{{ :manual:user_guide:ic_import_alt.png?nolink|}}====== Import ======
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===== About =====

**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 =====
  * **Menu > (more functions) > Import**\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:points:import3.png?nolink |}}
===== 2. Select a file =====
**Locus file browser** opens the last used memory drive. **Importable files are in full color and are clickable**:\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:points:import.png?nolink |}}
You can sort the files by **name, size and creation date**:\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:points:import6.png?nolink |}}
Other available drives can be switched from the topbar menu:\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:points:import7.png?nolink |}}
  * **Locus Map directory** - the content of the app's main working directory
  * **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 of your Dropbox. Dropbox login is required when using the drive for the first time. Logout option is included.
  * **Google Drive**  - contents of your Google Drive. Google Drive login is required when used for the first time. Logout option is included.
  * **Remote file** - a field for inserting a URL of a remote file stored on the internet
===== 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:\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:functions:import_gen.png?nolink |}}
==== 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

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**[[manual:user_guide:points:import|More about Points import >>]]**
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==== Tracks ====

  * **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
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==== Settings ====

  * **Display only (not save)** - tracks are just displayed on the map screen - useful for a quick preview of the imported file
  * **Show on the map after import** - displays imported tracks on the map when the import is finished
  * **Update elevation** - adds or updates the value of imported tracks' elevation (both only if the offline elevation data is available)
  * **Cancel** - aborts the action
  * **Import** - confirms the action

After pushing the **Import button** the imported points appear in the selected folder of the **[[manual:user_guide:points:management|Points manager]]**, respectively tracks in the **[[manual:user_guide:tracks:management|Tracks manager]]**. Depending on whether the option //Display on the map after import// is checked the imported data appear on the map as well.