ||
+ | |||
+ | <WRAP center round tip> Tapping {{: | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{: | ||
+ | ===== 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** | ||
+ | |||
+ | 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. | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{: | ||
+ | ===== Contacts ===== | ||
+ | <WRAP center round important> | ||
+ | This feature requires **[[: | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | 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. | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{: | ||
+ | ===== Search points ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | **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 {{: | ||
+ | |||
+ | To modify your search, add more parameters: | ||
+ | * **Search title** | ||
+ | * **Search also in descriptions** | ||
+ | * **Points around** | ||
+ | * **Folder** - specifies point folders to be searched. By default Locus searches All folders but you can select a particular one:\\ {{ : | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Results** | ||
+ | |||
+ | <WRAP round info>To search and browse LoMaps points of interest, use **[[: | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{: | ||
+ | ===== Search tracks ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Use this search to find routes/ | ||
+ | * **Search title** | ||
+ | * **Search also in descriptions** | ||
+ | * **Tracks around** | ||
+ | * **Folder** - specifies route/track folders to be searched. By default Locus searches All folders but you can select a particular one:\\ {{ : | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Results** | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{: | ||
+ | ===== Co-apps ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Locus Map can coooperate with many **[[manual: | ||
+ | |||
+ | A typical example can be search of **nearest geocaches** | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Search others ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Search in external databases - **Wikipedia**, | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{: | ||
+ | ==== Wikipedia ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Wikipedia is a free-access, | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{ : | ||
+ | |||
+ | * **Language** | ||
+ | * **Location** | ||
+ | |||
+ | The results are listed in a table of points. They can be displayed on map or imported for later use. Their details contain **URL** | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{: | ||
+ | ==== GeoNames and GNS ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Both services contain huge databases of points of interest and interesting places: | ||
+ | |||
+ | * **[[http:// | ||
+ | * **[[http:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | Locus Map handles both databases in one dialog: | ||
+ | * **Search** | ||
+ | * **Offline search** | ||
+ | <WRAP round tip >**Tip for offline search:** | ||
+ | |||
+ | Both sites provide freely downloadable data files that can be extracted into the // |