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====== Search ====== | ====== Search ====== | ||
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- | ===== About ===== | + | **Default search** in Locus Map is Google powered **online search of addresses**. Nevertheless, |
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+ | * **Offline addresses** - part of [[manual: | ||
+ | * **Move to...** | ||
+ | * **Contact** - search the phone **contacts' | ||
+ | * **Search in points** - searching in all locally stored user points of interest | ||
+ | * **Search in tracks** - searching in all locally stored tracks and routes | ||
+ | * **Co-apps search** - search provided by installed 3rd party applications, | ||
+ | * **Search others** - search in external databases - Wikipedia, What3words, Geonames or GNS | ||
- | Search in Locus Map is one of its essential functions as it works with several kinds of databases - maps, addresses, points of interest etc. The feature is divided into following sections: | + | **Locus remembers your last used method |
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- | * other search options can be found in a menu {{: | + | |
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- | * search the phone **contact** addresses | + | |
- | * **Search of offline POIs** - searching in all stored points and tracks | + | |
- | * **Co-apps search** - search provided by a 3rd party application like Geocaching4Locus | + | |
- | * **Search others** - search in external databases like Wikipedia, Google Places, GNS and also geotagged photos in your phone | + | |
- | {{: | + | |
+ | {{: | ||
===== Addresses ===== | ===== Addresses ===== | ||
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- | Searching addresses in Locus works both in **online** | ||
==== Online search ==== | ==== Online search ==== | ||
- | Locus uses Android default **Google search** | + | Locus uses Android default **Google |
+ | {{ : | ||
- | However, there are devices that are not certified by Google and lack this searching engine. For those Locus Map provides search in [[http:// | + | |
- | + | * **Search around location** | |
- | {{ : | + | * **Source for online |
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- | * **Search around location** | + | |
- | * **Source for address search** | + | |
Search results are displayed in a list ordered by the distance from your position. **If there is a single result, it is shown directly on map.** | Search results are displayed in a list ordered by the distance from your position. **If there is a single result, it is shown directly on map.** | ||
+ | <WRAP center round tip> | ||
+ | Default online address searching engine can be changed in **[[manual: | ||
+ | </ | ||
==== Offline search ==== | ==== Offline search ==== | ||
- | Locus can search offline addresses in downloaded **[[: | + | <WRAP center round info> |
+ | Locus can search offline addresses in downloaded **[[: | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | - select **country** (LoMap)\\ \\ {{ : | ||
+ | - start typing name of the **city**, Locus offers results, select the right one. \\ \\ {{ : | ||
+ | - start typing name of the **street**, Locus offers results, select the right one \\ \\ {{ : | ||
+ | - Locus unfolds a list of all **house numbers** available on the street. Either choose the desired number or type numbers to refine the search results \\ \\ {{ : | ||
- | After selecting offline search Locus displays a **list of downloaded LoMaps packets** | + | <WRAP center round tip> Tapping {{: |
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- | * select a country where you want to search for an address | + | |
- | * start typing name of the city, Locus offers results, select the right one. \\ \\ {{ : | + | |
- | * start typing name of the street, Locus offers results, select the right one \\ \\ {{ : | + | |
- | * Locus unfolds a list of all house numbers available on the street. Either choose the desired number or type numbers to refine the search results \\ \\ {{ : | + | |
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- | <WRAP center round tip> Tapping {{: | + | |
{{: | {{: | ||
+ | ===== Move to ... ===== | ||
- | ===== Move to ... ===== | + | **Shifts the cursor on a defined position on map.** You can define the position by a selection of methods:\\ {{ : |
+ | * **Points** | ||
+ | * **Coordinates** | ||
+ | * **Projection** | ||
+ | * **Clipboard** | ||
- | This feature shifts your map to a defined position. There are a few options how to define the position, placed in two tabs - //New location// | + | For **other options of searching a new location** tap {{: |
- | | + | ==== Recently used ==== |
- | * // | + | Recently used/viewed locations, points, places etc. are stored in this tab for future use. |
- | * // | + | |
- | * // | + | |
- | * **Recently used** | + | |
- | Other options of searching a new location | + | |
{{: | {{: | ||
+ | ===== Contacts ===== | ||
+ | <WRAP center round important> | ||
+ | This feature requires **[[: | ||
+ | </ | ||
- | ==== Contacts ==== | + | With this add-on you can **display postal addresses of your contacts on a map**. Locus Map reads your contact list, filters items with attached addresses and displays them in a table. Select or search which contact to display on a map. In case a contact has two addresses, both are displayed. |
- | This option can display addresses of your contacts on a map. Locus Map reads your contact list, filters items with attached addresses and displays them in a table. Select or search which contact to display on a map. In case a contact has two addresses, both are displayed. | + | {{: |
+ | ===== Search points ===== | ||
- | Locus Map lists all contacts with addresses, even incomplete (e.g. just town). Such are not suitable for displaying on a map. | + | **Use this search to find points in your own storage.**\\ {{ : |
+ | By default this search returns the **nearest points** located around your current position - just tap {{: | ||
- | <wrap important> | + | To modify your search, add more parameters: |
+ | * **Search title** | ||
+ | * **Search also in descriptions** | ||
+ | * **Points around** | ||
+ | * **Folder** | ||
- | ===== Search of offline POIs ===== | + | **Results** |
- | Using Locus Map may lead to an enormous increase of stored | + | <WRAP round info>To search and browse LoMaps |
- | * {{: | + | {{: |
- | * {{: | + | ===== Search |
- | * {{: | + | |
- | The **results** are sorted | + | **Use this search to find routes/ |
+ | * **Search title** | ||
+ | * **Search also in descriptions** | ||
+ | * **Tracks around** | ||
+ | * **Folder** | ||
- | <WRAP round important> | + | **Results** |
{{: | {{: | ||
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===== Co-apps ===== | ===== Co-apps ===== | ||
- | Locus Map can coooperate with many **external applications** | + | Locus Map can coooperate with many **[[manual: |
- | A typical example can be search of **nearest geocaches** | + | A typical example can be search of **nearest geocaches** |
===== Search others ===== | ===== Search others ===== | ||
- | This section covers search | + | Search |
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- | <wrap info> | + | |
{{: | {{: | ||
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==== Wikipedia ==== | ==== Wikipedia ==== | ||
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- | * **Language** | + | * **Language** |
- | * **Location** | + | * **Location** |
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- | * **Search** | + | |
The results are listed in a table of points. They can be displayed on map or imported for later use. Their details contain **URL** | The results are listed in a table of points. They can be displayed on map or imported for later use. Their details contain **URL** | ||
{{: | {{: | ||
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- | ==== Google Places ==== | ||
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- | Google as a leading internet searching engine contains an enormous database of geotagged points of interest. Locus Map enhances this search as it can filter the results and place them on map of your choice. | ||
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- | Example of a typical use: | ||
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- | * start **Search > Google Places** | ||
- | * select **location** | ||
- | * type a **name** | ||
- | * results are listed in a **table of points** | ||
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- | **Search results** | ||
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==== GeoNames and GNS ==== | ==== GeoNames and GNS ==== | ||
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* **[[http:// | * **[[http:// | ||
* **[[http:// | * **[[http:// | ||
- | Locus Map handles both databases in one dialog: | ||
+ | Locus Map handles both databases in one dialog: | ||
* **Search** | * **Search** | ||
- | * **offline | + | * **Offline |
<WRAP round tip >**Tip for offline search:** | <WRAP round tip >**Tip for offline search:** | ||
Both sites provide freely downloadable data files that can be extracted into the // | Both sites provide freely downloadable data files that can be extracted into the // |