Route Points Only

13.68 km · 101 m gain · 300 points · 21 KB

About this route

A 14-kilometre planned route stored as 300 route points with no timestamps — the shape a routing tool exports before you ride it. It verifies the route-point fallback and confirms the viewer draws the line and distance even when there is no timing data.

This route follows real roads and paths in Planned tour through Rome, generated with the BRouter engine over OpenStreetMap data. The timestamps are synthetic, so it is a demonstration file rather than a personal recording. Route geometry © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0.

What this file demonstrates

The <rtept> fallback and a distance-only track with no timestamps.

What's inside

300 track points
1 route
no timestamps
elevation (101 m gain, 99 m loss)
21 KB · GPX 1.1

File preview

First 20 lines of route-points-only.gpx:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<gpx version="1.1" creator="gpxviewer.app-samples" xmlns="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:gpxtpx="http://www.garmin.com/xmlschemas/TrackPointExtension/v1" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1 http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1/gpx.xsd">
  <metadata>
    <name>Route Points Only</name>
    <desc>Sample track for gpxviewer.app — Route-point-fallback parser test (rtept, no time). The route follows real public roads and paths in Planned tour through Rome, generated with the BRouter engine over OpenStreetMap data; the timestamps are synthetic and there is no personal GPS recording. Route geometry © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.</desc>
    <author><name>gpxviewer.app</name></author>
    <copyright author="OpenStreetMap contributors"><license>https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/</license></copyright>
    <time>2024-06-01T07:00:00Z</time>
    <bounds minlat="41.896726" minlon="12.480559" maxlat="41.927942" maxlon="12.522773"/>
  </metadata>
  <rte>
    <name>Route Points Only</name>
    <rtept lat="41.902813" lon="12.496425"><ele>53.0</ele></rtept>
    <rtept lat="41.902969" lon="12.496071"><ele>53.6</ele></rtept>
    <rtept lat="41.903268" lon="12.495666"><ele>54.0</ele></rtept>
    <rtept lat="41.903591" lon="12.495290"><ele>54.9</ele></rtept>
    <rtept lat="41.903874" lon="12.495610"><ele>55.9</ele></rtept>
    <rtept lat="41.904151" lon="12.496047"><ele>56.5</ele></rtept>
    <rtept lat="41.904428" lon="12.496484"><ele>57.6</ele></rtept>
    <rtept lat="41.904716" lon="12.496686"><ele>59.1</ele></rtept>

Common questions

Why is there no speed or duration?

Route points carry no <time>, so there is nothing to derive speed or duration from. Distance still comes from the coordinates.

Will I see a warning?

Yes — the viewer flags that the track has no timestamps, so timing-based metrics are unavailable.