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--- manual:user_guide:maps_locusmaps [2025/07/17 14:55] – [Check for updates] mstupka
+++ manual:user_guide:maps_locusmaps [2025/09/19 15:08] (current) – mstupka
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 **You can update multiple LoMaps in a batch:** \\ {{ :manual:user_guide:lomaps06.jpg?nolink |}}
 ==== Displaying ====
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 Downloaded maps are accessible from the Maps Manager, **[[manual:user_guide:maps_offline|Offline]]** tab. Folders with LoMaps are marked by an **L** badge:\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:vektor1.jpg?nolink |}}
-To open the LoMap, just tap it. If your location is out of the map, confirm its **centering**:\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:vektor9.jpg?nolink |}}
+To open the LoMap, just tap it. If your location is off the map, confirm its **centering**:\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:vektor9.jpg?nolink |}}
+<WRAP center round tip>
+**[[maps_settings#online_lomap_as_backup|You can turn on online LoMap as a backup]]** for situations when you go out of the area covered by your downloaded offline LoMaps.
+</WRAP>
 === Map menu ===
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-Here you can select the map theme - internal or external ([[manual:advanced:map_tools:theming|custom]]). Some themes contain also switchable layers of specific datasets. This way you can fine-tune your map content:
+Here you can select the map theme - internal or external ([[manual:advanced:map_tools:theming|custom]]). Some themes also contain switchable layers of specific datasets. This way, you can fine-tune your map content:
 {{ :manual:user_guide:themeswitch6.jpg?nolink |}}
 ==== Map language ====
-Names of cities, towns, and villages in exotic destinations can be sometimes difficult to read for Westerners:
+Names of cities, towns, and villages in exotic destinations can sometimes be difficult to read for Westerners:
 {{ :manual:user_guide:lanswitch01.jpg?nolink |}}
-OpenStreetMap data, therefore, contain a transcription of local names in English (or sometimes also in other languages). The language switch can be found in a LoMap detail screen:
+OpenStreetMap data, therefore, contains a transcription of local names in English (or sometimes also in other languages). The language switch can be found in a LoMap detail screen:
 {{ :manual:user_guide:lanswitch04.jpg?nolink |}}\\
 {{ :manual:user_guide:lanswitch03.jpg?nolink |}}
-Open the language menu and select the language you understand. Not all names are transcribed, it depends on the activity of the local OSM mapping community. The same map with English-transcribed names
+Open the language menu and select the language you understand. Not all names are transcribed; it depends on the activity of the local OSM mapping community. The same map with English-transcribed names
 {{ :manual:user_guide:lanswitch02.jpg?nolink |}}

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