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Error uploading GPX

Former Member over 12 years ago

Hi,

I downloaded a GPX from Strava of a ride my friend did but I get errors uploading. I can upload rides that I recorded myself then downloaded GPX from strava (from before I got Garmin edge 500) but not the rides of other people. Is this asecurity/permissions problem?

Many thanks, Alex

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0 Former Member over 12 years ago

I have more or less the same problem and NO ANSWER from Garmin !!!

even *.tcx file ( done from the training center ) which is a garmin file is not uploadable in garmin connect and NOBODY knows why !!!

0 Former Member over 12 years ago

Does the GPX file have timestamps? If it doesn't, then you can't upload it to Garmin Connect.

0 Former Member over 12 years ago

What are timestamps?

Thanks,

Alex

0 Former Member over 12 years ago

Timestamps are tags in the GPX file, which give the date and time at each point in the track. GPX is an XML format, so you can open it in a text editor (eg Notepad) to look at it.
It should be a list of points, that look something like this:

<trkpt lat="57.640765" lon="-4.648099">

    <ele>426.192</ele>

    <time>2013-06-28T12:05:38Z</time>

</trkpt>

<trkpt lat="57.640765" lon="-4.648099">

    <ele>426.304</ele>

    <time>2013-06-28T12:05:39Z</time>

</trkpt>

If it doesn't have the time tags, then uploading to Garmin Connect won't work.
You could attach an example file that doesn't work. Or post a sample from it, then I can check if it looks correct.