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KML, KMZ and FIT in the Library, and the days of a ride kept apart

· 2 min read
Massimo Di Stefano
Massimo Di Stefano
FastGIS author

The Library's Import and export now reads KML, KMZ and FIT files besides GPX and GeoJSON, previews a web address before saving it, keeps the days of a ride apart on the map, and exports a zip of one GPX per item.

The server reads the file​

Drop a file and the server reads it as it came, then answers what it would create, without saving anything: that answer is the preview beside the map. A Garmin FIT activity, a KML from Google Earth or a zipped KMZ shows up the same way as a GPX. Already in your library is now said by content: the same line, point for point, even when it runs the other way.

A web address gets a look first​

Paste the address of a file and press Preview. It is listed and drawn like a file, and nothing reaches your library until you press Save.

The days of a ride​

A ride over three days that comes as one file with a track per day is still one item, but it keeps each day as a part of its own: the map draws the days, not a straight line from the end of one to the start of the next. A file of separate trails, such as a TET country file, still becomes an item per trail.

Out again, in one go​

The export asks the server once for everything you chose. Besides one GPX, GeoJSON or KML file there is a fourth choice, Zip: one GPX file per item, for one item or for many. A file exported and dropped back in says already in your library.