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My Library

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All your user data - tracks, routes, and points - are managed in the Library. It can be accessed from:

  • Main menu > My Library
  • for a quicker access you can add button to the Function panel at the bottom or right side of the screen

Main screen

  1. the topbar contains a number of displayed/all items, Search button, and a tool menu
  2. breadcrumb navigation
  3. a list of folders, tracks, routes and points
  4. add content button

Structure of folders

Your data is managed in a structure of folders and sub-folders. Tracks, routes and points can be mixed. Three levels of nested subfolders are available for free. With Premium, you can use up to six levels.

Folder line

Each folder line consists of an icon, a folder name, a number of subfolders, a number of items displayed/hidden on the map, and the eye button, controlling content visibility on the map.

  • Tapping it unfolds a list of subfolders and other content in the folder:
  • Long-pressing it turns the screen into editing mode and checks the pressed item:

Eye button

It controls the visibility of the folder content on the map. You can display all or hide all. Plus, you can include or exclude subfolders.

Adding a new folder

To add a new empty folder to the library, tap + button to open the content-adding dialog and select New folder:

The new folder dialog emerges. After inserting the folder name and editing other info about the folder (optionally), tap ADD:

Parent folder

This is pre-filled by the name of the folder from which you triggered the request for the new folder. If you want to change this, tap the parent folder name to open the selection of a different parent folder.

Icon&Name

Set the icon (optional) and the name (mandatory) of the new folder.

Line style

Here you can set a folder-specific line style for tracks and routes stored in this folder. Otherwise, the general line style is applied.

Point label

Here you can set a folder-specific behavior of the map labels for points.

  • Never - point labels are never displayed
  • On hover - point labels appear when the map cursor hovers over the point
  • Always - point labels are permanently visible
  • General settings - the point labels/screens behavior submits general settings made in Settings > Points&Tracks

Track label

Here you can set a folder-specific behavior of the map labels for tracks and routes.

  • Do not show - no labels are displayed
  • Simple - a track starting point displays a simple label with the track name
  • Complex - a track starting point displays a label with the track name, length, positive and negative elevation
  • General settings - the track labels behavior submits general setting of track labels

Circles around points

This option is primarily useful for geocachers - according to Geocaching.com rules, physical parts of individual geocaches may be placed at least 528ft/161m from each other. This function helps visualize such an area:

The folder setup can be edited at any time using the folder tools in the library menu.

Top bar menu

The menu offering essential operations with the content and folders can be opened from the topbar:

Visibility

This submenu controls which items included in the currently open folder are displayed on the map and which are not.

  • Display all - all content across the folder, including subfolders, is displayed on the map
  • Hide all - all content from the current folder that is displayed on the map, is hidden
  • Invert - all hidden content is displayed and vice versa

Select

Select turns the screen into editing and multi-selection mode:

The topbar displays the number of selected subfolders, points and tracks/routes. The “eye” buttons change to checkboxes. Checking them marks the items for one of many mass-editing activities. Besides the checkboxes, there are also other options for selection:

  • Select all - all items in the current folder are selected, including subfolders
  • Select displayed - all tracks, routes and points displayed on the map screen are selected
  • Deselect all - all checkboxes are unchecked
  • Invert selection - all checked items are unchecked and vice versa

Tools menu

The editing mode offers a wide menu of tools for working with the folder content. The menu items availability changes according to the content checked for editing:

To get back from the editing mode, tap the arrow button on the top left:

Sorting

Sorting options are different for the (sub)folders and user content within the current folder:

  • Folders - are sorted alphabetically, by default. Another option is to sort them manually. Tapping the option opens an extra dialog in which the folders can be shifted up or down to change their order:
  • Items - tracks, routes and points in general can be sorted by name, distance, date of creation and date of update. Tracks and geocaches can also be sorted by advanced parameters:

Filtering

All user content within the selected folder can be filtered according to a set of criteria. The filter has three levels:

  • Basic - general criteria common for tracks, routes and points:
  • Points - point-related criteria like icons, max. distance or parameters of geocaches - this level can be deactivated when the folder contains no points or when you don't want to filter points

Cloud sync

Available only with Premium Gold

Selecting this option opens a dialog for manual synchronization of your data with the cloud and other devices using the same Locus account.
Your points, tracks and routes are then automatically synchronized (saved to and downloaded back) with your personal web library via Locus cloud service. This happens after every change of your data - when a track is recorded, route planned etc. More details here >>

It is necessary to perform the first synchronization with the cloud manually. This way your personal web database is created.

Adding content

To search in your user data, tap in the topbar:

You can search points, tracks and routes in full-text, according to location and by folders. More at track search >> … … … …

manual/user_guide/my_library.1741884856.txt.gz · Last modified: 2025/03/13 17:54 by mstupka