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en:help:landmarks:local-import-export-gen [2018/10/11 22:57] alpinequesten:help:landmarks:local-import-export-gen [2022/05/22 15:37] (current) – [Which placemark file formats are supported by the application?] psyberia
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 <sub>[[en:help|Online Help]] > [[en:help:landmarks|Placemarks]] > How to import and export placemarks?</sub> <sub>[[en:help|Online Help]] > [[en:help:landmarks|Placemarks]] > How to import and export placemarks?</sub>
  
-===== How to import and export placemarks? =====+====== How to import and export placemarks? ======
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 The import and export placemarks support allows you to import placemarks (waypoints, tracks, routes, etc.) from various files created by external softwares, or export them for external use. The import and export placemarks support allows you to import placemarks (waypoints, tracks, routes, etc.) from various files created by external softwares, or export them for external use.
  
 Due to the vast number of existing formats and important differences among them, the application will need to import them in its own optimized format before displaying or modifying them, this is the import process. In order to use them again in an external application, you'll need to export them in the desired format, this is the export process. Due to the vast number of existing formats and important differences among them, the application will need to import them in its own optimized format before displaying or modifying them, this is the import process. In order to use them again in an external application, you'll need to export them in the desired format, this is the export process.
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 +{{:icon_help.png?nolink}} This feature requires an in-app purchase.
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 ===== Which placemark file formats are supported by the application? ===== ===== Which placemark file formats are supported by the application? =====
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-Here is the list of all supported file formats+The complete list of file formats than can be imported or exported [[en:help:landmarks#importexport|is available here]].
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-{{:icon_help.png?nolink}} Please check the notes and requirements for each format. +
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-^ Supported file formats and types of placemarks  ^  Import  ^  Export +
-| **GPX (GPS Exchange Format)** (''***.gpx**'') \\ //Waypoints, routes, tracks// \\ Common GPS data format for software applications.  |  {{:icon_yes.gif?nolink}} Yes, [[en:help:landmarks:local-import-export-gen#how_to_import_placemarks|see here]]  |  {{:icon_yes.gif?nolink}} Yes, [[en:help:landmarks:local-import-export-gen#how_to_export_placemarks|see here]] +
-| **KML/KMZ** (''***.kml**'', ''***.kmz**'') \\ //Waypoints, routes, tracks, areas// \\ Common GPS data format for expressing geographic annotation \\ and visualization within Internet-based two-dimensional maps.  |  {{:icon_yes.gif?nolink}} Yes<sup>1</sup>, [[en:help:landmarks:local-import-export-gen#how_to_import_placemarks|see here]]  |  {{:icon_yes.gif?nolink}} Yes, [[en:help:landmarks:local-import-export-gen#how_to_export_placemarks|see here]] +
-| **CSV/TSV** (''***.csv**'', ''***.tsv**'') \\ //Waypoints, routes, tracks, areas// \\ Delimited text file that uses a comma to separate tabular data \\ (numbers and text) in plain text. Each line of the file is a data record. \\ Each record consists of one or more fields, separated by commas.  |  {{:icon_yes.gif?nolink}} Yes, [[en:help:landmarks:local-import-export-xsv#how_to_import_csvtsv_files|see here]]   {{:icon_yes.gif?nolink}} Yes, [[en:help:landmarks:local-import-export-xsv#how_to_export_csvtsv_files|see here]] +
-| **Shapefile SHP** (''***.shp**'') \\ //Waypoints, routes, tracks, areas// \\ Popular geospatial vector data format developed by Esri \\ for geographic information system (GIS) software.  |  {{:icon_yes.gif?nolink}} Yes, [[en:help:landmarks:local-import-export-gen#how_to_import_placemarks|see here]]  |  {{:icon_no.gif?nolink}} No  | +
-| **OziExplorer PLT** (''***.plt**'') \\ //Tracks//  |  {{:icon_yes.gif?nolink}} Yes, [[en:help:landmarks:local-import-export-gen#how_to_import_placemarks|see here]]  |  {{:icon_no.gif?nolink}} No  | +
-| **OziExplorer WPT** (''***.wpt**'') \\ //Waypoints//  |  {{:icon_yes.gif?nolink}} Yes, [[en:help:landmarks:local-import-export-gen#how_to_import_placemarks|see here]]  |  {{:icon_no.gif?nolink}} No  | +
-| **Geocaching LOC** (''***.loc**'') \\ //Waypoints//  |  {{:icon_yes.gif?nolink}} Yes, [[en:help:landmarks:local-import-export-gen#how_to_import_placemarks|see here]]  |  {{:icon_no.gif?nolink}} No  | +
-| **AutoCAD DXF** (''***.dxf**'') \\ //Waypoints, routes, tracks, areas// \\ CAD data file format developed by Autodesk for enabling data \\ interoperability between AutoCAD and other programs.  |  {{:icon_no.gif?nolink}} No  |  {{:icon_yes.gif?nolink}} Yes, [[en:help:landmarks:local-import-export-gen#how_to_export_placemarks|see here]] +
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-<sup>1. Includes few icons and style elements. To import image overlays, [[en:help:maps:file-based-import-kmz|see here]]</sup>+
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 {{:icon_help.png?nolink}} Be careful when trying to access the exported file from a computer using an USB cable, Android takes time to update the file list of your device, and newly created ones may not be immediately visible. {{:icon_help.png?nolink}} Be careful when trying to access the exported file from a computer using an USB cable, Android takes time to update the file list of your device, and newly created ones may not be immediately visible.
  
-{{:icon_help.png?nolink}} To export multiple waypoints at the same time, you can group them in a set of waypoints. You can also use the multi-selection of the landmarks explorer to export multiple items.+{{:icon_help.png?nolink}} To export multiple waypoints at the same time, you can group them in a set of waypoints. You can also use the multi-selection of the placemarks explorer to export multiple items.
  
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