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geoffc309
29/02/2012 at 13:08

Anyone know please why I can't open gpx files from this site on memory map? I use

http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/    regularly and there is no problem with gpx from that site. There are also other walking sites were the gpx also doesn't work for me.

Any advice gratefully received.

Jester*
01/03/2012 at 11:08
Sometimes it tries to open using mmo as default. Open Memory map first, then open gpx, rather than clicking on a gpx and right clicking then trying to open with MM.
geoffc309
01/03/2012 at 15:39

Thanks Jester but I have followed your suggestion with no avail.

Now on this site, pick a route and left click the gpx link and the 404 error message comes up. So right click and save link on the desktop as gpx file. But memory map doesn't want to know it even when open!

If other members of this site can open these files then must be my mm version or settings?

UKJeeper
01/03/2012 at 15:57
Just for grins i had a quick look at the GPX file for my closest walk, Boxley, using notepad. Its not a valid GPX file!
Edited: 01/03/2012 at 16:07
UKJeeper
01/03/2012 at 16:03
Same for other trails, such as "Offas dyke circular walk". They might appear to be GPX files, but there's no actual GPX info in them.


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geoffc309
01/03/2012 at 19:18
  As said some of the downloads are not gpx files, but some are. mm won't open them but easygps does. Then save as gpx file and mm will then open it. Don't know why mm doesn't open in the first place but there we are.
UKJeeper
03/03/2012 at 10:32
Which route(s) specifically are you trying to download/open?
geoffc309
03/03/2012 at 17:15

Try route 1117

http://www.outdoorsmagic.com/routes/route.aspx?RouteId=1117

UKJeeper
05/03/2012 at 14:57
Thats not a GPX file. In any way, shape or form. Open the file in Notepad, it looks like this:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"/>
<title>404 - File or directory not found.</title>
<style type="text/css">
<!--
body{margin:0;font-size:.7em;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;backgroundEEEEEE;}
fieldset{padding:0 15px 10px 15px;}
h1{font-size:2.4em;margin:0;colorFFF;}
h2{font-size:1.7em;margin:0;colorCC0000;}
h3{font-size:1.2em;margin:10px 0 0 0;color000000;}
#header{width:96%;margin:0 0 0 0;padding:6px 2% 6px 2%;font-family:"trebuchet MS", Verdana, sans-serif;colorFFF;
background-color555555;}
#content{margin:0 0 0 2%;position:relative;}
.content-container{backgroundFFF;width:96%;margin-top:8px;padding:10px;position:relative;}
-->
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="header"><h1>Server Error</h1>
<div id="content">
<div class="content-container"><fieldset>
<h2>404 - File or directory not found.</h2>
<h3>The resource you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.</h3>
</fieldset>

</body>
</html>

All that script does is instruct the webpage to tell you there is no file. (The bit i bolded and highlighted is a big clue. BTW, ignore the emoticons, that's just the forum trying to make sense of what's there)

Edited: 05/03/2012 at 15:02
UKJeeper
05/03/2012 at 14:58
A real GPX file will look something like this. A list of waypoints which, when loaded into a GPS device, will show a route.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<gpx version="1.1"
creator="Memory-Map 5.1.3.716 http://www.memory-map.com"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1"
xsichemaLocation="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1 http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1/gpx.xsd">
<rte>
<name><![CDATA[Route2]]></name>
<type><![CDATA[Route]]></type>
<rtept lat="51.6865752550" lon="0.6631843935">
<name><![CDATA[WP0201]]></name>
<sym><![CDATA[Dot]]></sym>
<type><![CDATA[Waypoints]]></type>
</rtept>
<rtept lat="51.6848435433" lon="0.6622146254">
<name><![CDATA[WP0202]]></name>
<sym><![CDATA[Dot]]></sym>
<type><![CDATA[Waypoints]]></type>
</rtept>
<rtept lat="51.6839853944" lon="0.6623812866">
<name><![CDATA[WP0203]]></name>
<sym><![CDATA[Dot]]></sym>
<type><![CDATA[Waypoints]]></type>
</rtept>
<rtept lat="51.6843393661" lon="0.6665978431">
<name><![CDATA[WP0204]]></name>
<sym><![CDATA[Dot]]></sym>
<type><![CDATA[Waypoints]]></type>
</rtept>
<rtept lat="51.6850743321" lon="0.6718496933">
<name><![CDATA[WP0205]]></name>
<sym><![CDATA[Dot]]></sym>
<type><![CDATA[Waypoints]]></type>
</rtept>
<rtept lat="51.6852840662" lon="0.6725131308">
<name><![CDATA[WP0206]]></name>
<sym><![CDATA[Dot]]></sym>
<type><![CDATA[Waypoints]]></type>
</rtept>
<rtept lat="51.6857072804" lon="0.6756488304">
<name><![CDATA[WP0207]]></name>
<sym><![CDATA[Dot]]></sym>
<type><![CDATA[Waypoints]]></type>
</rtept>
<rtept lat="51.6846715699" lon="0.6776856528">
<name><![CDATA[WP0208]]></name>
<sym><![CDATA[Dot]]></sym>
<type><![CDATA[Waypoints]]></type>
</rtept>
<rtept lat="51.6844870005" lon="0.6778917827">
<name><![CDATA[WP0209]]></name>
<sym><![CDATA[Dot]]></sym>
<type><![CDATA[Waypoints]]></type>
</rtept>
<rtept lat="51.6828064601" lon="0.6746820146">
<name><![CDATA[WP0210]]></name>
<sym><![CDATA[Dot]]></sym>
<type><![CDATA[Waypoints]]></type>
</rtept>
<rtept lat="51.6800863976" lon="0.6717006185">
<name><![CDATA[WP0211]]></name>
<sym><![CDATA[Dot]]></sym>
<type><![CDATA[Waypoints]]></type>
</rtept>
<rtept lat="51.6783246389" lon="0.6700779189">
<name><![CDATA[WP0212]]></name>
<sym><![CDATA[Dot]]></sym>
<type><![CDATA[Waypoints]]></type>
</rtept>
<rtept lat="51.6770168500" lon="0.6682650568">
<name><![CDATA[WP0213]]></name>
<sym><![CDATA[Dot]]></sym>
<type><![CDATA[Waypoints]]></type>
</rtept>
<rtept lat="51.6760573857" lon="0.6689319180">
<name><![CDATA[WP0214]]></name>
<sym><![CDATA[Dot]]></sym>
<type><![CDATA[Waypoints]]></type>
</rtept>
<rtept lat="51.6738120418" lon="0.6687998649">
<name><![CDATA[WP0215]]></name>
<sym><![CDATA[Dot]]></sym>
<type><![CDATA[Waypoints]]></type>
</rtept>
<rtept lat="51.6737906914" lon="0.6697388253">
<name><![CDATA[WP0216]]></name>
<sym><![CDATA[Dot]]></sym>
<type><![CDATA[Waypoints]]></type>
>



(Edited to fit character length restriction on this forum)
Edited: 05/03/2012 at 15:02
UKJeeper
05/03/2012 at 15:12

Here you go. I knocked up a proper GPX file, based on 'route 1117' shown in the picture on your linked page. Download this and stick it in your device.

Right click, save as.

Edited: 05/03/2012 at 15:16
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