[Qgis-user] GPX data in QGIS.

[Charles Dixon-Paver]

Turns out the wikipedia article for GPX has a nice diagram that explains
routes vs tracks etc pretty well...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPS_Exchange_Format

On Thu, 10 Sep 2020 at 21:07, Charles Dixon-Paver <charles at kartoza.com>
wrote:

> I'm not familiar with the app you refer to, but I think the data you're
> after is the attribute information (right click a layer and open attribute
> table).
>
> Routes are an ordered combination of points, which indicate the position
> and direction, whilst tracks are a log of the receiver position over time.
> In practice, if you were just tracking a hike through the forest, it's
> probably not of great importance, however if you were doing field capture
> of high fidelity data (e.g. a road network, with specific start and end
> positions in a street, with the direction indicating traffic flow etc), you
> would probably find the distinction has significantly more value. A more
> experienced expert can correct me if I've caused any confusion, but that's
> my understanding of it anyway.
>
> Regards
>
> On Thu, 10 Sep 2020 at 20:12, J. M <jimimckay at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi there,
>>
>> I can successfully import .gpx files into QGIS, and they are visible and
>> can be clustered in new groups (waypoints, tracks and routes appear as
>> independent layers). The problem I'm having is that I can't seem to find
>> any way to access the data about the routes (distance, time, etc) which is
>> clearly visible in the app I used to create the tracks (the Spanish
>> Geographical Institute app, which I understand is heavily based on Orux
>> Maps). Does anyone have any ideas how to access this data (it's not in the
>> Properties tab)?
>>
>> Also, what's the difference between a route and a track for QGIS? Is it
>> just the direction the track was completed in?
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> Jimi.
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