[Xastir] Feature idea for Xastir

[Curt, WE7U]

On Fri, 5 Oct 2007, Jason Winningham wrote:

> I did notice this, though:  GPX, an XML schema for "waypoint, route,
> and track" exchange.  Could be interesting to include in xastir if
> XML support is included along the way.
>
> http://www.topografix.com/gpx.asp

Side topic:  Seen the xastir/scripts/gpx2shape script?

"gpsbabel" also supports GPX format.

FWIW you can download user-created trail files from the Topo site
(mapXchange) then convert them for use with Xastir via "gpsbabel",
but you don't need GPX format at all in this particular case.

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