Placemarks

Placemarks are various marks you can save on the maps, including points, areas and paths. You can create and display an unlimited number of those marks. They are not linked to any map; when you change the current map, all your displayed marks remain unchanged.

The application is also able to import and export placemarks from and to various well-known formats, like GPS, KML/KMZ, CSV/TSV, ShapeFile, etc.

Tap the Placemarks menu button to display the menu that contains:

• Explore placemarks opens the placemarks explorer that allows you to manage your saved placemarks (see here for more details);
• Displayed placemarks shows the list of all displayed placemarks (this menu item is not visible if there are no placemarks displayed);
• Create a placemark allows you to create new placemarks;
• Control time shows the time controller panel for all displayed tracks (this menu item is not visible if there are not time-tagged placemarks displayed);
• Search a location allows you to search a location by name or coordinates (see here for more details).

Tap on Options to display the placemarks options:

• Placemarks labels controls whether or not to display the labels of placemarks on the map;
• Display line to target controls whether or not to display a line from the screen center to the current target (see more details concerning the target here);

• Target information controls whether or not to display the current target information box.

You can configure the display size and lines thickness of placemarks from the application settings.

A waypoint is a particular location marked on the map associated with some information like a name, a description, etc.

By default, waypoints are displayed on the map as small purple circle, but their display colors or icons can be changed. From the Placemarks menu, you can specify if the names of waypoints must be displayed on the map. You can also configure the display size from the application settings.

How to create a waypoint?
How to edit or move a waypoint?
How to use custom icons?

Several waypoints can be grouped into a set allowing an easier management. Sets are very useful when managing multiple waypoints of a common purpose.

How to create a set of waypoints?
How to add, move or delete points of a set?

A route is an ordered list of waypoints. All waypoints of the route can be edited like any regular waypoint.

Routes are mainly used when preparing a journey, and displayed with a line joining the subsequent waypoints.

How to create a route?
How to add, move or delete points of a route?
How to follow a route?

A path is a list of locations along a way. A path can be made of multiple parts, called segments. It can also contain waypoints to store some information concerning surrounding places.

Paths are usually recorded using the track recorder (in this case they are preferably called “tracks”), but they can also be manually drawn on the map.

How to manually draw a path?
How to split or edit points of a path?
How to merge paths?
How to automatically draw a path along roads?
How to change the display style a path? (static or dynamic colors, dashes and arrows)
Details and statistics on tracks

Once recorded, drawn or downloaded, paths can be followed, allowing the application to warn you if you're getting too far away from it: How to follow a path?

Proximity alerts allow you to be warned when you approach an area.

How to use proximity alerts?

How to set a location as target?
How to open the placemarks explorer?
How to display, export, copy, edit or delete multiple items?
How to search places by name or coordinates?
How to measure distances and bearings?

The application allows you to import placemarks (waypoints, routes, tracks, areas) from various file formats and display them on the map. Here is the list of all supported file formats.

Please check the notes and requirements for each format.

Supported file formats and types of placemarks	Import	Export
GPX (GPS Exchange Format) (*.gpx) Waypoints, routes, tracks Common GPS data format for software applications.	Yes, see here	Yes, 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.	Yes1, see here	Yes, 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.	Yes, see here	Yes, see here
Shapefile SHP (*.shp) Waypoints, routes, tracks, areas Popular geospatial vector data format developed by Esri for geographic information system (GIS) software.	Yes, see here	No
GeoJSON (*.json, *.geojson) Waypoints, routes, tracks, areas Open standard format designed for representing simple geographical features, along with their non-spatial attributes.	Yes, see here	No
IGC (Flight Data Format) (*.igc) Tracks Open standard format published by the IGC (International Gliding Commission) containing flight data from FAI flight recorders.	Yes, see here	No
OziExplorer PLT (*.plt) Tracks	Yes, see here	No
OziExplorer WPT (*.wpt) Waypoints	Yes, see here	No
Geocaching LOC (*.loc) Waypoints	Yes, see here	No
AutoCAD DXF (*.dxf) Waypoints, routes, tracks, areas CAD data file format developed by Autodesk for enabling data interoperability between AutoCAD and other programs.	No	Yes, see here

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How to import placemarks? (all formats except *.csv / *.tsv files)
How to export placemarks? (all formats except *.csv / *.tsv files)

How to import placemarks? (*.csv / *.tsv files)
How to export placemarks? (*.csv / *.tsv files)