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--- manual:user_guide:maps_external [2025/10/21 11:31] – mstupka
+++ manual:user_guide:maps_external [2025/10/21 11:32] (current) – mstupka
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   * **Restart** Locus Map
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-Vector maps' appearance can be changed by **themes**. The theme files must be placed in the default //Locus/MapsVector// directory. **OpenAndroMaps themes** - download them directly from their [[https://www.openandromaps.org/kartenlegende/elevation-hike-theme|website]], they'll be imported on the right place by the app.
+** themes can change vector maps' appearance**. The theme files must be placed in the default //Locus/MapsVector// directory. **OpenAndroMaps themes** - download them directly from their [[https://www.openandromaps.org/kartenlegende/elevation-hike-theme|website]], they'll be imported to the right place by the app.
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 ==== Free choice of storage ====
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   * tap {{:manual:user_guide:add.png?nolink&20|}} in the bottom right corner
   * select {{:manual:user_guide:ic_map_add_alt.png?nolink&30|}} **External maps**:\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:ext_maps.jpg?nolink |}}
-  * browse your device internal storage or SD card
+  * browse your device's internal storage or SD card
   * select the map file (or the whole directory with external map(s)) and confirm
-  * the map emerges in the Map manager Offline tab in a folder named after the map file's parent directory. The directory emerges as a **new folder** bellow the default Maps folder **[[manual:user_guide:maps_offline|Offline tab]]**.
+  * the map emerges in the Map manager Offline tab in a folder named after the map file's parent directory. The directory appears as a **new folder** below, the default Maps folder **[[manual:user_guide:maps_offline|Offline tab]]**.
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-  * **Maps stored in one (sub)folder are automatically merged.** Both as areas and zooms, i.e. you can go freely from one map to another, from one zoom in one map to another zoom in a different map without the need to switch between them manually. If you want to add external maps to Locus without merging them, store them into individual subfolders and then add them one by one.
+  * **Maps stored in one (sub)folder are automatically merged.** Both as areas and zooms, i.e. you can go freely from one map to another, from one zoom in one map to another zoom in a different map without the need to switch between them manually. If you want to add external maps to Locus without merging them, store them in individual subfolders and then add them one by one.
-  * **Do NOT add the native /Locus/Maps/ directory as an external folder** - there is no need to do so and the app will display an error message.
+  * **Do NOT add the native /Locus/Maps/ directory as an external folder** - there is no need to do so, and the app will display an error message.
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 ===== Supported Map Formats =====
 There is a huge amount of map file formats, and **Locus Map** is proud to be one of the few to support so many of them:
-  * **SQLite** (*.sqlitedb, sometimes referred to as RMaps)- plain SQLite database, with a tile table, that contains //x//, //y//, //z//, //image// columns with required data. Coordinates are computed by the [[http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Slippy_map_tilenames|Slippy map system]]. SQLite files created by Locus Map when downloading online maps work fine, but there can be problems with some SQLites from other sources. Some of corrupted SQLite databases [[manual:advanced:map_tools:corrupted_sqlite|can be repaired >>]]
+  * **SQLite** (*.sqlitedb, sometimes referred to as **RMaps**) - plain SQLite database, with a tile table, that contains //x//, //y//, //z//, //image// columns with required data. Coordinates are computed by the [[http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Slippy_map_tilenames|Slippy map system]]. SQLite files created by Locus Map when downloading online maps work fine, but there can be problems with some SQLites from other sources. Some of corrupted SQLite databases [[manual:advanced:map_tools:corrupted_sqlite|can be repaired >>]]
   * **TAR** - as we mentioned before, it is an obsolete map format, however, with wide support and available map material. For example famous OZI Explorer. This software uses its own //OZFX v2/v3// map format together with a calibration //*.map// file. TAR format is a very simple archive containing one //*.map// calibration file (including name, calibration points, datum, projection specifications, and more) and map images.
   * **MBT** - [[http://mapbox.com/developers/mbtiles/|MBTiles]] is SQLite based map format, maintained by [[http://mapbox.com/about/|MapBox]] company.
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   * **OruxMaps** - SQL-based format of maps designed for the [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.orux.oruxmaps|OruxMaps]] application.
   * **[[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.crittermap.backcountrynavigator|Backcountry Navigator]], [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.trailbehind.android.gaiagps.pro|Gaia GPS]], [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.codesector.maverick.lite|Maverick]]** - their designated map formats
-If you come across a map file in a format **not included in this list** and you would like to use it in **Locus Map** there is no need to worry. There is a lot of desktop conversion software to solve the problem.
+If you come across a map file in a format **not included in this list** and you would like to use it in **Locus Map**, there is no need to worry. There is a lot of desktop conversion software to solve the problem.

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