Points Management

User points (created or imported) are managed in the Library. Usually, it can be accessed from the main menu:

• Main menu > My Library
  
• but for a quicker access you can add button to the Function panel:
  

More general info about My Library >>

• open a folder containing points in the Library
• tap next to the point(s) you want to display on the map. It changes into and highlights:
  . All highlighted points are displayed on the map.

When you have a point detail in the Library open, tap the eye button in the top right corner:

• tap the eye button next to the folder title and select display all:
  
• to deactivate all points in the folder, select hide all

To hide points from the map screen, revert the procedures described above. Plus, there are a few more options:

• to hide a single point, tap it on the map and select hide from the bottom menu:
  
• to hide all points, tap the broom button in the map content panel:
  

• open the folder containing points
• select Sort by from the Library menu. At the first level, you can sort the points by name, distance from the cursor location, data/time of creation, and date/time of update:
  
• in the next level you can sort points by geocaching criteria:
  

More about sorting >>

• open the folder containing points
• select Filter from the Library menu. At the basic level, you can filter the points by the name and date:
  
• at the points level, you can filter points by icons, max. distance and geocaching parameters:
  
• for geocaching, there is a wide range of filtering parameters available:
  
• tap FILTER to apply the filter. Tap CLEAR to deactivate it.

More about filtering >>

• by default, you can search your points by fulltext:
  
• you can also modify the search by the distance:
  

To search across all nested subfolders, check it in the search options. There are also options to search the folder names and point descriptions:

If you need to manage one or more points at once, switch the Library into the select mode:

The tools are available in the menu at the bottom right:

• check the point/s that you want to copy
• select Copy to from the tool menu
• browse the Library and select the target folder
• tap SELECT
  

• check the point/s that you want to move
• select Move to from the tool menu
• browse the Library and select the target folder
• tap SELECT

• check the point/s that you want to export
• select Export from the tool menu
• select the export file format, edit the title, path and other parameters if needed
• tap EXPORT
  

More about exporting points >>

• check the point/s that you want to delete
• select Delete from the tool menu
• read the warning - deleting is irreversible and also removes the item/s from all synchronized devices and the web Library
• tap DELETE
  

It may happen that newly imported points don't have elevation. Use this feature to add elevation value to one or multiple points.

• check the points for which you want to update or add elevation
• choose Update elevation from the thool menu
• elevation is updated for the selected points

If you want to change or unify the icon of multiple points, use this option.

• check the points for which you want to change or unify the icon
• choose Change icons from the tool menu
• select the icon from the list. There are recently used, default point icons, Garmin icons and external icons (if you added some custom ones):
  

Appears when you move the map cursor across the point icon on map:

It contains the point name, distance from the current position, elevation (if relevant data are available) and a thumbnail of an attached image (if there is any).

Tapping the point icon on the map slides up the Point detail panel:

When you tap a point in a Library folder, a screen with detailed information about the point emerges. Its upper part is filled by a map preview with the point. Tap the centering button to place the point in the middle of the main map screen:

When you tap a point on the main map screen, a panel with detailed info about the point slides up from the bottom:

If you shift the map out of the point's location, Locus shows a pointer on the location of the selected point so that you always know where the point is. By tapping the pointer, you center the point back on the screen:

• name, direction, distance and elevation are visible right after the panel slide up:
  
  More information emerges when you slide the panel a bit more up:
• Description, folder, links, location… are lined up below the main info:
  
  Folder - tapping opens the folder in the Library. Coordinates - long-press copies the coordinates to the clipboard

The bar with tools is placed at the bottom of the panel. It contains several groups of tools:

• Plan route to - opens the route planner and adds the point as the target.
  You can go on planning the route - change profiles, add more points etc.
• Navigate to - opens the route planner and generates a route to the point from your location. Tap the button in the topbar to start navigation to the point:
  
• Guide on - starts guidance to the point in a beeline direction (recommended when the point is placed off-road):
  
• Compass - opens the compass rose pointing at the selected point:
  
• Street View - opens Google Street View app and shows the point in it (if available)
• Navigation apps - opens a list of installed applications that are able to navigate to the point (Google Maps, Komoot, Sygic, etc.)

The contents of this group depend on the installed add-ons. The most common options regard the Geocaching4Locus add-on.

Opens a selection of point sharing options which are the same as for the map cursor (except the basic geocache info sharing):

More about particular sharing options HERE >>

Opens a dialog screen where you can edit any information about the point - its icon, name, folder, description… even its location:

• Altitude - if this parameter is empty tap the GET button to acquire elevation from the offline data (Premium only)

Contains a list of attached files. To add some, tap the “+”. List of adding options emerges:

• Take a photo - takes a picture with your phone or tablet camera
• Select photo - selects a photo in your phone memory - the attached photo can be used as the point icon - tap the menu next to the photo and select Set as icon
• Record audio - makes a voice recording by the phone or tablet microphone
• select audio - attaches an audio file from your phone memory
• Record video - makes a video recording by the phone/tablet camera
• Select video - attaches a video from your phone memory
• Select other files - selects other files in your phone memory to attach to the point

…offers the same editing/copying etc. options as the folder tool menu, plus local weather forecast: