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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 ===== 
-**Locus file browser** opens the last used memory drive. **Importable files are in full color and are clickable**:\\ {{ :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 |}} 
-Other available drives can be switched from the topbar menu:\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:points:import7.png?nolink |}} 
-  * **Locus Map directory** - the content of the app's main working directory 
-  * **Local drives** - list of local memory drives (usually the Internal and external SD card code name) 
-  * **Local** - the content of the app's main working directory 
-  * **Dropbox** - contents of your Dropbox. Dropbox login is required when using the drive for the first time. Logout option is included. 
-  * **Google Drive**  - contents of your Google Drive. Google Drive login is required when used for the first time. Logout option is included. 
-  * **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 
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-<WRAP center round tip> 
-**[[manual:user_guide:points:import|More about Points import >>]]** 
-</WRAP> 
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-==== Tracks ==== 
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-  * **Folder selector** - selects the folder into which the tracks will be imported. It is possible to create a new folder directly from the menu.  
-  * **Delete other tracks in folder** - removes all other tracks from the selected folder before the import 
-  * **Use style of the folder** - the 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 ==== 
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-  * **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 
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-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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