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Tech help singletrack GPX files

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I’m having trouble with my iPhone and the GPX files in the new route guides,I’ve tried from both the website and the QR code in the magazine. When I download them they look like they are just text maybe HTML? When I click on them then click ‘open with’ it says no apps available. If I try to import from the OS app the file appears faint and not clickable. I downloaded another GPX viewer app to try importing to that with exactly the same result. I’m not at all techy so any suggestions welcome.

cheers Russ


 
Posted : 11/07/2026 1:12 pm
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Is this all the files, or just the Long Mynd one on the last issue? That was definitely broken - it contains the raw data but none of the xml tags that programs need to make sense of it. It was reported, but I don't know if it was ever fixed. Mark uploaded a working version to ViewGPX https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/stw-167/#post-13746942


 
Posted : 11/07/2026 1:39 pm
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It’s the Calderdale route too. Interestingly I followed that link to the one Mark posted and I get exactly the same result with that too, just like a text document that I can’t open or import. I’m a bit lost!


 
Posted : 12/07/2026 1:15 am
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When I download them they look like they are just text maybe HTML?

Actually GPX files are text files - you can open them with a text editor. If it won't load into an appropriate mapping app it's probably a faulty file.


 
Posted : 12/07/2026 7:26 am