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- 2023
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You should be able to upload ut to Wikiloc via web interface and then select it as offline.In 2022…after receiving great help on the Forum…I downloaded GPX files from the Wikiloc database and walked the Camino Primitivo and Camino San Salvador routes. Wikiloc was most helpful!
In a month I will walk the 700 km Island Walk in PEI Canada. I was provided the attached GPX file.
I admit to being quite baffled as to whether the tracks in this file can be utilized by the Wikiloc app. I could not open it with my iPhone…Retrace I think is Android compatible.
Any words of wisdom are appreciatedquite out of my depth…once again
Guy
In 2022…after receiving great help on the Forum…I downloaded GPX files from the Wikiloc database and walked the Camino Primitivo and Camino San Salvador routes. Wikiloc was most helpful!
In a month I will walk the 700 km Island Walk in PEI Canada. I was provided the attached GPX file.
I admit to being quite baffled as to whether the tracks in this file can be utilized by the Wikiloc app. I could not open it with my iPhone…Retrace I think is Android compatible.
Any words of wisdom are appreciatedquite out of my depth…once again
Guy
If like to know about your planned accommodations on the PEI Island Walk. My first casual glance at the route showed only B&B type places and prices. Too expensive for 700 km of lodging. What's your plan?In 2022…after receiving great help on the Forum…I downloaded GPX files from the Wikiloc database and walked the Camino Primitivo and Camino San Salvador routes. Wikiloc was most helpful!
In a month I will walk the 700 km Island Walk in PEI Canada. I was provided the attached GPX file.
I admit to being quite baffled as to whether the tracks in this file can be utilized by the Wikiloc app. I could not open it with my iPhone…Retrace I think is Android compatible.
Any words of wisdom are appreciatedquite out of my depth…once again
Guy
Charlie you are absolutely correct that lodging is quite expensive and not always available at stage end points. I learned that early on as well as the need for multiple shuttles. B&B, Inns etc similar to when I walked in the UK along the river Thames.If like to know about your planned accommodations on the PEI Island Walk. My first casual glance at the route showed only B&B type places and prices. Too expensive for 700 km of lodging. What's your plan?
I'll make a note of following along. I had looked at doing the western portion of the island last year with my sister but decided against it because of the daily need for taxis back and forth to accommodations. We thought it was a logical nightmare, I hope your experience proves me wrong! I'm surprisingly back on the island this June for a holiday after 30 years away.Charlie you are absolutely correct that lodging is quite expensive and not always available at stage end points. I learned that early on as well as the need for multiple shuttles. B&B, Inns etc similar to when I walked in the UK along the river Thames.
Just copy the file & upload it into MAPS.MEIn 2022…after receiving great help on the Forum…I downloaded GPX files from the Wikiloc database and walked the Camino Primitivo and Camino San Salvador routes. Wikiloc was most helpful!
In a month I will walk the 700 km Island Walk in PEI Canada. I was provided the attached GPX file.
I admit to being quite baffled as to whether the tracks in this file can be utilized by the Wikiloc app. I could not open it with my iPhone…Retrace I think is Android compatible.
Any words of wisdom are appreciatedquite out of my depth…once again
Guy
Ok that will be my experience as well here is a summary of planned shuttle rides from my blog. Note though I have deviated from the 32 stages. The shuttle rides are planned to ensure I walk the entire route.I'll make a note of following along. I had looked at doing the western portion of the island last year with my sister but decided against it because of the daily need for taxis back and forth to accommodations. We thought it was a logical nightmare, I hope your experience proves me wrong! I'm surprisingly back on the island this June for a holiday after 30 years away.
My cousin has a restaurant at Stanley Bridge Country Resort and a food truck in Summerside (I think it's in Summerside, the truck may not be open until mid June though) if you like BBQ or seafood.There's also a cute little restaurant in North Lake (near East Point) that made the best lobster roll and cinnamon rolls (warmed up!!) that were just like my mother's. There's a little bakery in Kensington that makes a lot of "old fashioned" goods, try the "hard biscuits/pastry biscuits" if they're available.
Currently Maps.me and some other apps do not support files in the .gpx format; they only support files in the .kml or .kmz formats. That's why Elle's comment (copied below) is useful.Just copy the file & upload it into MAPS.ME
You can easily convert a GPX file to KML at this website: https://gpx2kml.com/
Yes, you can upload in any fashion and if the file is made public it can be downloaded by any Wikiloc member in either format with Wikiloc doing the conversion.And you should be able to upload either GPX or KML to Wikiloc and use it without a problem.
LOL!Ok that will be my experience as well here is a summary of planned shuttle rides from my blog. Note though I have deviated from the 32 stages. The shuttle rides are planned to ensure I walk the entire route.
A friend of mine has stated this is the Camino de la Shuttle.
Brilliant…success I think…downloaded as suggested…then on Wikiloc.com…pulled in file in 4 easy steps…added a PEI map and voila I thinkYou can easily convert a GPX file to KML at this website: https://gpx2kml.com/ And you should be able to upload either GPX or KML to Wikiloc and use it without a problem.
Yes, it really is that simple. I upload GPX tracks to Wikiloc frequently and have never had a problem. Just be sure that you have clicked on the button at the bottom of the newly uploaded track that says “available offline”. The button needs to be showing green in order for you to follow the track without cell or WiFi.Brilliant…success I think…downloaded as suggested…then on Wikiloc.com…pulled in file in 4 easy steps…added a PEI map and voila I think…available on my Wikiloc App.
Can it really be that simple…must be missing something
Hi...this is quite funny...at least to me. I am looking at a track from Forwalk from Lucca to Rome on the Via Francigena...you know just for funGuy, let me add a few comments about your 700 km track.
One downside to such a long track is that while you are hot and tired and wondering how much further you have to walk for the day you will look at the app and say "Great, only 588 kms to go." You may prefer using a track editor to break up the long stretch in daily stages.
Another situation is likely to come up using Wikiloc on such a long track. Halfway through the 700 km hike whenever you start Wikiloc for the day and walk it will likely tell you that you are headed in the wrong direction. Keep going, it will eventually decide you know what you are doing. At least I found something similar three years ago. Apparently when you start at some mid-point in the track it assumes you want to walk in the direction of the longest point in the hike. I wrote about this in a previous post at the top of this thread.
GPX is a text file using an XML format.You mention using a “track editor” to break up the long stretch in daily stages. I would appreciate knowing what app you would recommend to do this. Sounds like fun to me.
Thanks Rick and @DoughnutANZ for your quick and helpful replies. I just googled « text editor » and there are multiple apps for IOS so will play with these.Guy, I don't know any track editors so I can't recommend any. I've done what @DoughnutANZ says, I've used a text editor. They will work for files in the gpx format and also for kml ones. They can't be used directly for files in the kmz format (there are ways but you need experience with the kml files first).
It really isn't difficult. Do this: copy full_original.gpx to test.txt and then view that or get into it with a text editor. You'll see that you can remove lines that aren't part of the partial track you want to create. Remove those lines and the waypoints that are outside the area you are interested in. Save the resulting file, exit and rename test.txt to test.gpx and run that though the tools you have and know to check things out.
You can also join multiple files to produce a single track.
I'm sure there are tools that you can find to do the job easier but I've gotten so used to doing things this way I've not bothered to seek them out.
@islandwalker Elaine - Brilliant! Similar to you helping me navigate Wikilocs you have done it again! I have as yet not tried to split the GPX file however my initial question about Elevation Gains/Losses by stage is now answered. Super easy ...Load the GPX file saved on the Mac and then click on the icon which provides segments/tracks at the bottom. Then just click on individual tracks and voila everything I am looking for is there.@GuyA, I've been happy with using GPX Editor, but it is for a Mac. And GPX Studio is great. You can split a track easily and visually by following their directions:
Directions from their user manual: There are two options for splitting tracks:gpx.studio — the online GPX file editor
View, edit and create GPX files online: add, move and delete points, merge multiple files, reverse, add timestamps, edit waypoints and more!gpx.studio
The second option would probably work well for what you want to do. Upload the long track into the editor; click on the pencil; click on the track at each point where you want to split it; and then save all the new, shorter tracks.
- Use the slider in the bottom panel to move the start and end points of the trace. Click on the check box to validate the selection. Check the box. Keep cropped parts in new files and then click on Proceed.
- Enter the edition mode by clicking on the pencil. Then, click on an anchor point or on the line and use the scissors symbol "Split here" to split the trace at a chosen location.
That's exactly what I thought when I first discovered it. It's good you have a Mac to do this on, because it is finicky on a phone. If it ends up not working properly for you, Gaia GPS also allows you to snip the ends of a track and save the new track. I love Gaia for another reason: it lets me put all my routes for a given area on one map (in different colors) and then compare them.GPX Studio is a really neat tool...oh my how many fun hours lie ahead!
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