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Format

GPS Exchange Format

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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.
File extensions
gpx
Source
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Relationships

Has priority over

Internal signatures

GPX 1.0

Note
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

  • Added in V96

    Release date
    21 January 2020

    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.

    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.