Disclaimer: I have no affiliation with the app or creator, nor with Apple - just a satisfied user wanting to share with other Mac users looking for a useful app. It's a very useful app and definitely worth the five bucks the creator is asking for it. It has more advanced features which I haven't dug into yet (and their help documentation is a bit sparse/basic), but for simple creation and editing, which are my biggest needs, it works very well. Tested both the modified and newly created ones in my GPS (Lowrance HDS 7) and they loaded/displayed fine. Track Draw feature lets you trace your planned route and view elevation changes, helping you estimate the difficulty of a hike or bike ride. You can view maps, plan routes, and mark waypoints and tracks from your computer and then transfer them to your device. I also played around with creating a file from scratch over the satellite map, and was able to create a good track and waypoints and export it as a. Use BaseCamp to plan your next hiking, biking, motorcycling, driving or off-roading trip. gpx track for an upcoming ride - removed parts of the tracklog that were off-course, added a few waypoints for turns and points of interest. Using it is fairly intuitive - I downloaded it last night and after playing around with it for a few minutes and reading the online manual, I was able to clean up an existing. It allows you to create/modify tracks, waypoints, etc., provides several different map overlays (Apple Standard/Satellite, Google Standard/Terrain/Satellite, Open Street Maps) or you can import your own map tiles. Digging around a bit, I discovered an app called GPX Editor in the App Store. I've been using Garmin BaseCamp, but looking for something better. If you have never manually uploaded a track before, here’s a helpful link: Still Need Help? No WorriesĪs always, if you ever have a question or would like assistance, give us a shout on the Facebook group, Facebook page, or send us an email.I run exclusively Mac for my computers (desktop/laptop) and have been looking for a good app to edit. You have edited your track! Now you can upload it to your Top Trail account manually.
Save the edited track on your computer in a place where you will be able to find it when you use the “Add Ride” screen on Top Trail for the manual upload process.Ĭongratulations. Then go to the “File” menu and pull down to select “Export Selected User Data.” This file shows the points at the end of the track selected for deletion.Īfter you have selected the points to be deleted click the “gear” symbol as shown in the screen shot and select “Delete Selected Point(s).”ĭrop your cursor in the Summary box and Select All. You can also open a GPX file in a variety of desktop and. The map data the file contains will appear in Google Maps. In that window, select the Import button that appears underneath the Untitled layer. Usually they’re all at the beginning or all at the end. Opening the Google Maps menu and selecting Your places. Scroll through the Summary and select all the points that should not be included in the track. Now double click the name of the track as shown in the diagram and your trail maps will appear along with a detailed summary of each point in the ride. Look in that folder for your file and select it. Hopefully you have a “Downloads” folder where all your downloads go :). You will be directed to your computer’s finder. Pull down “File” and select “Import into ‘My Collection’.” In BaseCamp, click “My Collection” (left hand column under “On My Computer”) to highlight where the file will go…
Once you have downloaded the GPX file to your computer, launch (open) the BaseCamp app on your computer.
Or you can download the track from your Ride Log > Ride Detail screen on your Top Trail account.
There are different processes for different apps.
How To Do This - You Can Do It - Really, You Can!įirst you have to get the GPX file of your ride from your app to your computer. OR, you can learn a new skill and that is editing the track yourself and uploading it manually to your account. What to do? Well, you can contact us at and let us know what happened along with attaching the original. So you upload the track to your Top Trail account and it’s then that you realize the track you just uploaded is 18 miles in length… but you only rode about 8. Sometime later in the day or even the next day you remembered you need to upload your ride track to Top Trail. You finished the ride, untacked, loaded up, and headed home. Here’s the scenario… You trailered out and enjoyed a lovely ride at your favorite trailhead with your favorite pony. Join Top Trail Today and Start Logging YOUR Ride Tracks It’s happened to all of us…