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manual:user_guide:maps_external [2016/12/05 14:49] – [External Maps] mstupkamanual:user_guide:maps_external [2018/03/08 11:04] – [Supported Map Formats] mstupka
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 **Locus Map** can also work with **external offline maps** acquired from other sources - PC software, cartography publishers and other map providers. It is necessary to **copy these maps into your phone's memory or on SD card** and tell Locus Map where to find these map data: **Locus Map** can also work with **external offline maps** acquired from other sources - PC software, cartography publishers and other map providers. It is necessary to **copy these maps into your phone's memory or on SD card** and tell Locus Map where to find these map data:
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   * **RMAP** - an undocumented map format. Support by Locus Map is limited and not all projections and map format versions are working.   * **RMAP** - an undocumented map format. Support by Locus Map is limited and not all projections and map format versions are working.
   * **IMG** - Garmin maps format. Locus is able to work with non-paid and unlocked maps in this format but is not able to detect their coverage - therefore some map features like auto-load or Quick map switch do not work with them.   * **IMG** - Garmin maps format. Locus is able to work with non-paid and unlocked maps in this format but is not able to detect their coverage - therefore some map features like auto-load or Quick map switch do not work with them.
-  * **GEMF** (*.gemf) - [[http://www.cgtk.co.uk/gemf|GEMF]] Map Store Format is fast and efficient. It enables storing raster map tiles in the same format as SQLite but in faster and more efficient way. Unfortunately it is not widespread much.+  * **GEMF** (*.gemf) - [[http://www.cgtk.co.uk/gemf|GEMF]] Map Store Format is fast and efficient. It enables storing raster map tiles in the same format (PNG, JPEG only) as SQLite but in faster and more efficient way. Unfortunately it is not widespread much.
   * **MapsForge** (*.map) - [[https://github.com/mapsforge/mapsforge/|The MapsForge]] project is aimed on support of OpenStreetMap based Android applications. It provides its own binary format for OSM data enabling applications render their own maps on-the-fly from raw information. More on [[https://github.com/mapsforge/mapsforge/|MapsForge]] homepage.   * **MapsForge** (*.map) - [[https://github.com/mapsforge/mapsforge/|The MapsForge]] project is aimed on support of OpenStreetMap based Android applications. It provides its own binary format for OSM data enabling applications render their own maps on-the-fly from raw information. More on [[https://github.com/mapsforge/mapsforge/|MapsForge]] homepage.
   * **SmartMaps** - binary encrypted format used for maps by a Czech company [[http://www.planstudio.cz/|PLANStudio]]. More information can be found [[http://www.smartmaps.cz/mapy-pro-locus/|here]].   * **SmartMaps** - binary encrypted format used for maps by a Czech company [[http://www.planstudio.cz/|PLANStudio]]. More information can be found [[http://www.smartmaps.cz/mapy-pro-locus/|here]].
manual/user_guide/maps_external.txt · Last modified: 2022/01/12 17:49 by mstupka