Yamar at 06:11, 18 November 2007

2007-11-18T06:11:42Z

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−	Once you select the file, it may prompt you for additional information depending on the file type you selected. For example, it will likely ask you what you want to name the [[set]] of information that you're going to import. ~~This is~~ the easiest way to remember the information at some point in the future as it groups the waypoints together as a [[set]] attached to a name.	+	Once you select the file, it may prompt you for additional information depending on the file type you selected. For example, it will likely ask you what you want to name the [[set]] of information that you're going to import.
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		+	[[Set]] names are the easiest way to remember the information at some point in the future as it groups the waypoints together as a [[set]] attached to a name.

	If you don't specify the set name, it will default to trying to create one based on the [[Pocket Query]] name (for example) with a special "import:" prefix. For example, if you had a pocket query named "near me" then the resulting default set name would be "import:near me".		If you don't specify the set name, it will default to trying to create one based on the [[Pocket Query]] name (for example) with a special "import:" prefix. For example, if you had a pocket query named "near me" then the resulting default set name would be "import:near me".

Yamar at 06:07, 18 November 2007

2007-11-18T06:07:19Z

New page

So, you've managed to [[Launching the GUI|Launch the GUI]] and now what?

Well, the first thing you should do is import some data! Take a typical [[Pocket Query]] file and import it by simply clicking on the ''Import Waypoints from a file'' button:

[[Image:Import.png]]

The next page will give you a file selection button, which you should click on and find the file you want to import:

[[Image:SelectImport.png]]

You can import any type of file that GeoQO can handle. The list of file type extensions include any listed [http://www.geoqo.org/ GeoQO Home Page].

It will handle a zip file without extracting it first (and in fact, it does smart things with the extra waypoints file included within it, so it's actually beneficial ''not'' to extract the zip file first).

{{GoodAdvice|Import your Pocket Queries directly with the .zip file and don't extract them}}

Once you select the file, it may prompt you for additional information depending on the file type you selected. For example, it will likely ask you what you want to name the [[set]] of information that you're going to import. This is the easiest way to remember the information at some point in the future as it groups the waypoints together as a [[set]] attached to a name.

If you don't specify the set name, it will default to trying to create one based on the [[Pocket Query]] name (for example) with a special "import:" prefix. For example, if you had a pocket query named "near me" then the resulting default set name would be "import:near me".

If you are importing it directly from a .zip file and there is additional waypoints in it (trail heads, parking, etc) then those additional waypoints will be, by default, in a set named "import:near me:waypoints".

{{GoodAdvice|Don't chose a set name if you're importing data that is already named, like a pocket query}}

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