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GPX (the GPS Exchange Format) is a light-weight XML data format for the interchange of GPS data. Source: http://www.topografix.com/gpx.asp

GPX (the GPS Exchange Format) is a light-weight XML data format for the interchange of GPS data (waypoints, routes, and tracks) between applications and Web services on the Internet.

It was devised by Topographix.

Current Status

The GPX 1.1 schema was released on August 9, 2004.

Gpx example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<gpx version="1.1" creator="GeoWgs84 Harness">
  <metadata>
    <bounds minlat="-22.92166941" minlon="44.37930616" maxlat="-20.11240872" maxlon="45.58278193" />
  </metadata>
  <wpt lat="-22.85100527" lon="45.57800895">
    <name>Ox</name>
    <sym>Dot</sym>
  </wpt>
  <rte>
    <name>Spiral</name>
    <rtept lat="-22.85100527" lon="45.57800895">
      <name>Ox</name>
      <sym>Dot</sym>
    </rtept>
    <rtept lat="-22.85091497" lon="45.57800895">
      <name>A00</name>
      <sym>Dot</sym>
    </rtept>
    <rtept lat="-22.85083842" lon="45.57808352">
      <name>A01</name>
      <sym>Dot</sym>
    </rtept>
    <rtept lat="-22.85100527" lon="45.57800895">
      <name>Ox</name>
      <sym>Dot</sym>
    </rtept>
    <rtept lat="-22.85074986" lon="45.57828453">
      <name>A02</name>
      <sym>Dot</sym>
    </rtept>
    <rtept lat="-22.85072882" lon="45.57872908">
      <name>A03</name>
      <sym>Dot</sym>
    </rtept>
    <rtept lat="-22.85100527" lon="45.57800895">
      <name>Ox</name>
      <sym>Dot</sym>
    </rtept>
    <rtept lat="-22.85100526" lon="45.57956788">
      <name>A04</name>
      <sym>Dot</sym>
    </rtept>
    <rtept lat="-22.85211105" lon="45.58088949">
      <name>A05</name>
      <sym>Dot</sym>
    </rtept>
    <rtept lat="-22.85100527" lon="45.57800895">
      <name>Ox</name>
      <sym>Dot</sym>
    </rtept>
    <rtept lat="-22.85509172" lon="45.58241839">
      <name>A06</name>
      <sym>Dot</sym>
    </rtept>
    <rtept lat="-22.86168376" lon="45.58278193">
      <name>A07</name>
      <sym>Dot</sym>
    </rtept>
    <rtept lat="-22.85100527" lon="45.57800895">
      <name>Ox</name>
      <sym>Dot</sym>
    </rtept>
    <rtept lat="-22.87412204" lon="45.57800895">
      <name>A08</name>
      <sym>Dot</sym>
    </rtept>
    <rtept lat="-22.89371830" lon="45.55891257">
      <name>A09</name>
      <sym>Dot</sym>
    </rtept>
    <rtept lat="-22.85100527" lon="45.57800895">
      <name>Ox</name>
      <sym>Dot</sym>
    </rtept>
    <rtept lat="-22.91637356" lon="45.50742620">
      <name>A10</name>
      <sym>Dot</sym>
    </rtept>
    <rtept lat="-22.92166941" lon="45.39356015">
      <name>A11</name>
      <sym>Dot</sym>
    </rtept>
    <rtept lat="-22.85100527" lon="45.57800895">
      <name>Ox</name>
      <sym>Dot</sym>
    </rtept>
    <rtept lat="-22.85050504" lon="45.17892468">
      <name>A12</name>
      <sym>Dot</sym>
    </rtept>
    <rtept lat="-22.56621709" lon="44.84211913">
      <name>A13</name>
      <sym>Dot</sym>
    </rtept>
    <rtept lat="-22.85100527" lon="45.57800895">
      <name>Ox</name>
      <sym>Dot</sym>
    </rtept>
    <rtept lat="-21.80087521" lon="44.45769348">
      <name>A14</name>
      <sym>Dot</sym>
    </rtept>
    <rtept lat="-20.11240872" lon="44.37930616">
      <name>A15</name>
      <sym>Dot</sym>
    </rtept>
    <rtept lat="-22.85100527" lon="45.57800895">
      <name>Ox</name>
      <sym>Dot</sym>
    </rtept>
  </rte>
  <extensions />
</gpx>

Resources

Gpx 1.1 documentation
Developers forum
Wikipedia article on GPX

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