Let  be a locally compact Hausdorff space. We show that any local  -linear map (where" local" is a weaker notion than  -linearity) between Banach  -modules are" nearly  -linear" and" nearly bounded". As an application, a local  -linear map  between Hilbert  -modules is automatically  -linear. If, in addition,  contains no isolated point, then any  -linear map between Hilbert  -modules is automatically bounded. Another application is that if a sequence of maps  between two Banach spaces" preserve  -sequences"(or" preserve ultra-  -sequences"), then  is bounded for large enough  and they have a common bound. Moreover, we will show that if  is a bijective" biseparating" linear map from a" full" essential Banach  -module  into a" full" Hilbert  -module  (where  is another locally compact Hausdorff space), then  is" nearly bounded"(in fact, it is automatically bounded if  or  contains no isolated point) and there exists a homeomorphism  such that  (  ).