Are there any standard formats for storing/publishing GPS data?

Question

I’m just playing about with the data from a little Garmin GPS thingy I got. It saves it in an XML format (specifically, http://www.garmin.com/xmlschemas/TrainingCenterDatabasev2.xsd).

Just wondering if there was any more standard format I could convert it to, maybe something that libraries (e.g. the Google Maps API) would understand.

Answer 1

Try KML:

http://code.google.com/apis/kml/documentation/

This can be consumed by many mapping APIs, including Google Maps and Google Earth, and there are many tools to convert to/from other GPS formats.

Answer 2

GPX has been out there for a while.

Answer 3

What you're looking for is probably KML. Its pretty easy to use, just check it out.

Answer 4

KML GPX CSV and many other formats are available, you can try GPSBABEL http://www.gpsbabel.org/ to convert from one format to another, it supports almost all major formats.