Creating and uploading a course map (gpx)

Basic Editor

From the Leaderboard details screen you can select the Draw Course option to open a basic course editor right within the admin portal.

Our editor will work great for simple courses, but sometimes you want to use a more advanced editor, or import an existing track.

Creating a GPX file

There are a few options available to create gpx files online. Some of them require an account some are available without account. Here are a few of our favorites:

• GPS Visualizer is easy to use and free
• Wandermap is free and has a handy ''follow roads' option
• GPX Editor is a bit more complicated to use but has some more advanced tools (some free, some paid)
• Trun Geo Trac is a useful tool to reduce complexity of long or detailed gpx files so they load faster. Please don't have more than 500 datapoints in your gpx file. Try to create a file < 50 kb in size.
• gpx.studio, another great gpx editor and file size reducer. Allows upload of huge files
• Convert Google Maps (directions) to GPX with the amazing mapstogpx.com
• US State outlines can be downloaded in KML format here and then converted to gpx.

Once you have prepared your route make sure to download it to your computer as a .gpx file so you can import this file.

Uploading the GPX

Virtual course maps are only available for Step Challenges Total Distance, Total Elevation and Track Challenges. Please note a goal must be defined or else no progress will be visible on the map.

You can upload a course map by following these steps:

1. View the leaderboard from the Event Manager:

   

2. Select the Upload GPX Track option from the leaderboard details screen:

   

3. Select the gpx file and upload by clicking Upload File.