Revision as of 00:06, 4 November 2013

GPX

GPX stands for GPS eXchange Format. It contains data generated by GPS devices.

We make such files available on our website. You can download them on your machine then read them with Google Earth or other geolocation software. We also sometime provide a simplified route (in kml), but the gpx is more exhaustive (in details and with time recording).

Editing

While gpx files are better viewed with Google Earth, they are (sadly) better edited with other softwares. We like QLandkarte GT.

To retain as much as possible of the gpx information, it is best to Edit (right-click+'Edit') the track without converting it to an overlay (that is more easily edited if points are to be moved around), and then export to gpx.

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 '''''GPX''''' stands for GPS eXchange Format. It contains data generated by GPS devices.
-We make such files available on our website. You can download them on your machine then read them with [[google earth]] or other geolocation software. We also sometime provide a simplified route (in kml), but the gpx is more exhaustive (in details and with time recording).
+We make such files available on our website. You can download them on your machine then read them with [[Google Earth]] or other geolocation software. We also sometime provide a simplified route (in kml), but the gpx is more exhaustive (in details and with time recording).
+== Editing ==
+While gpx files are better viewed with Google Earth, they are (sadly) better edited with other softwares. We like [http://www.qlandkarte.org/ QLandkarte GT].
+<center><wz tip="QLandkarte GT. Free software to manage GPS data.">[[Image:QLandkarte.png|400px]]</wz></center>
+To retain as much as possible of the gpx information, it is best to Edit (right-click+'Edit') the track without converting it to an overlay (that is more easily edited if points are to be moved around), and then export to gpx.
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