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Format

GPS Exchange Format

Summary

Name
GPS Exchange Format
Version
1.1
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/1134
Format type
Text (Mark-up)
Description
GPX is an XML schema used by various software applications and websites to show and describe GPS data such as routes, tracks, projecting GPS data onto maps and annotating maps.
File extensions
gpx
Source
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Relationships

Has priority over
Is subtype of

Internal signatures

GPX 1.1

Note
BOF: XML declaration{8-512}GPX 1.1 namespace http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
3C3F786D6C2076657273696F6E3D(22|27){8-512}687474703A2F2F7777772E746F706F6772616669782E636F6D2F4750582F312F3122
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Added in V96

    Release date
    21 January 2020

    GPS Exchange Format 1.1: Signature updated to increase length of possible bytes between the xml declaration and magic bytes. Submitted by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as part of PRONOM Research Week 2019.

    GPS Exchange Format 1.1: Signature developed and samples provided by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as part of PRONOM Research Week 2019.

  • Added in V94

    Release date
    17 September 2018

    GPS Exchange Format: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.

    GPS Exchange Format: Full entry added.