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--- manual:user_guide:tracks:import [2015/06/24 14:51] – [Tracks import dialog] mstupka
+++ manual:user_guide:tracks:import [2025/04/04 16:02] (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 =====
-{{ :manual:user_guide:import.png?nolink|}}Import is used when you want to work with tracks from external sources - route planning websites, databases, applications etc. Either you choose the data yourselves or Locus Map receives them. There are several ways **how to launch the import**:
+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.
-  * <wrap box>Menu > Import data</wrap>
+===== 1. Launch import =====
-  * <wrap box>Data > Top panel menu > Import</wrap>
-  * <wrap box>Data > Tracks tab > any folder menu > Import</wrap> - imports directly into the selected folder
-===== Locus Map file manager =====
+  * **My Library > {{:manual:user_guide:tracks:add.png?nolink&20}} > Import**\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:mylib50.jpg |}}
-Locus Map opens a file manager window displaying three tabs where to choose files to import. Importable files are in full color and are clickable.
-<wrap info>[[manual:user_guide:tracks:import#supported_file_formats|More about supported formats see here >>]]</wrap>
-  * **Local file** tab - directory structure of your device memory. Importable files are usually stored in SDCARD folder.
-  * **Dropbox** tab - directory structure of your Dropbox folder
-  * **Remote file** tab - contains socket for inserting URL of a remote file stored in a internet repository (Rapidshare, Mega, Mediafire etc.)
-===== Import dialog =====
+===== 2. Select the file to import =====
-After selecting the file or receiving it from some external application Locus Map analyses it and modifies the import dialog according to the content - the dialog can process tracks or points or both of them at once.
+**Locus file browser** opens the last memory drive that was used. **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:tracks:import.jpg?nolink |}}
-==== Tracks import dialog ====
+You can sort the files by **name, size and creation date**:\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:tracks:import6.jpg?nolink |}}
-{{ :manual:user_guide:tracks:trackimport.png?nolink|}}Appears when the imported file contains just tracks:
+Other available drives can be selected by tapping the entry button in the file path:\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:tracks:import7.gif?nolink |}}
-  * **Topbar** - displays the file name
+  * **Local** - the content of the device's internal storage.\\ <WRAP center round info>
-  * **Folder selector** - selects the folder into which the file will be imported. <wrap tip>It is possible to create a new folder directly from the menu - select //Add new folder//.</wrap>  If you started import from a //folder action menu// in //Data manager// it is already pre-selected.
+**Android 11+**
-  * **Empty selected folder** - deletes all tracks in the selected folder before the import
-  * **Display only (not import)** - the import is unfinished, the track is not saved, just displayed on the map - useful for quick preview of imported file
-  * **Show on the map after import** - imports track according to settings and displays them on the map
-  * **Fill altitude** - updates altitude information of imported trackpoints (only if the elevation data is available)
-  * **Bottombar** - contains Cancel button aborting whole operation and Import button to confirm and start importing.
-<WRAP center round tip>
+Since Android 11 Locus Map is not permitted to access all internal storage, therefore there are two other options:
-When importing track and detached waypoints in one imported file Locus Map offers connecting the waypoints with the track so that they are displayed in track chart.
+  * **Main directory** - contents of Locus Map's main app directory
+  * **System File Manager** - other device storage can only be accessed with the system file browser. It **does not allow a multiple selection** of imported files, unfortunately.\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:tracks:import8.jpg?nolink |}}
 </WRAP>
+  * **Dropbox** — the contents of your Dropbox. Dropbox login is required when using the drive for the first time. The logout option is included (see the top bar menu).
+  * **Google Drive** — the contents of your Google Drive. When used for the first time, a Google Drive login is required. The logout option is included (see the top bar menu).
+  * **OneDrive** - contents of your OneDrive. OneDrive login is required when used for the first time. The logout option is included (see top bar menu).
+  * **Remote file** - a field for inserting a URL of a remote file stored on the internet
+===== 3. 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 is loaded:\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:tracks:trackimport.jpg?nolink |}}
+  * topbar displays the file name
+  * **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 the folder content before import** - removes all other tracks or points from the selected folder before the import
+  * **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
+  * **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)
+  * **Cancel** - aborts the action
+  * **Import** - confirms the action
 ===== Supported file formats =====
 Locus Map tracks import supports following file formats:
-  * {{:manual:user_guide:ic_file_type_kml.png?nolink&30|}} **KML and KMZ**
+  * {{:manual:user_guide:ic_file_type_kml_alt.png?nolink&30|}} **KML and KMZ**
 <wrap info>Supported both for //Import// and //Export//</wrap>
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 [[https://developers.google.com/kml/documentation/|Keyhole Markup Language]] is XML based plain text format with really wide range of usage. Since the version 2.2 KML format is standardized by OGC so it is used by many web/desktop/mobile applications as well as Locus Map.
-  * {{:manual:user_guide:ic_file_type_gpx.png?nolink&30|}} **GPX**
+  * {{:manual:user_guide:ic_file_type_gpx_alt.png?nolink&30|}} **GPX**
 <wrap info>Supported both for //Import// and //Export//</wrap>
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 [[http://www.topografix.com/gpx.asp|GPS eXchange format]] is an XML based text format used for handling points, tracks and routes. Locus fully supports all valid tags. More detailed description of GPX format is available on this [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPS_eXchange_Format|Wikipedia page]].
-  * {{:manual:user_guide:ic_file_type_tcx.png?nolink&30|}} **TCX**
+  * {{:manual:user_guide:ic_file_type_tcx_alt.png?nolink&30|}} **TCX**
 <wrap info>Supported both for //Import// and //Export//</wrap>
 [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Training_Center_XML|Training Center XML]] is a data exchange format introduced as part of Garmin's Training Center product. The XML is similar to GPX since it exchanges GPS tracks, but treats a track as an Activity rather than simply a series of GPS points. TCX provides standards for transferring heart rate, running cadence, bicycle cadence, calories in the detailed track. It also provides summary data in the form of laps.
-===== Import settings =====
-  * <wrap box>Menu > Settings > Miscellaneous</wrap>
-==== Track color and transparency ====
-Sets **default color** of all recorded, imported or manually created tracks.
-==== Track width ====
+  * {{:manual:user_guide:ic_file_type_json_alt.png?nolink&30}} **GeoJSON**
+<wrap info>Supported for //Import// only</wrap>
-Sets **default width** of all recorded and imported tracks and manually created routes.
+[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeoJSON|GeoJSON]] is an open standard format designed for representing simple geographical features, along with their non-spatial attributes, based on JavaScript Object Notation.

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