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-====== How to navigate offline? ======+====== How to navigate and plan routes offline? ======
  
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-Offline navigation is essential for any outdoor traveling. Bad or even no data signal in mountainous, rural or otherwise deserted areas makes online navigation useless. Locus Map in default settings offers navigation with the help of implemented online services. Firstly it is **[[https://www.graphhopper.com/|GraphHopper]]** online navigation service followed by **[[http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/YOURS|YOURS]]**.+Offline navigation is essential for any outdoor traveling. Bad or even no data signal in mountainous, rural or otherwise deserted areas makes online navigation useless. Locus Map in default settings offers navigation with the help of implemented online services. Firstly it is **[[https://www.graphhopper.com/|GraphHopper]]** online router followed by **[[http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/YOURS|YOURS]]**.
 ===== BRouter ===== ===== BRouter =====
  
-If you want offline navigation, you have to install **cooperating routing app BRouter**, available at **[[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=btools.routingapp|Google Play Store >>]]**. Locus Map identifies it in the system and adds it automatically to the routing services portfolio.+If you want offline navigation, you have to install **cooperating routing app BRouter**, available at **[[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=btools.routingapp|Google Play Store >>]]**. Locus Map identifies it in the system and adds it automatically to the portfolio of available routers.
 ==== Setup ==== ==== Setup ====
   * after installation, launch BRouter\\ \\ {{ :manual:faq:navigation_offline01.png?nolink |}}   * after installation, launch BRouter\\ \\ {{ :manual:faq:navigation_offline01.png?nolink |}}
   * select Download manager\\ \\ {{ :manual:faq:navigation_offline02.png?nolink |}}   * select Download manager\\ \\ {{ :manual:faq:navigation_offline02.png?nolink |}}
   * zoom in and select the area you need for offline routing\\ \\ {{ :manual:faq:navigation_offline03.png?nolink |}}   * zoom in and select the area you need for offline routing\\ \\ {{ :manual:faq:navigation_offline03.png?nolink |}}
-  * set BRouter as default navigation data source in Locus //menu > settings > navigation > navigation data source//\\ \\ {{ :manual:faq:navigation_offline04.png?nolink |}}+  * set BRouter as default router in Locus //menu > settings > navigation > router//\\ \\ {{ :manual:faq:navigation_offline04.png?nolink |}}
   * then start navigation as usual by {{:manual:user_guide:ic_directions_alt.png?nolink&30|}}**[[manual:user_guide:functions:navigation:point-to-point|Navigate to]]** function and **you will be navigated offline**.   * then start navigation as usual by {{:manual:user_guide:ic_directions_alt.png?nolink&30|}}**[[manual:user_guide:functions:navigation:point-to-point|Navigate to]]** function and **you will be navigated offline**.
  
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-BRouter remains set as default also for engine-routing-assisted drawing in [[manual:user_guide:tracks:planning|Add a new route function]]+BRouter remains set as default also for route drawing in the [[manual:user_guide:tracks:planning|Route planner]]
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 ===== GraphHopper ===== ===== GraphHopper =====
  
-An alternative to BRouter is routing software **[[https://graphhopper.com/|GraphHopper]]**.  An unofficial Locus GrapHopper add-on is still in development but is free to use. It is not available at Google Play yet – all necessary links and relevant information gather in [[http://forum.locusmap.eu/index.php?topic=4036.0|this forum thread >>]].  +An alternative to BRouter is **[[https://graphhopper.com/|GraphHopper]]**.  An unofficial Locus GrapHopper offline add-on is still in development but is free to use. It is not available at Google Play yet – all necessary links and relevant information are summed up in [[http://forum.locusmap.eu/index.php?topic=4036.0|this forum thread >>]].
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