[GIS] Exporting all attributes from a GPX file

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I have a GPX file that i have imported into Google Earth, it looks like this.
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When I try and use the GPX to features tool in ArcGIS, it does not export out all the attributes..
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It seems that GE has access to more data. What do I need to do to export all the attributes shown in the Google Earth popup into my feature class.

Thanks

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I would try GPS Babel or QGIS. GPS Babel can convert the GPX to a KML or CSV file, QGIS can open the file for viewing and you can convert it to shapefile or basically any other GIS format.

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You can use ogr2ogr with the -sql option to specify columns equivalence of the shapefile to the gpx.

Here is an example from the ogr documentation:
ogr2ogr -f GPX output.gpx input.shp -sql "SELECT field1 AS name, field2 AS desc FROM input"

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In QGIS, you can add a GPX file using Add Vector Layer. In a dialogue you will be asked for the layers you want:

waypoints
tracks
track_points
routes
route_points

You get the track points with attributes using the track_points layer.

The alternative method of adding GPX files with the GPS Tool does not offer the trackpoints layer.

By the way, track points are not numbered in original GPX format:

<trkpt lat="51.320262" lon="7.132114">
 <ele>181.000000</ele>
 <time>2014-05-04T07:25:03Z</time>
 <desc>Lat.=51.320262, Long.=7.132114, Alt.=181.000000m, Speed=2Km/h, Course=140deg.</desc>
</trkpt>
<trkpt lat="51.320227" lon="7.132158">
 <ele>181.000000</ele>
 <time>2014-05-04T07:25:08Z</time>
 <desc>Lat.=51.320227, Long.=7.132158, Alt.=181.000000m, Speed=3Km/h, Course=142deg.</desc>
</trkpt>

They get an internal ID when they are imported into QGIS as points. You can compare the time stamp though.

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