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Format

GPS Exchange Format

Summary

Name
GPS Exchange Format
Version
1.0
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/243
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. Version 1.0 was released in 2002.
Format encoding
Text
File extensions
gpx
Submitted by
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Relationships

Has priority over

Internal signatures

GPX 1.0

Description
BOF:'<?xml version='{8-512}'http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/0"'

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
3C3F786D6C2076657273696F6E3D{8-512}687474703A2F2F7777772E746F706F6772616669782E636F6D2F4750582F312F3022
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • V96

    Release date
    21 January 2020
    • Added signature

      GPS Exchange Format 1.0: Signature developed and samples provided by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as part of PRONOM Research Week 2019.

    • Updated

      GPS Exchange Format 1.0: Description updated, changed from generic to 1.0 version and signature added. Submitted by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as part of PRONOM Research Week 2019.