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 <char...@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 <jimimc...@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. >> _______________________________________________ >> Qgis-user mailing list >> Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org >> List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > >
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