TCX files

[RPO6825]

Anyone familiar with the TCX files one can export from an iPhone? What is it good for? can it be imported into another app? Any thoughts?

[MrMarv]

@RPO6825 -

Training Center XML files (created by Garmin) are used to pass along to another application GPS waypoints so they can support the mapping of the route taken as well as "activity information".

The above is used to display maps in the mobile app and the web activities records.

Depending on the activity being tracked, the file may contain heart rate, steps and other information.

My treadmill exercises export pretty much nothing into the TCX files, as do auto-recognized "sport" exercises that are often generated during heavy gardening - I stripped and dug out a lemon tree yesterday and my Versa 2 recognized it as a "Sport" session.

My 3/4 mile round trip walk the other day to the "Corner Store" (okay - 7eleven) contained total time, total distance, total calorie burn as well as data for each second of the trip including time, latitude, longitude, altitude, distance in meters (always zero for each second - I walk fast but not that fast) and heart rate.

<Id>2020-09-25T09:32:06.000-07:00</Id>
<Lap StartTime="2020-09-25T09:32:06.000-07:00">
   <TotalTimeSeconds>1414.0</TotalTimeSeconds>
   <DistanceMeters>1262.0600000000002</DistanceMeters>
   <Calories>126</Calories>
   <Intensity>Active</Intensity>
   <TriggerMethod>Manual</TriggerMethod>
   <Track>
      <Trackpoint>
      <Time>2020-09-25T09:32:06.000-07:00</Time>
      <Position>
         <LatitudeDegrees>33.65292239189148</LatitudeDegrees>
         <LongitudeDegrees>-117.92611742019653</LongitudeDegrees>
      </Position>
      <AltitudeMeters>29.50960000092659</AltitudeMeters>
      <DistanceMeters>0.0</DistanceMeters>
      <HeartRateBpm>
         <Value>74</Value>
      </HeartRateBpm>
      </Trackpoint>

The web dashboard's Activity page exercise records can also be exported as TCX files.

I hope the above helps.

[RPO6825]

Thanks. I pretty much figured that out on my own. What I was interested in was if there was another app I could import it into that would be useful. Just for grins, I tried importing it into Google Earth. Surprise, surprise...it worked. I guess I'll fool around with it a little more & see what I can come up with. Well anyway, thanks again. Regards, Roy.