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+ | ====== Map Manager ====== | ||
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+ | **The Map Manager** is Locus Map's main communication screen where you can select your map to **display** and **download** for offline use. It is launched by {{: | ||
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+ | ===== Online ===== | ||
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+ | A list of all available online maps that can be displayed in **Locus Map**. By default it is sorted by map providers but you can easily change the sorting by the //Sort by// button menu - by {{: | ||
+ | ===== Offline ===== | ||
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+ | This tab contains all maps that do not require internet connection to be displayed. These can be obtained from several sources: | ||
+ | * by **[[manual: | ||
+ | * from **external sources** - websites, map e-shops, PC software etc. How to add external maps into Locus Map is referred to in more detail in **[[manual: | ||
+ | * from **[[manual: | ||
+ | ===== WMS ===== | ||
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+ | A list of installed WMS sources - WMS (Web Map Service) is a standard protocol for serving georeferenced map images over the **Internet** that are generated by map servers using data from a GIS database. **Locus Map** offers a variety of **Worldwide sources** that can be displayed in an overlay above your active map or a direct URL entry to activate any WMS source you wish. | ||
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+ | More about **[[manual: | ||
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+ | You can select which of map **tabs to display** in the Manager. It helps to keep the manager **clear** provided you do not use all of Locus Map's available sorts of maps. Tap the {{: | ||
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+ | {{: | ||
+ | Distinctive blue button in the lower right corner launches options of adding maps in two categories/ | ||
+ | ==== Online ==== | ||
+ | {{ : | ||
+ | * **[[manual: | ||
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+ | Online maps can be also **[[manual: | ||
+ | ==== Offline ==== | ||
+ | {{ : | ||
+ | * **[[manual: | ||
+ | * **[[manual: | ||
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+ | ===== Top bar action menu ===== | ||
+ | {{ : | ||
+ | ==== Blank maps ==== | ||
+ | These " | ||
+ | {{ : | ||
+ | ==== Refresh list ==== | ||
+ | Re-loads the list of maps. | ||
+ | ==== Visible WMS tab ==== | ||
+ | Switches tab with [[manual: | ||
+ | ==== Settings ==== | ||
+ | Link to [[manual: | ||
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+ | {{: | ||
+ | ===== Quick Map Switch ===== | ||
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+ | A very useful feature of Maps Manager if you often switch among a group of **various types of maps at once**. It offers at one tap: | ||
+ | * **last** used online maps | ||
+ | * **nearest** offline maps to your position\\ {{ : | ||
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+ | Quick Map Shift is in the left **[[manual: |