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• speedster.max Posts: 16 [Apprentice Traveler]

  March 2020

  What I want to ask, is there a place where I can find out what is wrong with the GPX file? Or is it mydrive?

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• danielforniestomtom Posts: 26
  Staff

  April 2020 Accepted Answer

  Hi speedster.max,
  
  The GPX files aren't wrong per-se, but they have a particular characteristic: they have multiple trkseg elements inside.
  Particularly in the Margueritruten case, there are lots of non-connected segments for which our clients don't have good support since we try to map one GPX file to one route, whereas in this case you could argue you have multiple routes to connect.
  A trick to overcome this for now could be to put each trkseg in its own GPX file and then you should be able to import them all, each becoming one track/route.
  This is a topic of discussion in our team where we are still debating how to approach this situation. One option in the future might be that we'll split each trkseg as a separate track, unless the coordinates seem linked to other ones. But I can't tell you yet if/when that'll be supported.
  If you or anybody else is finding this issue often please let us know.
  
  Meanwhile I hope the above helps a little bit.
  Best Regards,
  
  MyDrive Web / Road Trips Team.

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• RoadRider Posts: 634 [Revered Pioneer]

  April 2020

  Hi @danielforniestomtom
  
  Would it be possible to support Track segment a little bit different than your proposal above?
  
  I am thinking about the following approach;
  
  When a Track is loaded with multiple track segments ask the User which segment to activate when he hits Drive. (and default the segment with the closest Starting point)
  At the end of a track segment inform the driver the segment has ended.
  Ask if he wants to Pause, Stop or Continue and make Continue default with a timer (Just like the timer at power loss)
  
  This way we can use track segments also as Stops. Manny people miss a popper Lunch Stop or Tank Stop option using tracks on their TomTom Rider.
  Personally, I also think this makes track segments also easier to understand for most users than splitting them into separate tracks.
  
  (I already started an experiment once to convert route-points with “Stop” in their name placed in the route section of a .GPX file automatically into track segments in the track section. (Using the nearest track-point in a radius) (and the same option for POI's because there often used as Stop indicator in Garmin Routes) This worked in several apps including MyDrive Web. Sadly, the TomTom Rider converts all track segments back in to one track when the track is loaded. So, I stopped this experiment.)
  
  I agree with you that in this example with unconnected track segments it would be better to convert them to separate tracks and even separate GPX files. But even with this files my approach will still be easy to work with.
  

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• Lazyboy Posts: 15 [Apprentice Seeker]

  July 2020

  Using routeplanner and connect to Rider with orig. USB cable. ( will not transferd files)
  Second... Place my GPX files on SD card, and mount it on device.
  1. Rider can not read files direct from SD card, need to copy to rider.
  2. When copy is done, the track will show double up! ( as to routes with same name !)
  
  

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• RoadRider Posts: 634 [Revered Pioneer]

  August 2020

  Both a Track and a Route version (also converted to a Track) is normal. Most route planners save both a route and a track in a .GPX file. Your TomTom Rider reads them and imports them as Track.
  Always use the track version. (One conversion less)
  
  When you do not like the route version to be imported you can use “Keep Track” to remover routes in a .GPX file.
  
  https://roadrider.jouwweb.nl/keep-track

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