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--- manual:user_guide:functions:search [2022/04/21 16:44] – mstupka
+++ manual:user_guide:functions:search [2023/05/31 11:04] – [Online search of places, addresses, and POI categories] mstupka
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 ====== Search ======
+<WRAP center round todo 60%>
+**This page is under reconstruction**
+</WRAP>
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+===== Online search of places, addresses, and POI categories =====
+  * **the default search of Locus Map**
+==== Autocomplete ====
+Clicking the search button will bring up a **predefined list of categories** of places that may be most useful to the typical outdoor fan.\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:functions:search01.jpg?nolink |}}
-**Default search** in Locus Map is a Google-powered **online search of addresses and places**.
+So if you’re not looking for a particular place, you can choose from the list. If you’re looking for a category that’s not in the initial list, type it into the **search box**, and the Locus autocomplete will offer it to you in a flash.\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:functions:search02.jpg?nolink |}}
+Tap on a category and all the places in it will be **highlighted on the map**. As you scroll the map, the next points in the category will load automatically. In the bottom panel, the locations are sorted in a list that you can slide out to the full page and browse locations by name. The first item at the top is highlighted on the map:\\  {{ :manual:user_guide:functions:search03.jpg?nolink |}}
+If you’re looking for a specific place or address, start typing your query in the search box. As soon as you enter the first letters of your query, Locus already suggests relevant categories and places you searched for earlier. It tries to guess what you are looking for and continuously offers other options containing the given character string:
+The choices are offered until you click on something or until you complete your search query.
+==== Text search ====
+If you don’t make a selection in the autocomplete and click on the magnifying glass below, Locus starts searching according to the specified string, even in areas that the search engine hasn’t offered before.
+The results are displayed in order of importance and sorted in a list below the map. The panel can be enlarged to full screen and browsed again. You can specify the search area by clicking on “Search this area“:
+If you move the map elsewhere or zoom out, you can again change the search area by clicking on the button (the results are not automatically loaded on the map in this case).
+So you finally found it…
+When you tap on the specific place you found on the map or in the list, the object is centered on the map, and its detailed information is displayed in the panel below the map.
+Use the left arrow on the panel to return to the search, or slide the panel down to end the search.
+History
+Your previously searched queries are offered to you in the whisperer in preference to point categories:
+If you no longer use the search items, you can simply delete them from the history.
+{{:manual:user_guide:ic_address_alt.png?nolink&30 }}
+===== Other searching methods =====
 To see other searching methods, (tap {{:manual:user_guide:ic_menu_alt.png?nolink&30|}} in the top bar):
 {{  :manual:user_guide:functions:search_adres01.gif?nolink&  }}
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   * **Search others** - search in external databases - Wikipedia, What3words, Geonames or GNS
-**Locus Map remembers your last-used method and offers it directly when you tap Search next time.**
-{{:manual:user_guide:ic_address_alt.png?nolink&30 }}
-===== Places on map =====
-==== Online addresses and places ====
-Locus uses default **Google address search**  but also [[https://www.graphhopper.com/|GraphHopper]] and [[http://www.bing.com/|Bing]] databases are available. Also, online **[[manual:user_guide:points:locus_maps_pois|LoPoints]]** are searched.
-{{  :manual:user_guide:functions:search_adres.gif?nolink&  }}
-  * **Search text**  - insert address or a place (or part of an address) here. Then **tap the search button**.
-  * **Search around location**  - check to optimize the search result according to your location
-  * **Source for online address search**  - select search engine here - //Google, Graphopper, Bing//
-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 the map.**
-<WRAP center round tip>
-Default online address searching engine can be changed in **[[manual:user_guide:settings:misc#source_of_online_address_search|Locus settings >>]]**
-</WRAP>
 ==== Offline addresses ====
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 **Shifts the cursor to a defined position on the map.**
- You can define the position by several methods:\\ {{  :manual:user_guide:functions:search_move.jpg?nolink&  }}:
+ You can define the location by several methods:\\ {{  :manual:user_guide:functions:search_move.jpg?nolink&  }}:
   * **My points**  - moves cursor at a selected point of interest in **[[manual:user_guide:points:management|Points manager]]**
   * **Coordinates**  - moves cursor on entered GPS coordinates
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 {{:manual:user_guide:tracks:ic_search_name_alt.png?30  }}
-===== Local data =====
 ==== Search in points ====
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 {{:manual:user_guide:ic_co_apps_alt.png?nolink&30  }}
-===== Search others =====
+==== Search others ====
 Search in external databases - **Wikipedia**, **What3words** and **GeoNames/GNS**.
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 {{:manual:user_guide:ic_search_wikipedia_alt.png?nolink&30  }}
-==== Wikipedia ====
+=== Wikipedia ===
 Wikipedia is a free-access, free-content Internet encyclopedia, supported and hosted by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. Those who can access the site and follow its rules can edit most of its articles. Wikipedia is ranked among the ten most popular websites and constitutes the Internet's largest and most popular general reference work.
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 {{:manual:user_guide:ic_search_name_alt.png?nolink&30  }}
-==== What3words ====
+=== What3words ===
 The simplest and best memorable coordinate system in the world. The whole surface of the Earth is divided into a network of 3×3 meters squares. Each square is defined by a unique combination of three words. **Name the three words and search the place**:\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:functions:search_w3w.gif?nolink |}}
 {{:manual:user_guide:ic_search_name_alt.png?nolink&30  }}
-==== GeoNames and GNS ====
+=== GeoNames and GNS ===
 Both services contain huge databases of points of interest and interesting places:

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