Internally Viking does not natively process KML files, but uses GPSBabel to perform a conversion into something Viking can understand (GPX format).
It seems only the latest version of GPSBabel (v1.5.2 at the time of writing) supports the particular KML format saved by your mobile phone. It has the
"add support for gx:Track in kml reader" change in it.
Note that Ubuntu 14.04 is using GPSBabel 1.4.X.
The standard Ubuntu packaging doesn't seem to be updating GPSBabel very quickly so even the newer versions proposed are only up to 1.5.0. You might be able to find a Ubuntu PPA that has a newer version.
Or you could build and install the latest GPSBabel from the source code.
Alternatively you could try converting the KML file to GPX file via this web service:
Viking 1.4.2 (Ubuntu .deb package)
Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS Trusty Tahr
I use Google "My Tracks" on my mobile phone to record my bicycle rides.
But when I load the .kml file into Viking only the start and finish end points are shown. There are no tracks points or track drawn. The same thing happens in GPSprune. What is going on? I have posted the files at https://www.dropbox.com/s/d34035ku72wcdbv/Watergardens_Southern-Cross.kml?dl=0 and https://www.dropbox.com/s/628oxnctzydezu3/Watergardens_Southern-Cross.vik?dl=0
Regards,
Hedley
Internally Viking does not natively process KML files, but uses GPSBabel to perform a conversion into something Viking can understand (GPX format).
It seems only the latest version of GPSBabel (v1.5.2 at the time of writing) supports the particular KML format saved by your mobile phone. It has the
"add support for gx:Track in kml reader" change in it.
Note that Ubuntu 14.04 is using GPSBabel 1.4.X.
The standard Ubuntu packaging doesn't seem to be updating GPSBabel very quickly so even the newer versions proposed are only up to 1.5.0. You might be able to find a Ubuntu PPA that has a newer version.
Or you could build and install the latest GPSBabel from the source code.
Alternatively you could try converting the KML file to GPX file via this web service:
http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/gpsbabel/
I don't know how GPSprune works, it could be using GPSBabel as well.
HTH.