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[Closed] Extracting route names from .gpx files

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I've just noticed that Strava lets you export all of your activities as a single ZIP file, pretty useful, but the files are named according to the dates recorded, not the name given to them in Strava, so not the easiest to sort though.

Without opening them one by one, does anyone know a way of displaying their names?  I've tried adding some columns like title, description etc in Windows Explorer, but that hasnt helped.

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Posted : 28/01/2018 9:04 am
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Open the gx file in notepad and cackle the names are in the file, if they are not then you can't extract it


 
Posted : 28/01/2018 9:12 am
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The names will be in the files, but looking for a way to display them without having to open files first, as there are 100's.  I could probably have written some code once upon a time to do that sort of thing, but rusty now.

Maybe I've found a use for Garmin Connect, which does use the name's given to gpx files, rather than the date recorded.


 
Posted : 28/01/2018 9:34 am
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Right can't post the GPX extract in here....

Was just checking that the name was going to be in there, no real need to do it but they do, I'd suggest a VBA loop through the directory and search for the name tag, you could probably then save a copy of the file with the new name if it meets filename rules


 
Posted : 28/01/2018 9:45 am
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Thanks, I almost threw my VBA code book away last weekend...


 
Posted : 28/01/2018 9:50 am
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book? How do you cut and paste from a book?


 
Posted : 28/01/2018 9:54 am
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You could try Tapiriik. https://tapiriik.com
Use it to copy all of your activities from Strava to Dropbox. It will give you GPX files, with the activity date and name as the filename.


 
Posted : 28/01/2018 10:00 am