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- | ====== Points Import ====== | + | {{ : |
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===== About ===== | ===== About ===== | ||
- | Points import is used when you want to work with points from external sources | + | Points import is used when you want to **work with points from outside of Locus** |
- | * **Menu > Import | + | ===== 1. Launch import ===== |
- | * **Data > Top panel menu > Import** | + | There are a few ways: |
- | * **Data > Points | + | * **Menu |
+ | * **Menu > Points > {{: | ||
+ | * **(Menu) | ||
- | ===== Locus Map file manager | + | ===== 2. Select the file to import |
- | 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. | + | **Locus file browser** opens the last used memory drive. **Importable files are in full color and are clickable** (more about supported formats see below):\\ {{ : |
- | <wrap info>[[manual: | + | You can sort the files by **name, size and creation date**:\\ {{ :manual: |
- | * **Local file** tab - directory | + | Other available drives can be switched from the topbar menu:\\ {{ : |
- | * **Dropbox** tab - directory | + | * **Locus Map directory** - the content of the app's main working |
- | * **Remote file** | + | * **Local drives** - list of local memory |
+ | * **Local** - the content of the app's main working | ||
+ | * **Dropbox** - contents | ||
+ | * **Google Drive** | ||
+ | * **Remote file** - a field for inserting | ||
+ | ===== 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 ==== | ||
- | ===== Import dialog ===== | + | 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. 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' | |
- | . | + | * **Cancel** - aborts the action |
+ | * **Import** - confirms the action | ||
===== Supported file formats ===== | ===== Supported file formats ===== | ||
- | + | Locus Map is able to import the following file formats: | |
- | * **KML and KMZ** | + | * {{: |
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- | * **GPX** | + | * {{: |
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- | * **OpenAir** | + | * {{: |
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- | * **LOC** | + | * {{: |
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- | * **Ov2** | + | * {{: |
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- | * **Upi** | + | * {{: |
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