How to get a GPS track file

The app opens GPX, TCX and KML files. GPX is the one almost every app can make.

What the file needs

Speed comes from time, so every point in the file needs a time stamp. A track that was recorded has them. A route that was planned (drawn on a map, or made for navigation) usually does not, and then there is no speed to show.

Strava

Exporting works on the Strava website only, not in the mobile app (Strava's own instructions).

1. Open the activity page on strava.com.
2. Click the “…” (More) menu.
3. Choose Export GPX.

Garmin Connect

On the Garmin Connect website rather than the phone app:

1. Open the activity.
2. Click the gear icon at the top right.
3. Choose Export to GPX (or Export to TCX).

A long activity can take a minute to prepare before the download starts.

Geo Tracker (Android)

The app that this tool was first made for. It keeps your tracks on the phone and can share them in GPX, KML or KMZ (app page).

1. Open the recorded trip in the app.
2. Tap Share and choose GPX.
3. Send it to yourself (email, a messaging app, a cloud folder) and open it on the computer.

OsmAnd (Android and iOS)

Recorded tracks are saved on the phone (OsmAnd's documentation).

1. Go to Menu → My Places → Tracks.
2. Open the track's menu (three dots on Android, long press on iOS).
3. Choose Share (Android) or Export (iOS).

Any other app

Look for Export or Share next to a finished activity, and choose GPX (or TCX). Menus change from time to time, so if a step above does not match what you see, that is where to look.

What does not work (yet)

• FIT files (Garmin's own format) are not read. Export GPX or TCX instead.
• Google Maps Timeline exports JSON, which this tool does not read.
• KML works only for timed tracks (the gx:Track kind that Google Earth writes), not for plain lines.
• Planned routes without time stamps, as above.

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