Tracks & GPX

A track is a GPS breadcrumb of where you actually went. Record one as you travel, save it, then come back to it later or export to other apps.

Recording a track Pro

GPS tracking is part of Pro. Once you're subscribed:

  1. Tap the locate button on the left strip to start GPS.
  2. Tap it again to start recording — a moving marker appears and a breadcrumb trails behind you as you move.
  3. Drive, ride, or walk. The track records in the background while you use the rest of the app.
  4. Tap the locate button a third time to stop. You'll be asked if you want to save the track.

Tracks keep recording even when the app is in the background, but if your phone goes to sleep or the OS aggressively kills the app (looking at you, Samsung), you may lose accuracy. Plug in for long days.

Saving a track

When you stop recording, you'll see a save sheet:

  • Name — give it something memorable. "Moab dispersed loop" beats "Track 47."
  • Color — pick a color so it's distinguishable from other tracks on the map.
  • Distance + duration — auto-calculated from the GPS data; nothing to fill in.

Saved tracks appear on your map and in the My Tracks panel.

Viewing your tracks

Open the side panel and find My Tracks. You'll see a list of every track you've saved with name, distance, date, and color. Tap a track to fly to it on the map; tap again to fit the whole track in view.

Each track has a delete button if you want to clean up old ones.

Exporting to GPX

From the GPX tools panel (the icon on the right side of the map):

  1. Tap Export.
  2. Pick which tracks to include. You can grab one, several, or all of them.
  3. Tap export — you'll get a .gpx file you can save, share, or upload to Gaia, OnX, Caltopo, your Garmin, etc.

Importing GPX

Got a track from another app or a friend? Drop it in.

  1. From GPX tools, tap Import.
  2. Pick the .gpx file from your device.
  3. The track shows up on your map in a temporary color. Save it to make it permanent.

Imported tracks are treated like any other saved track — they show up in My Tracks, you can rename and recolor them, you can re-export them.

Big GPX files. A few thousand points is fine. Tens of thousands of points (e.g. a whole season of mountain biking from Strava) may slow the map down. Trim or split big files in another tool first.

Track privacy

Tracks are private. Only you see them. There's no community feed of tracks; no leaderboard; no Strava-style heatmap. They exist for your own reference.

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