TCX to KML Tour

Converts Garmin .tcx activity tracking files into .kml touring files for Google Earth Desktop renderings.

Usage

Setup

Requirements:

git
node JS

git clone https://github.com/brev/tcx-to-kml-tour.git
cd tcx-to-kml-tour
npm install

Input

Reads your .tcx activity files from tcx/ directory:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<TrainingCenterDatabase
    xmlns="http://www.garmin.com/xmlschemas/TrainingCenterDatabase/v2"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="
      http://www.garmin.com/xmlschemas/TrainingCenterDatabase/v2
      http://www.garmin.com/xmlschemas/TrainingCenterDatabasev2.xsd">
  <Activities>
    <Activity Sport="Running">
      <Id>2016-10-09T15:03:13+00:00</Id>
      <Lap StartTime="2016-10-09T15:03:13+00:00">
        <Track>
          <Trackpoint>
            ...

Conversion

$ node tcx-to-kml-tour.js

Ran 6.43 mi on 4_26_15.tcx
  generating tour: tour/2015-04-26T15:57:53+00:00.kml
  generating png: tour/2015-04-26T15:57:53+00:00.png

Done processing 1  TCX activity files.

Output

Writes .kml touring and .png overlay files into tour/ directory:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<kml xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2"
     xmlns:gx="http://www.google.com/kml/ext/2.2">
  <Document>
    <gx:Tour>
      <gx:Playlist>
        <gx:FlyTo>
          <LookAt>
            ...
    <ScreenOverlay>
      ...
    <Placemark>
      <LineString>
        <coordinates>
          ...