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===== About ===== | ===== About ===== | ||
- | * <wrap box>Menu > More > Data Import</ | ||
- | **Data import** is used when you want to work with **tracks** and **points** from external sources - websites, file folders, databases, applications, | ||
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- | ===== Locus Map file manager | + | **Import** is used when you want to **work with tracks and/or points from outside of Locus** - websites, apps, add-ons, etc. |
- | When selecting the Data Import | + | ===== 1. Launch import |
+ | * **Menu > (more functions) > Import**\\ {{ : | ||
+ | ===== 2. Select a file ===== | ||
+ | A file manager | ||
+ | * **Local** - directories | ||
+ | * **Dropbox** - contents of your Dropbox. Dropbox login is required when using the tab for the first time. | ||
+ | * **Google Drive** | ||
+ | * **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 ==== | ||
+ | * **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 | ||
- | {{ :manual: | + | <WRAP center round tip> |
- | | + | **[[manual: |
- | * **Dropbox tab** - directory structure of your Dropbox folder | + | </ |
- | * **Remote file tab** - contains socket for inserting URL of a remote file stored in an Internet repository (Rapidshare, | + | |
- | ===== Import dialog ===== | + | ==== Tracks |
- | After selecting | + | * **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 //Tracks manager// |
+ | * **Delete other tracks in folder** - removes all other tracks from the selected folder before | ||
+ | * **Use style of the folder** | ||
+ | <WRAP center round tip> | ||
+ | **[[manual: | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | ==== 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' | ||
+ | * **Cancel** - aborts the action | ||
+ | * **Import** - confirms the action | ||
- | | + | After pushing the **Import button** the imported points appear in the selected folder of the **[[manual: |
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