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Free GPX editor: create, edit and plan your tracks

Import a GPX file to cut, merge or clean it up, or draw a route from scratch. Then check the terrain and the weather, on land or on water. Free, no account, right in your browser.

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GPX Edit Pro interface: a 16.8 km hiking track on a topographic map around the Sainte-Victoire, named waypoints, an elevation profile coloured by gradient and the breakdown of surfaces
The editor as it opens: map, track, waypoints, profile and surfaces.
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Who it's for

One tool, three ways to plan an outing

On foot, by bike, on the water, or for others: choose your way in.

Hiking, trail running and cycling

  • Draw a route, or an automatic loop
  • Profile, gradients and ground surfaces
  • Points of interest, sunlight, arrival time
  • Correct and clean up a recorded track

The toolsHiking guideGravel guide

Wind and water sports

  • Animated wind and waves across Europe
  • Spot forecast: gusts, offshore or onshore wind, period, water
  • Tide and coefficient, nearby webcams
  • River descents, coastal kayaking, slipways

Weather mapKayak and paddleboardKite guide

Organisers

  • Split the course into sections for waymarking
  • Route card and passing times
  • Printable PDF map with QR code
  • Share link for volunteers

Organisers' guideRoute card

The tools

Create, edit, analyse, export — one tool per need

Hikers, trail runners, cyclists, kayakers: each feature solves a real problem when preparing or cleaning up a track.

Create

Create a GPX route from scratch

Place points on the map: the routing follows the network for your activity — hiking, road cycling, gravel, MTB, bikepacking, car, or waterways for kayaking. The profile builds up as you go. The automatic loop finds a route from a starting point and a distance.

Import GPX, FIT, TCX or KML

Drag and drop one or several files. Garmin FIT reads directly, with no prior conversion. Several tracks can sit in the same session and be edited together.

Extend an existing track

Pick up a recorded route and add kilometres to either end, with automatic routing. Handy for turning a familiar outing into a longer loop.

Edit

Cut and split a track

Cut in two with one click on the map or on the elevation profile. Or split automatically at regular intervals — every 10 km, every 2 hours — for the stages of a multi-day trip, or to hand each section to a waymarker. Each section becomes a separate track.

Merge and combine

Merge glues your files end to end, automatically reordering segments so the ends meet. Combine analyses intersections between crossing tracks and suggests up to 5 viable loops.

Reverse, reshape, edit points

Flip a route with one click, move the starting point on a loop, warp the track with tags, or switch to point-by-point editing to remove GPS glitches one at a time. Everything is undoable.

Analyse

Elevation profile, ascent and gradient

Interactive profile as soon as you import: hover the curve to find each climb on the map, select an area to extract a segment. Gradient colouring highlights steep sections before you set off.

Ground surfaces — 8 categories

The track is coloured by its mapped or estimated surface from OpenStreetMap: asphalt, paved, compacted, gravel, dirt, grass, rock, sand. A chart gives the breakdown as percentages — you know which tyres to fit.

Points of interest, sunlight and timings

OpenStreetMap POIs along the route: mountain huts, campsites, water points, bakeries. Sunlight shows the shaded stretches based on the terrain and the woodland. The route card gives the passing time at each waypoint and warns you if you will arrive after dark.

Fix & export

Correct, clean up and lighten

Elevation correction removes barometer drift using IGN terrain data in France and Copernicus elsewhere. Clean up removes GPS spikes and the clusters of points recorded during breaks, with a preview before you confirm. Simplify cuts a 50,000-point file down to a few thousand without distorting the track.

Export to GPX, KML, TCX or PDF

Standard GPX export compatible with Garmin, Wahoo, Suunto, Bryton, Polar, Coros, Strava, Komoot and RideWithGPS. Or an A4 PDF map with profile, waypoints and route card, ready to print.

Share by link and QR code

Generate a unique link and its QR code. Your companions open a page with the preview, the distance and the elevation gain, then the track in their own editor — with no account on their side. It is the only feature that leaves your browser: the shared track, like the shared 3D view, is stored in a JSON file on the server — otherwise the link could not open for the recipient.

Wind and water sports

The wind, waves and tide at your spot

For kitesurfing, wing foiling, windsurfing, surfing, sailing, sea kayaking and paddleboarding: the weather map, free, no account.

  • Overview — animated wind and waves across Europe, hour by hour over 7 days, in km/h or knots.
  • Spot forecast — wind, gusts, direction with an offshore or onshore wind dot, waves, period, water, tide and coefficient.
  • My spots and My conditions — your settings for each spot (wind from 20 to 45 km/h, no offshore wind…), and the tool tells you the next window.
  • Fine-grained wind at the water's edge — Météo-France's AROME model (1.5 km) in France, Spain and Portugal, taken over the sea near the shore.
Discover the weather map →
GPX Edit Pro weather map: animated wind over the Atlantic and wave heights off Western Europe
Wind and waves over Western Europe, one Sunday at 9 am.
Kayak, canoe, paddleboard

Planning an outing on the water

The routing also follows rivers, and follows the coast where there are no more paths.

Kayak descent of the Ardèche gorges drawn with the Waterway profile: 22.4 km, 4 h, hazards flagged
The Ardèche gorges: 22.4 km, about 4 h, 26 mapped hazards.
  • Paddle down a river — the Waterway profile follows navigable rivers and canals, and gives the direction of the current and the duration.
  • Hazards — weirs, dams, locks and rapids mapped along the route.
  • Shuttle — the return trip by car between the finish and the start, with distance and duration.
  • Follow the coast — a track 150 or 300 m from the shore, plus slipways with their car parks.
Kayak and paddleboard →
Relief

See your GPX track in relief, before you ride or walk it

An elevation profile tells you how much you'll climb. 3D relief shows you what it actually looks like.

  • Terrain rebuilt from a digital elevation model — the mesh is aligned to the elevation data pixel by pixel, with no smoothing that would flatten out the valleys.
  • Flyover video — the camera follows the track at a constant height above the ground, for a start-to-finish read of the route.
  • Several tracks at once — compare two variants in the real relief and see which one actually skirts the slope.
  • From the editor or on its own — the page works standalone, or receives the track straight from the editor.
Open the 3D visualisation →
4 steps

Edit a GPX track in 4 steps

No installation, no account. Your GPX editor is ready in a few seconds.

1

Import your file

Drag and drop a GPX, FIT, TCX or KML file — or build a route from scratch directly on the map. Import several tracks at once.

2

Analyse the route

Interactive elevation profile, gradients, surfaces, sunlight, weather, route variant comparison — everything is shown in real time.

3

Edit and plan

Cut, merge, reverse, reshape, clean up, correct elevation, add POIs and waypoints — every operation can be undone.

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Export and share

GPX, KML, TCX, A4 PDF map or share link with QR code — compatible with all GPS devices and sports platforms.

Compatibility

All your GPS formats, in one tool

GPX Edit Pro reads files from your GPS devices and sports apps: Garmin, Wahoo, Suunto, Bryton, Polar, Apple Watch, Coros, Sigma and many others.

  • GPX — GPS Exchange Format The universal standard. Compatible with every device and platform (Garmin, Strava, Komoot, Wahoo, RideWithGPS…).
  • FIT — Flexible and Interoperable Data Transfer Garmin's own format, read directly. Keeps heart rate, power and cadence data on import.
  • TCX — Training Center XML The older Garmin Training Center format. Compatible with Polar, Suunto and older Garmin exports.
  • KML — Keyhole Markup Language Google Earth and Maps format. Import routes drawn in Google Maps or built in QGIS.
  • GPX, KML, TCX and PDF map export Standard GPX, accepted everywhere, with points, elevation and waypoints; KML for Google Earth, TCX for Garmin Connect and Polar, and a PDF map to print.
<!-- Example GPX file -->
<gpx version="1.1">
  <trk>
    <name>Col de la Forclaz</name>
    <trkseg>
      <trkpt lat="46.018" lon="6.887">
        <ele>1527</ele>
      </trkpt>
      ... (n points)
    </trkseg>
  </trk>
</gpx>
In detail

Details that make all the difference in practice

What doesn't show at first glance, but makes itself felt from the second session onwards.

  • Routing tailored to your activity

    Choose the profile that matches your outing: hiking, road cycling, gravel, MTB, bikepacking, car or waterway. The engine calculates a realistic path on the right network — not the same roads for a gravel rider as for a cycle tourist.

  • Combine — graph algorithm

    Import tracks that cross each other. The algorithm builds a graph from the intersections, discards dead-end turnarounds and suggests up to 5 viable loops from that path network.

  • Surface detection on your track

    Surface mapped or estimated from OpenStreetMap, in 8 categories (asphalt, gravel, dirt, grass, rock, sand…) via PMTiles vector tiles. Breakdown shown as percentages on the track.

  • IGN terrain data in France, Copernicus worldwide

    Elevation correction relies on IGN RGE ALTI terrain data in France (a grid of about 7 m) and on Copernicus GLO-90 elsewhere (90 m). It removes the slow drift of the barometer without erasing what it measured correctly. The calculation uses your track's coordinates — without sending the file to a server.

  • Weather at any point, and at the summit

    7-day forecasts for any point on your track. If the route climbs, a column shows the conditions at the high point. For wind, waves and tide, the weather map takes over.

  • Bikepacking & long-distance hiking POIs

    Search along your track for every useful shop: supermarkets, bakeries, pharmacies, petrol stations, fountains. And accommodation too: campsites, mountain huts, hotels, guesthouses. Filter by category, view them on the map, add a stop in one click. Essential for planning a self-sufficient crossing.

  • Work saved automatically

    Your changes are kept in your browser: close the tab, reopen the editor, and your tracks and waypoints come back. Nothing is sent to a server. To keep a durable copy or switch devices, export your workspace with My workspace; photos have to be re-imported.

The details that change everything

Keyboard shortcuts for every common action
Automatic save, plus My workspace to keep everything in a file
Drag and drop to reorder tracks
Multi-select to manage tracks in bulk
Adaptive LOD — display adapted to large tracks (50,000+ points), depending on your device
Export the elevation profile as a PNG
Renaming and a custom colour for every track
Optimised mobile interface (bottom-screen dock)
Full history — undo / redo every operation
Estimated duration for 7 sports, at a choice of 5 paces
Real-time geolocation to find yourself on the route
Units of your choice — kilometres or miles, metres or feet
Personal waypoints with notes, kept in the exported GPX
Search for a place or address to recentre the map
Switch base map in one click
13 guides

How to get the most from your GPS tracks

Practical advice for hikers, cyclists, trail runners, kayakers, kitesurfers and organisers.

21 questions

Frequently asked questions

Questions asked by hikers, cyclists, trail runners, kayakers and kitesurfers before planning their outings.

How do I cut a GPX track in two?

Import your file, enable the Cut tool, then click on the map or on the elevation profile. The track splits into two independent files, exportable separately.

How do I merge two GPX files into one?

Import your files at the same time, select them in the track list, then click Merge. The assembly order can be optimised automatically so the ends meet. A single GPX file comes out, ready to export.

What's the difference between Merge and Combine?

Merge glues tracks end to end. Combine analyses intersections between several crossing tracks and generates up to 5 viable loops with no dead-end turnarounds — useful for assembling small local routes (trail paths, MTB loops, hiking tracks) into bigger loops.

How can I see the surface type on my route (tarmac, gravel, trail)?

In the Analyze menu, turn on Surface by color. The track is coloured by its mapped or estimated surface (OpenStreetMap) in 8 categories: asphalt, paved, compacted, gravel, dirt, grass, rock, sand. A chart shows the breakdown as percentages.

How do I check the weather on my route?

Analyze → Weather here gives the 7-day forecast at the start of the track, or at the spot you right-click; if the route climbs, a column gives the weather at the summit. The Weather button in the toolbar opens the wind, wave and tide map.

How do I reverse a GPX track?

Select your track and click Reverse. The route flips in one click — handy for turning an outbound leg into a return leg.

My GPX file has wrong altitudes. How do I fix it?

Use Correct elevation in the Edit menu. The tool compares your profile with the terrain: IGN RGE ALTI in France, Copernicus GLO-90 elsewhere. It removes the slow drift of the barometer and keeps the details it measured correctly; points without elevation take the terrain value. The calculation runs in your browser.

How do I reduce the size of a GPX file that's too heavy?

Simplify in the Edit panel. The Douglas-Peucker algorithm reduces the number of points while keeping the track's overall shape. Set the tolerance in metres and see the result live — a 50,000-point file can drop to 3,000 with no visible distortion. Essential for GPS devices with limited memory.

How do I create a GPX track from scratch?

Click Draw → Via routing in the toolbar and place points on the map. The routing finds the path for the profile you choose: hiking, road cycling, MTB, gravel, bikepacking, car or waterway. Export to GPX when it is ready.

How do I convert a Garmin FIT file to GPX?

Import your .fit file directly — GPX Edit Pro reads Garmin FIT files with no intermediate conversion. The elevation profile and statistics show up immediately. Then export to standard GPX, compatible with every sports platform.

How do I remove a section in the middle of a track?

Cut at the start of the section to remove, then at the end. Delete the middle piece. Merge the two remaining pieces back together. Or switch to Edit points mode to remove points one by one.

How do I split a track every 10 km automatically?

Split by interval in the Edit menu. Choose a distance (for example every 10 km) or a duration (every 2 hours) — each section becomes a separate track that can be exported on its own. Handy for the stages of a multi-day trip, or for sharing out the waymarking of a race among several volunteers.

Where can I see the wind, waves and tide at a kite, surf or kayak spot?

The Weather button in the toolbar opens a map of animated wind and waves over 7 days. Clicking a spot gives the forecast table in 3-hour steps: wind, gusts, direction, offshore or onshore wind, waves, period, water temperature, tide and coefficient. Save your spots and your conditions: the tool tells you the next window that suits you.

How do I plan a river descent by kayak or canoe?

Create a route with the Waterway profile: the routing follows navigable rivers and canals and shows the direction of the current and the duration. Hazards finds the mapped weirs, dams and rapids; Shuttle works out the return trip by car. At the seaside, Follow the coast draws a route 150 or 300 m from the shore. → Kayak and paddleboard

How do I add a mountain hut or a food stop to my track?

Enable Points of interest (POI) and filter by category: mountain huts, guesthouses, campsites, fountains, supermarkets, bakeries, pharmacies, petrol stations, car parks, passes, summits. Click a POI to automatically detour your track through it, then rejoin the main route. Essential for planning food stops and accommodation on a multi-day trip.

How do I see the gradient profile before a bike or trail outing?

The elevation profile shows as soon as you import a file. Enable Gradient by colour to see steep sections on the map — green for flat stretches, red for severe climbs.

How do I view a GPX track in 3D?

Open the 3D visualisation from the editor, or directly on its own dedicated page, then load your file. The terrain is rebuilt from a digital elevation model with the track placed on it, at the correct relief. You can rotate the landscape, overlay several variants to see which one actually skirts the slope, and run a flyover video that follows the route start to finish.

Will the edited track work on Garmin, Wahoo, Strava?

Yes. GPX export uses the universal format, compatible with Garmin Connect, Wahoo ELEMNT, Suunto, Bryton, Polar, Coros, Sigma, Strava, Komoot and RideWithGPS.

Are my GPX files sent to a server?

No, unless you create a share link. Import, editing, analysis and export all happen entirely in your browser: your files never leave your device. The one exception is sharing — a track or a 3D view — which stores the route in a JSON file hosted on the server, since otherwise the recipient couldn't open the link. Optional features (weather, elevation correction, routing, POIs) contact external services, which receive, among other things, your IP address and the coordinates needed for the calculation. Details in the privacy policy.

Does it work on a phone?

Yes. The interface is optimised for mobile with a tool dock at the bottom of the screen and touch-friendly buttons. Works on Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Edge, on Android and iOS. The main drawing, editing, analysis and export features are adapted to phones. Some advanced features, notably Reshape and 3D video creation, need a computer (details in the manual).

Is it really free?

Yes. GPX Edit Pro is entirely free: no adverts, no account to create. Every feature is available with no restrictions — editing, surface analysis, weather, PDF export, activity simulation and sharing.

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