Memory-Map has a "Cloud Sync" feature to share your overlay data (Marks, Routes and Tracks) between different computers and mobile devices.
The way the Cloud Sync feature works on the Memory-Map PC Software is different from the way it works on Android and iOS. On the mobiles, when you do a "Cloud Sync" all the overlay data on the device is shared. All data that has changed on this device is uploaded and all data from other devices is downloaded, so that all your devices end up with a complete set of up to date data.
On the PC, many people use overlays for archiving a large amount of data, so it was decided to give you more control by explicitly sending and receiving data from your "Cloud".
To use it, right-click on an overlay or category that you want to share, and select the Sync to Cloud menu command. If you are not already signed in to a Memory-Map account, you are prompted to sign-in.
Then on your mobile device, use the Cloud Sync command to download a copy of the data. (See here for instructions for Android, here for iOS).
To import data from your mobile devices, first use the Cloud Sync command on the mobile device, then in the PC app, use the Web; View Cloud Sync Data menu command. This opens a page in your browser to view the data in your cloud account. There are tabs to list Marks, Routes and Tracks. Select the checkmark next to the items you want to import and click the Download button. This downloads the data as a GPX file, which you can open using Memory-Map.
You can access this web page from any device, to upload and download GPX files. The sign-in page is here (https://w2.memory-map.com/cgi-bin/syncweb.cgi)
There are two tiers of service that we offer. Casual users, who only use the sync feature once or twice a week with a limited amount of data, are able to use the service for free. Regular users can pay a one-year subscription fee to increase the usage limits.
Free: up to 2MB of data synced up to 10 times per calendar month.
The subscription service includes an "Archive" facility, which off-loads data from your devices and stores it in the cloud.
There is a web portal (Click HERE to sign-in) that allows you to upload, download and manage your data in GPX format.
There is a free evaluation period for each of the paid levels, so you can figure out if the feature is going to be useful.
Note, if you have over 2MB of data on your device (ie many thousands of marks or dozens of long complex track logs) then the performance of the app is quite severely degraded. If you don't have a good reason to need that much data, you can use the Sync Archive feature to off-load the app. The app will work much better if you do a bit of housekeeping!
For price information, and to purchase, click here.
When you have synced your data, you can go to this web page to see a list of your synced data. From here you can download it to a PC for safe-keeping, or delete it, or whatever.
Another option is to use the Archive feature of the Sync web page. Select some overlay objects and click the Archive button. The object is now removed from the list and placed in your archive. When you sync any of your mobile device, the object will be removed from the device (thereby freeing up the resources of the device).
To get the data back, sign into the sync web page again, and click Show Archive (at the bottom of the page). From here, you can select the archived overlay objects, and click Restore to add them back to the synchronized data set. You can also download the data from here, and delete it if it is no longer needed.
Note that the account used for syncing is the same as the license management account. If you want to share overlay data with other people, the way to do that is using GPX files. If you give other people your account details, they may unintentionally use your license resources, and will make it hard for you to manage your licenses. Do not use the sync feature as a way of sharing your overlay data with other people.
If your have a synced overlay that is subsequently changed on two different devices, only the most recently changed version is used. This can cause changes on the other device to be overwritten. If your data is valuable and they are being used other devices at the same time, save it as GPX before syncing.
While the data is transmitted using SSL encryption and securely stored, Memory-Map makes no guarantee about the security of the data. Do not rely on this feature to store valuable data: make a backup using GPX. The data synced can include your location history (while the track logging feature is enabled). This data could be synced to family members if they are using the same license management account. If that's a problem, or if you have any other privacy concerns, don't use the sync feature!