SAXCount

Just a little tip:

If you should ever have a GPX file that has errors in it, there's a tool that might help.

I can tell because I have spent hours trying to find errors in my GPX files.

The hint is:

Use 'SAXCount'.

What it is:

«SAXCount is the simplest application that counts the elements and characters of a given XML file using the (event based) SAX API.»

You can get it here:

XML::Xerces Sample: SAXCount

It will tell you exactly the line number the error is on.

Mac users can get a copy using MacPorts and installing the 'xercesc3' package.

Usage:

/opt/local/bin/SAXCount /path/to/MyGPXfile.gpx

returns:

Fatal Error at file /path/to/MyGPXfile.gpx, line 283, char 41

Now that's cool ;-)

Better than splitting the file to find the fault.

Happy day