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-{{ :manual:user_guide:ic_import_alt.png?nolink|}}====== Import ======
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-===== About =====
-**Import** is used when you want to **work with tracks and/or points from outside of Locus** - websites, apps, add-ons, etc.
-===== 1. Launch import =====
-  * **Menu > (more functions) > Import**\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:points:import3.png?nolink |}}
-===== 2. Select a file =====
-A file manager opens with tabs displaying available drives - **local**, **Dropbox** (if installed), **Google Drive** (if installed) and a field to fill in a URL of a **remote file**. **Importable files are in full color and are clickable**:\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:points:import.png?nolink |}}
-  * **Local** - directories in your device memory (both internal and external).
-  * **Dropbox** - contents of your Dropbox. Dropbox login is required when using the tab for the first time.
-  * **Google Drive**  - contents of your Google Drive. Google Drive login is required when using the tab for the first time.
-  * **Remote file** - a field for inserting a URL of a remote file stored on the internet
-===== 3. Set parameters and import =====
-After selecting the file 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:\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:functions:import_gen.png?nolink |}}
-==== Points ====
-  * **Folder selector** - selects the folder into which the points will be imported. It is possible to create a new folder directly from the menu.
-  * **Merge points with imported track** - adds the points to the track as waypoints (points are not imported to a separate folder)
-  * **Delete other points in folder** - removes all other points from the selected folder before the import
-<WRAP center round tip>
-**[[manual:user_guide:points:import|More about Points import >>]]**
-</WRAP>
-==== Tracks ====
-  * **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.
-  * **Delete other tracks in folder** - removes all other tracks 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
-<WRAP center round tip>
-**[[manual:user_guide:tracks:import|More about Tracks import >>]]**
-</WRAP>
-==== Settings ====
-  * **Display only (not save)** - tracks are just displayed on the map screen - useful for a quick preview of the imported file
-  * **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
-After pushing the **Import button** the imported points appear in the selected folder of the **[[manual:user_guide:points:management|Points manager]]**, respectively tracks in the **[[manual:user_guide:tracks:management|Tracks manager]]**. Depending on whether the option //Display on the map after import// is checked the imported data appear on the map as well.

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