I am using Garmin Explore for a couple of month and I want to migrate my data using gpx import.
Unfortunately, Garmin Explore seems to ignore some of the default gpx standards such as <cmt> (comment) or <desc> (description).
I.e.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <gpx xmlns="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1" creator="" version="1.1" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1 http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1/gpx.xsd"> <wpt lat="37.754007" lon="-122.447175"> <time>2008-04-10T22:28:07Z</time> <name>this is the name of the waypoint</name> <cmt>this is the comment</cmt> <desc>this is some further description</desc> </wpt> </gpx>
Furthermore: if I save some comments to a waypoint inside of Garmin Explore and do an export, the comments are not exported.
I. e.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <gpx creator="Garmin Explore App" version="1.1" xmlns:adv="http://www.garmin.com/xmlschemas/AdventuresExtensions/v1" xmlns:gpxtpx="http://www.garmin.com/xmlschemas/TrackPointExtension/v1" xmlns:gpxtrx="http://www.garmin.com/xmlschemas/GpxExtensions/v3" xmlns:gpxx="http://www.garmin.com/xmlschemas/GpxExtensions/v3" xmlns:trp="http://www.garmin.com/xmlschemas/TripExtensions/v1" xmlns:wptx1="http://www.garmin.com/xmlschemas/WaypointExtension/v1" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1 http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1/gpx.xsd http://www.garmin.com/xmlschemas/WaypointExtension/v1 http://www8.garmin.com/xmlschemas/WaypointExtensionv1.xsd http://www.garmin.com/xmlschemas/TrackPointExtension/v1 http://www.garmin.com/xmlschemas/TrackPointExtensionv1.xsd http://www.garmin.com/xmlschemas/GpxExtensions/v3 http://www8.garmin.com/xmlschemas/GpxExtensionsv3.xsd http://www.garmin.com/xmlschemas/ActivityExtension/v1 http://www8.garmin.com/xmlschemas/ActivityExtensionv1.xsd http://www.garmin.com/xmlschemas/AdventuresExtensions/v1 http://www8.garmin.com/xmlschemas/AdventuresExtensionv1.xsd http://www.garmin.com/xmlschemas/PressureExtension/v1 http://www.garmin.com/xmlschemas/PressureExtensionv1.xsd"> <metadata> <name>Ehrbachklamm</name> <link href="http://www.garmin.com"> <text>Garmin International</text> </link> <time>2022-05-29T10:26:17Z</time> </metadata> <wpt lat="50.190564" lon="7.465851"> <time>2022-05-25T08:49:14Z</time> <name>Ehrbachklamm</name> </wpt> </gpx>
As you can see in the second code snippet, the gpx file even supports the schema https://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1/gpx.xsd which includes desc and cmt elements.
My question/suggestion is: if I can save comments to my waypoints in Garmin Explore already, why not using the standards?
Use case why I use comments and description at all: comments and descriptions are kind of a log book for me where I store experiences I made on a trail/at a waypoint.