Add ability to store track color in GPX files.

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barclay

• February 05, 2019 09:15

From https://help.gaiagps.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360025960594-Change-color-of-imported-gpx-track:

Extend the GPX schema to include track color, e.g., by implementing Garmin GPX Extensions v3 (https://www8.garmin.com/xmlschemas/GpxExtensionsv3.xsd) and persisting the track color data within the GPX file.

 

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  jeremymbauman

  • February 05, 2019 16:21

  Yes please!

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  tothetrail

  • February 19, 2019 03:55

  Also for kml and kmz files, please.

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  dames

  • February 28, 2019 11:06

  yes please 

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  Tom

  • March 06, 2019 14:44

  Would help me considerably.

   

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  dsmith

  • April 19, 2019 17:43

  Also from me. For people that do planning in other apps, it's frustrating to have all those colors dropped when importing into Gaia.

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  Nobleman

  • April 24, 2019 18:32

  Yes! Would be a great, even necessary, functionality

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  morrie

  • May 10, 2019 12:30

  Yes, but I also want to set colors directly at gaiagps.com

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  snewton86

  • October 20, 2019 14:05

  This would be great for kml files. The trail system uses color coded difficulty ratings. Would love to preserve the google earth  colors in gaia.

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  Tom

  • October 20, 2019 15:31

  This would be extremely helpful. Now I download 30 colored gmx tracks in a single file and I have to manually change the color on each one. Not easy in Gaia. Not fun.

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  dsmith

  • October 20, 2019 15:37

  If you're terminal-friendly, you all might want to check out gaiagpsclient, which can do this for you, by translating to and from gaia's non-standard track coloring system:

  https://gaiagpsclient.readthedocs.io/en/latest/cookbook.html#colorize-tracks

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  snewton86

  • October 20, 2019 17:52

  ok, sounds like a good idea, i'm good with command line. however, it looks like i'll have to convert my .kmz files to .gpx as gaiagps client doesn't seem to like .kmz files

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  digitalhobbit

  • September 17, 2021 06:03

  Would love this ability as well. I frequently import tracks from TrailsOffroad and have almost gotten lost before because two connected trails had the same color in Gaia.

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  pfps

  • October 14, 2021 21:32

  This is my biggest problem with Gaia.  It is very strange that Gaia on Android does not use the color information in GPX tracks, particularly as exported GPX tracks contain color dummy color information.

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  joshua.johnson3

  • February 14, 2022 20:40

  So update based on my troubleshooting with this since its been an issue with the files i used from groups with trails and color marking is crucial.

  KML/KMZ color maintaining on import does work if using the the website (which means it cant be giant), I have been fighting this for months and finally broke apart a section of the KMZ file I downloaded in google earth and imported on website and track colors and are a colors imported correctly.

  I used the same file in the iOS app (which I had been using for these files all the time due to website would import that big) and even with it being a smaller files it randomized the colors on tracks.

  So I doubt gpx color support will ever be added since its extra and not part of formal GPX spec but just convert it to KML/KMZ in GPS Visualizer and colorize it in Google Earth (it might maintain it in conversion I don't have any to test

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  joshua.johnson3

  • February 14, 2022 20:59

  just tested android app and its even worse and imports them all the same color

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  pfpschneider

  • September 07, 2022 17:38
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  I just tried to import some GPX files on my Android phone and the color is now imported successfully!

   

  I'm specifying colors for tracks as  

  <extensions><TrackExtension><DisplayColor>DarkGray</DisplayColor></TrackExtension></extensions>

   

   

   

   

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