OpenLayers.Format.GPX

Read/write GPX parser. Create a new instance with the OpenLayers.Format.GPX constructor.

Inherits from

OpenLayers.Format.XML

Summary

OpenLayers.Format.GPX	Read/write GPX parser.
Properties
defaultDesc	{String} Default description for the waypoints/tracks in the case where the feature has no “description” attribute.
extractWaypoints	{Boolean} Extract waypoints from GPX.
extractTracks	{Boolean} Extract tracks from GPX.
extractRoutes	{Boolean} Extract routes from GPX.
extractAttributes	{Boolean} Extract feature attributes from GPX.
creator	{String} The creator attribute to be added to the written GPX files.
Constructor
OpenLayers.Format.GPX	Create a new parser for GPX.
Functions
read	Return a list of features from a GPX doc
write	Accepts Feature Collection, and returns a string.

Properties

defaultDesc

{String} Default description for the waypoints/tracks in the case where the feature has no “description” attribute. Default is “No description available”.

extractWaypoints

{Boolean} Extract waypoints from GPX. (default: true)

extractTracks

{Boolean} Extract tracks from GPX. (default: true)

extractRoutes

{Boolean} Extract routes from GPX. (default: true)

extractAttributes

{Boolean} Extract feature attributes from GPX. (default: true) NOTE: Attributes as part of extensions to the GPX standard may not be extracted.

creator

{String} The creator attribute to be added to the written GPX files. Defaults to “OpenLayers”

Constructor

OpenLayers.Format.GPX

Create a new parser for GPX.

Parameters

options

{Object} An optional object whose properties will be set on this instance.

Functions

read

read: function( doc )

Return a list of features from a GPX doc

Parameters

doc

{Element}

Returns

Array({OpenLayers.Feature.Vector})

write

write: function( features,
metadata )

Accepts Feature Collection, and returns a string.

Parameters

features	{Array(OpenLayers.Feature.Vector)} List of features to serialize into a string.
metadata	{Object} A key/value pairs object to build a metadata node to add to the gpx. Supported keys are ‘name’, ‘desc’, ‘author’.