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====== Map Manager ====== | ====== Map Manager ====== | ||
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- | Locus Map can work with many maps of various kinds. With the **Map manager** you can control which maps are **available** within the app, which maps are **active** (i.e. visible on the main screen), and which online maps to **download** for offline use. | + | Locus Map can work with many maps of various kinds. With the **Map Manager** you can control which maps are **available** within the app, which maps are **active** (i.e. visible on the main screen), and which online maps to **download** for offline use. |
By default, it is launched from the main menu: | By default, it is launched from the main menu: | ||
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+ | ===== How to activate a map? ===== | ||
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+ | Select the map you need, tap its title and confirm the terms of its use to display it on the main screen. Some maps are in groups - select the group to unfold and then tap the map. The selected map is **highlighted** in the Manager and displayed on the **[[manual: | ||
The maps are divided into three main groups - **online, offline and WMS/WMTS** - managed separately in tabs: | The maps are divided into three main groups - **online, offline and WMS/WMTS** - managed separately in tabs: | ||
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* **Partner maps** - maps by cooperating map publishers and providers | * **Partner maps** - maps by cooperating map publishers and providers | ||
* **User maps** - maps added by the user | * **User maps** - maps added by the user | ||
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==== Sorting ==== | ==== Sorting ==== | ||
- | You can easily change the sorting by the topbar sorting menu:\\ {{ : | + | You can easily change the sorting |
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- | By {{: | + | |
- | ==== Activating ==== | + | |
- | Tap the map title and confirm the terms of its use to display it on the main screen. Some maps are in groups - tap the group to unfold | + | By {{: |
==== Adding ==== | ==== Adding ==== | ||
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* **Add online maps** - switches **[[manual: | * **Add online maps** - switches **[[manual: | ||
==== Available maps ==== | ==== Available maps ==== | ||
You can define which maps will be visible in the online tab. Open the " | You can define which maps will be visible in the online tab. Open the " | ||
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+ | More about **[[manual: | ||
==== Download ==== | ==== Download ==== | ||
Some online maps can be also **[[manual: | Some online maps can be also **[[manual: | ||
- | More about **[[manual: | + | More about **[[manual: |
===== Offline ===== | ===== Offline ===== | ||
- | This tab contains all available maps that do not require | + | This tab contains all available maps that don't need an internet connection |
- | * from **[[manual: | + | * from **[[manual: |
* by **[[manual: | * by **[[manual: | ||
- | * from **external sources** - websites, map e-shops, PC software etc. | + | * from **external sources** - websites, map e-shops, PC software etc. |
+ | ==== Sorting ==== | ||
+ | * {{: | ||
+ | * {{: | ||
+ | * {{: | ||
+ | ==== Adding ==== | ||
+ | There are a few methods: | ||
+ | {{ : | ||
+ | * **Download offline maps** - opens **[[manual: | ||
+ | * **Import** - adds map files from outside of the app to the internal Locus map directories. It is possible | ||
+ | * **External maps** - links the app to a map file(s) stored within the device, outside of the app's directory. <wrap alert> | ||
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+ | Sometimes it happens the added map doesn' | ||
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- | ==== Adding offline maps ==== | ||
- | {{ : | ||
- | * **[[manual: | ||
- | * **[[manual: | ||
===== WMS/WMTS ===== | ===== WMS/WMTS ===== | ||
- | A list of installed | + | WMS/WMTS (Web Map (Tile) Service) is a standard protocol for serving georeferenced map images over the **Internet** generated by map servers using data from a GIS database. **Locus Map** offers a library of **worldwide sources** that can be displayed in an overlay above your active map or a direct URL entry to activate any WMS/WMTS source you wish. More about **[[manual: |
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- | If you don't use these expert maps you can deactivate the WMS/WMTS tab in the top bar menu:\\ | + | |
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- | ===== Top bar action | + | If you don't use these expert maps you can deactivate the WMS/WMTS tab in the top bar menu. |
- | ==== Blank maps ==== | + | ===== Blank maps ===== |
- | These " | + | These layers |
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- | ==== Refresh list ==== | ||
- | Re-loads the list of maps. | ||
- | ==== Visible WMS tab ==== | ||
- | Switches tab with [[manual: | ||
- | ==== Settings ==== | ||
- | Link to [[manual: | ||
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===== Quick Map Switch ===== | ===== Quick Map Switch ===== | ||
- | A very useful feature of Maps Manager if you often switch among a group of **various types of maps at once**. It offers at one tap: | + | If you often switch among a group of **various types of maps at once**, this is a feature of your choice. It offers at one-tap: |
- | * **last** used online maps | + | * **The last** used online maps |
- | * **nearest** offline maps to your position\\ {{ : | + | * **The nearest** offline maps to your location |
- | Quick Map Shift is in the left **[[manual: | + | You can find Quick Map Shift in the **[[manual: |