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[Michael Hofmann <mh21@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ok, I tested it a bit and it seems to be a bug in Google Earth. Multiple
tracks import ok (they are placed in multiple folders), but only the
tracks in the first folder are shown. You can cut-and-paste the tracks
from the other folders in the parent folder or the first folder, and
they will appear. It seems to have sth. to do with the <TimeSpan> tags
for the folders that are created by GE which determines the first track.

So this is technically not a bug in igotu2gpx, although it makes
importing tracks in GE harder than it needs to be. I think the solution
will be to export directly to kml, which should work around the bug of
the GE importer.

** Summary changed:

- Multiple tracks in GPX should be one track with multiple segments instead
+ KML export to work around Google Earth GPX import bug with multiple tracks

** Changed in: igotu2gpx
   Importance: Undecided => Wishlist

** Changed in: igotu2gpx
       Status: New => Confirmed

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KML export to work around Google Earth GPX import bug with multiple tracks
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/438404
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Bug description:
I have a GT-200, I have 0.2.92 of this program installed and I am having problems viewing multipart tracks and way points in Version 5.1.3506.3999 (beta) of the Linux Google Earth.

When I view the GPX file with a text editor it has multiple tracks but GE will only display the first track or waypoint. It knows they are there, it just will not show them to me.

To get around the problem I can seperate the different tracks into multiple files or delete the lines that make it a multipart so the GPX file is a single track. The later is my preferred workaround as I down the track at the end of each day and just want one track of the entire day.

To see what I mean I have uploaded the original file and the altered file of Day 3 in Paris here:

http://tux.com.au/files/Paris_Day_3_orig.gpx
http://tux.com.au/files/Paris_Day_3.gpx

If I get the www.gpsvisualizer.com web site to convert the GPX file to a GE kmz file it all works perfectly. All tracks and all waypoints are shown in GE.

See for yourself here:

http://tux.com.au/files/Paris_Day_3_orig.kmz