Why convert GPX to CSV?
Spreadsheets and data tools cannot parse GPX's XML structure in a useful way. Flattening a track to CSV lets you open it in Excel or Google Sheets, run distance or elevation calculations, plot custom charts, or feed the coordinates into a database or analysis script.
How to convert GPX to CSV
GPSBabel OPEN-SOURCE
Set input to GPX and output format to unicsv in GPSBabel to produce a CSV with latitude, longitude, elevation, name, description and time columns. Also available for macOS and Linux.
About these formats
.GPX
GPS Exchange Format
A GPX file stores GPS data - waypoints, tracks and routes - in plain XML. To view a route, drag it into Google Earth Pro or upload it to GPS Visualizer. To load it onto a Garmin, Wahoo or…
Open .GPX details →
.CSV
Comma-Separated Values
A CSV file stores tabular data as plain text - one row per line, values separated by commas (or semicolons in European locales). Any spreadsheet opens it: Excel, Google Sheets, LibreOffice…
Open .CSV details →Quality & what to watch
- Each track point and waypoint becomes one row; the hierarchical GPX structure of tracks, segments and points is flattened to a single table.
- The CSV contains only the data present in the GPX; fields such as heart rate or cadence appear only if the source file already contained them.
- Avoid uploading GPX files with sensitive locations such as home address or private routes to online services.
