gpx-ideas

Proposal for GPX

The original proposal has now been split into separate shorter documents for easier reading.

This should be regarded as a living document, further changes are planned but have not yet been applied.

Feel free to browse is any order and use the browser back-button to return to this page:

• Background
  • Quick introduction and overview of GPS / GNSS
  • The use of estimated speed in sport
  • Estimated accuracy / errors
  • History of GPX 1.1 and GPX extensions
    • Common elements in GPX extensions
• Proposal
  • Example schema for GPX 1.1.1
  • New elements for GPX 1.1.1
  • Examples of GPX 1.1.1
  • Compatibility and summary of GPX 1.1.1
• Investigations
  • Garmin testing - Connect, BaseCamp, MapSource
• Additional suggestions for GPX 1.2
  • Sensor data
    • Environment - air temperature, water temperature, water depth, true wind, barometric pressure, and humidity
    • Fitness - cadence, heart rate, and power
    • Nautical and aeronautical - heading, air speed, water speed, pitch, roll, etc.
  • Additional values for fix type
  • Refine definitions - e.g. elevation

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