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Viking Preferences > Export/External: GPX Creator

2019-02-03
2019-03-17
  • Hedley Finger

    Hedley Finger - 2019-02-03

    In the Viking Preferences dialogue, Export/External tab, what should I put into the GPX Creator field? I found an actual GPX Creator app but it was rather old and was only a featureless GPX editor. Can anyone suggest an alternative?

     

    Last edit: Hedley Finger 2019-02-03
  • Rob Norris

    Rob Norris - 2019-03-17

    Leave it blank unless you have specific reason to change it.

    This is the text written in the Creator XML field in GPX files:
    https://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1/gpx.xsd

    When it's blank, Viking will automatically put in a suitable value, something like "Viking 1.7 -- http://viking.sf.net/", when exporting to a GPX file.
    Since it puts in the version value, the string is not fixed.

    Potentially other programs/services may use the Creator field for special purposes on processing a GPX file, e.g. see https://developers.strava.com/docs/uploads/ and the 'Device and elevation data' section.

    Hence you can override the default value and adjust it for specific needs.

    HTH.

     

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