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--- manual:user_guide:tracks:import [2016/04/18 12:18] – [Tracks import dialog] mstupka
+++ manual:user_guide:tracks:import [2025/09/19 12:15] (current) – [2. Select the file to import] mstupka
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-{{ :manual:user_guide:ic_import_alt.png?nolink|}}====== Tracks Import ======
+{{ :manual:user_guide:ic_import_alt.png?nolink|}}====== Import of Tracks and Routes ======
 ----
 ===== About =====
-{{ :manual:user_guide:import.png?nolink |}}Import is used when you want to work with tracks from external sources - route planning websites, databases, applications etc. Either you choose the data yourselves or Locus Map receives them. There are several ways **how to launch the import**:
+Import is used when you want to **work with tracks or routes from outside of Locus** - websites, apps, add-ons etc. Either you choose the data yourselves or Locus Map receives them.
-  * <wrap box>Menu > Import data</wrap>
+===== 1. Launch import =====
-  * <wrap box>Data > Top panel menu > Import</wrap>
-  * <wrap box>Data > Tracks tab > any folder menu > Import</wrap> - imports directly into the selected folder
-===== Locus Map file manager =====
+  * **My Library > {{:manual:user_guide:tracks:add.png?nolink&20}} > Import**\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:mylib50.jpg |}}
-Locus Map opens a file manager window displaying three tabs where to choose files to import. Importable files are in full color and are clickable.
-<wrap info>[[manual:user_guide:tracks:import#supported_file_formats|More about supported formats see here >>]]</wrap>
-  * **Local file** tab - directory structure of your device memory. Importable files are usually stored in SDCARD folder.
-  * **Dropbox** tab - directory structure of your Dropbox folder
-  * **Remote file** tab - contains socket for inserting URL of a remote file stored in a internet repository (Rapidshare, Mega, Mediafire etc.)
-===== Import dialog =====
+===== 2. Select the file to import =====
-After selecting the file or receiving it from some external application Locus Map analyses it and modifies the import dialog according to the content - the dialog can process tracks or points or both of them at once.
+**Locus file browser** opens the last memory drive that was used. **Importable files are in full color and are clickable** (more about supported formats see below). **Long-press one file to display the multi-select option**. It is possible to import more files at once:\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:tracks:import.jpg?nolink |}}
-==== Tracks import dialog ====
+You can sort the files by **name, size and creation date**:\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:tracks:import6.jpg?nolink |}}
-{{ :manual:user_guide:tracks:trackimport.png?nolink |}}Appears when the imported file contains just tracks:
+Other available drives can be selected by tapping the entry button in the file path:\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:tracks:import7.gif?nolink |}}
-  * **Topbar** - displays the file name
+  * **Local** - the content of the device's internal storage.\\ <WRAP center round info>
-  * **Folder selector** - selects the folder into which the file will be imported. <wrap tip>It is possible to create a new folder directly from the menu - select //Add new folder//.</wrap>  If you started import from a //folder action menu// in //Data manager// it is already pre-selected.
+**Android 11+**
-  * **Empty selected folder** - deletes all tracks in the selected folder before the import
-  * **Display only (not import)** - the import is unfinished, the track is not saved, just displayed on the map - useful for quick preview of imported file
-  * **Show on the map after import** - imports track according to settings and displays them on the map
-  * **Fill altitude** - updates altitude information of imported trackpoints (only if the elevation data is available)
-  * **Bottombar** - contains Cancel button aborting whole operation and Import button to confirm and start importing.
-<WRAP center round tip>
+Since Android 11 Locus Map is not permitted to access all internal storage; therefore, there are two other options:
-When importing track and detached waypoints in one imported file Locus Map offers connecting the waypoints to the track so that they are stored in the same database and displayed on the map together. Otherwise the points are stored in the points database and can be managed and displayed separately.
+  * **Main directory** - contents of Locus Map's main app directory
+  * **System File Manager** - other device storage can only be accessed with the system file browser. It **does not allow a multiple selection** of imported files, unfortunately.\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:tracks:import8.jpg?nolink |}}
 </WRAP>
+  * **Dropbox** — the contents of your Dropbox. A Dropbox login is required when using the drive for the first time. The logout option is included (see the top bar menu).
+  * <del>Google Drive — the contents of your Google Drive. When used for the first time, a Google Drive login is required. The logout option is included (see the top bar menu).</del><wrap alert>**Since September 2025, Locus Map has not supported Google Drive as it was denied full access to the service.**</wrap>
+  * **OneDrive** - contents of your OneDrive. OneDrive login is required when used for the first time. The logout option is included (see top bar menu).
+  * **Remote file** - a field for inserting a URL of a remote file stored on the internet
+===== 3. Select where to import =====
+After selecting the file or receiving it from some external application or add-on Locus Map analyses it and modifies the import dialog according to the content - the dialog can process points or tracks or both of them at once.
+==== Track import dialog ====
+Appears when the imported file is loaded:\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:tracks:trackimport.jpg?nolink |}}
+  * topbar displays the file name
+  * **Folder selector** - select the folder into which the file will be imported. You can create a new folder directly from the menu. If you start importing from a **particular folder in My Library** it is already **pre-selected.**
+  * **Delete the folder content before import** - removes all other tracks or points from the selected folder before the import
+  * **Display only (not save)** - tracks are just displayed on the map screen and not saved into the Library - useful for a quick preview of the imported file
+  * **Use style of the parent folder** - the imported track will take the color, thickness, pattern, etc. defined for the folder it is imported to
+  * **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' elevation (both only if the offline elevation data is available)
+  * **Cancel** - aborts the action
+  * **Import** - confirms the action
 ===== Supported file formats =====
 Locus Map tracks import supports following file formats:
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 [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeoJSON|GeoJSON]] is an open standard format designed for representing simple geographical features, along with their non-spatial attributes, based on JavaScript Object Notation.
-===== Import settings =====
-  * <wrap box>Menu > Settings > Miscellaneous</wrap>
-==== Track color and transparency ====
-Sets **default color** of all recorded, imported or manually created tracks.
-==== Track width ====
-Sets **default width** of all recorded and imported tracks and manually created routes.

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