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--- manual:user_guide:tracks:import [2022/02/23 15:53] – external edit 127.0.0.1
+++ manual:user_guide:tracks:import [2026/04/22 16:24] (current) – 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 ======
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 ===== About =====
-Tracks import is used when you want to **work with tracks from outside of Locus** - websites, apps, add-ons etc. Either you choose the data yourselves or Locus Map receives them.
+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.
 ===== 1. Launch import =====
-There are a few ways:
-  * **Menu > (more functions) > Import** - general import for [[manual:user_guide:functions:data_import|both points and tracks >>]]\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:points:import3.png?nolink |}}
-  * **Menu > Tracks > {{:manual:user_guide:tracks:add.png?30|}} > Import**\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:tracks:trackimport02.png?nolink |}}
-  * **(Menu) > Tracks > any folder menu > Import** - imports directly into the selected folder\\  {{ :manual:user_guide:tracks:trackimport03.png?nolink |}}
-===== 2. Select the file to import =====
+  * **My Library > {{:manual:user_guide:tracks:add.png?nolink&20}} > Import**\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:mylib50.jpg |}}
-**Locus file browser** opens the last used memory drive. **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:points:import.png?nolink |}}
-You can sort the files by **name, size and creation date**:\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:points:import6.png?nolink |}}
+===== 2. Select the storage =====
-Other available drives can be switched from the topbar menu:\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:points:import7.png?nolink |}}
+{{ :manual:user_guide:tracks:import8.jpg?nolink |}}
-  * **Locus Map directory** - the content of the app's main working directory
+  * **Main directory** - contents of Locus Map's main app directory
-  * **Local drives** - list of local memory drives (usually the Internal and external SD card code name)
+  * **System File Manager** - launches the system file browser to select a file in accessible parts of the phone's storage. It **does not allow multiple selection** of imported files, unfortunately.
-  * **Local** - the content of the app's main working directory
+  * **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).
-  * **Dropbox** - contents of your Dropbox. Dropbox login is required when using the drive for the first time. Logout option is included.
+  * **OneDrive** - contents of your OneDrive. OneDrive login is required when using the drive for the first time. The logout option is included (see top bar menu).
-  * **Google Drive**  - contents of your Google Drive. Google Drive login is required when used for the first time. Logout option is included.
+  * <del>Google Drive</del> - <wrap alert>**Since September 2025, Locus Map's support for Google Drive has been banned as it was denied full access to the service.**</wrap>
   * **Remote file** - a field for inserting a URL of a remote file stored on the internet
-===== 3. Select where to import =====
+===== 3. Select the file =====
+  * **Importable files are in full color and are clickable** (more about supported formats see below).
+  * You can sort the files by **name, size and creation date**:\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:tracks:import6.jpg?nolink |}}
+  * If you are in Locus Map's main directory, in Dropbox or OneDrive, it is possible to **import more files at once**. Long-press one file to display the multi-select option:\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:tracks:import.jpg?nolink |}}
+===== 4. 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 contains just tracks:\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:tracks:trackimport.png?nolink |}}
+Appears when the imported file is loaded:\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:tracks:trackimport.jpg?nolink |}}
   * topbar displays the file name
-  * **Folder selector** - selects the folder into which the file will be imported. It is possible to create a new folder directly from the menu. If you start import from a //folder action menu// in //Tracks manager// it is already pre-selected.
+  * **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 other tracks in folder** - removes all other tracks from the selected folder before the import
+  * **Delete the folder content before import** - removes all other tracks or points from the selected folder before the import
-  * **Use style of the folder** - imported track will take color, thickness, pattern etc. defined for the folder it is imported to
+  * **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
-  * **Display only (not save)** - tracks are just displayed on the map screen - 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)

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