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-====== Share & Export ====== +====== Share ======
 ---- ----
  
-===== About =====+This feature offers several ways of sharing your immediate location or other content in one place:
  
-This feature offers several ways of sharing your position to your friends:+{{ :manual:user_guide:functions:share.png?nolink |}} 
 +===== My location =====
  
-  * **GPS coordinates as text message** +==== My current location ==== 
-  * **map as an image** +The quickest way how to tell your friends where you are at the moment. Locus calls your favorite messaging app and sends short message with your position.
-  * **map crop with all visible objects as a //.kmz//  file** +
-{{:manual:user_guide:ic_share_center_alt.png?nolink&30  }}+
  
-===== Share Map Center =====+===== Share map cursor location ===== 
 +Place the map center cursor at any position and share it:
  
-The quickest way how to tell your friends where you are. Just send a message with your position. +==== Text message ==== 
- +{{ :manual:user_guide:functions:share2.png?nolink |}} 
-The dialog hast three parts: +  * **Text part** - pre-filled by Locus Map, contains address, GPS coordinates and is editable.  
- +  * **+**  - adds other detailed info about the cursor position:\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:functions:share3.png?nolink |}}\\  
-==== Plain text ==== +      * **Coordinates**  (text) - extra value if the coords in the text part are overwritten
- +
-  * **Text to share**  - pre-filled by Locus Map, contains usually GPS coordinates and can be edited later. The recipient can use your message directly to view your position in another application or a browser+
-  * **Additional data**  - adds other detailed info about your position: +
-      * **Coordinates**  (text) - default value+
       * **Geohash**  (URL) - coordinates are coded in a short URL to open in the [[http://geohash.org/|Geohash.org]] website. It serves as a hub of a few position-displaying services - OpenStreetMaps, GoogleMaps, Geocaching.com, offers download of a GPX file with your position or export to a Garmin device.       * **Geohash**  (URL) - coordinates are coded in a short URL to open in the [[http://geohash.org/|Geohash.org]] website. It serves as a hub of a few position-displaying services - OpenStreetMaps, GoogleMaps, Geocaching.com, offers download of a GPX file with your position or export to a Garmin device.
-      * **Google Maps**  - a direct link to Google Maps+      * **Google Maps (URL)**  - a direct link to Google Maps
       * **Accuracy**  - current GPS accuracy of your device       * **Accuracy**  - current GPS accuracy of your device
       * **Altitude**  - GPS-calculated altitude       * **Altitude**  - GPS-calculated altitude
-  * **Share**  - confirms action and offers available sharing services - SMS, E-mail, Dropbox, Skype, Facebook etc. +  * **blue**{{:manual:user_guide:ic_share_alt.png?nolink&30}}  - confirms action and offers available sharing services - SMS, E-mail, Dropbox, Skype, Facebook etc.
-{{  :manual:user_guide:functions:share.png?nolink&  }}+
  
-==== Facebook ====+=== Quick sharing === 
 +  * Google Maps 
 +  * Geohash
  
-Shares your position on your Facebook profile. Facebook login and confirmation that you allow Locus Map to write on your wall is required. {{  :manual:user_guide:functions:share2.png?nolink&  }}+Directly calls available messaging apps to send Google Maps or Geohash URLs through them without further editing.
  
-==== KML file ==== +==== Facebook ====
- +
-  * sends a //.kml//  file with your current location for displaying in any .kml-supporting software (e.g. Google Earth) +
-  * the line for text description is optional, the text will be included in the //.kml//  file +
- +
-{{:manual:user_guide:ic_share_screenshot_alt.png?nolink&30  }} +
- +
-===== Share Screen ===== +
- +
-  * a very simple method of sending your device screenshot to your friends +
-  * the feature captures a shot of the whole map screens with all displayed objects - points, tracks, etc. +
-  * the captured image containing the map screen center EXIF info is stored in your internal memory +
-  * all available sharing applications can be used - e-mail, social networks, etc. +
- +
-{{:manual:user_guide:ic_export_alt.png?nolink&30  }}+
  
 +Shares the map cursor position on your Facebook profile. Facebook login and confirmation that you allow Locus Map to write on your wall is required.
 +==== What3words ====
 +{{ :manual:user_guide:functions:share4.png?nolink |}}
 +Sharing the map cursor position decoded in **[[http://www.what3words.com|what3words]]** system. Several languages are supported.
 +===== Special =====
 +==== Share Screen ====
 +{{ :manual:user_guide:functions:share5.png?nolink |}}
 +A very simple method of sending your device screenshot to your friends. The feature captures a shot of the whole map screen with all displayed objects - points, tracks, etc. - without controlling buttons. Then Locus calls all available apps that can share the image
 +==== Share map content ====
  
 +Creates a //.kmz//  file with all visible map content for displaying in any .kml/kmz-supporting software (e.g. Google Earth) and saves it in //Locus/export// directory in your device:\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:functions:share6.png?nolink |}}\\ 
 +**Share** button calls all available services for sharing files.
manual/user_guide/functions/share.txt · Last modified: 2023/12/04 14:32 by mstupka