You have just come back from that epic hike. The route was incredible, the photos spectacular, but... going through the track you find that you wandered off course, that you lingered too long at that viewpoint shooting the sunset, that there are dead spots, and you want to add waypoints so your track shows exactly what you lived and looks the part. Improve it or build it from scratch with GEPYX.
GEPYX is free, but keeping it running is not: map servers, elevation data and the domain are paid for every month. If you find it useful, a donation helps keep it going.
GEPYX was born as a powerful GPX route editor to be used from the comfort of your big desktop screen, coffee in hand. Nothing to install, no sign-ups, no user accounts, so you can focus on what matters: the route.
On desktop you get the full editor: draw the route point by point or generate it automatically, fine-tune the line, simplify it, merge tracks and watch the elevation profile recalculate instantly.
Create your route
Import your track and follow the route on the map, or start a new one and let your phone record it by GPS as you walk, with pause, resume and live stats. Waypoints go in on the move, without losing the thread of the trail.
GEPYX was not originally meant for this, but the need came up and a webapp soon followed, to let you follow and create tracks from your phone. There is still a long way to go before GEPYX becomes a true app.
Remove unnecessary points, fix detours, change colours, perfect your waypoints. Give your track the quality it deserves before sharing it. Because your route is more than data: it is the proof that you were there.
Draw on the map point by point, or let GEPYX help you build the route. There is also an option to generate random routes from one or several points.
Over a hundred icons to mark springs, summits, bivouacs or junctions. Edit them one by one or in bulk and change icon colours, so your tracks end up more complete and more professional. There is also a tool that suggests new waypoints near your route.
Refine every detail of the route: remove unnecessary points, smooth out detours and trim leftover sections. Change the line colour, rename the track and adjust its description until it is ready to share with the quality it deserves.
Import or drag in a track you already have, to edit and improve it before sharing. Fix mistakes, add waypoints, change colours, the name or the description: GEPYX gives you the tools to make it easy.
Download as GPX, KML or TCX, ready for your GPS, your watch or your app. Or follow the track on your phone with the GEPYX webapp. We are working to turn GEPYX into a true app!
But planning does not end with the track. Check the weather to know what conditions await, pick your routes around sunset if you are after that golden light, look up the moon phases for your nights out under the stars. GEPYX brings together everything you need in one place. Plan your routes like a pro and carry all the information with you, so your next trip is one to remember.
Create your route
There is still a long way to go. GEPYX keeps evolving and improving, walking towards becoming a true app. If you like where this is heading, back it.
Search for any place by name and centre the map on it, without losing the track you already have open. Handy to get your bearings in the area before you start drawing, or to jump straight to where the route begins.
Switch the base map between topographic, satellite and hiking cartography: OpenTopoMap, ESRI, IGN or CyclOSM, among others. Add contour lines, colour the track by gradient and turn on thematic layers such as rivers, vegetation or trails.
This is where everything gets fixed: move or delete points, simplify the line, reverse the direction, split the route into stages or merge several tracks into one. With undo and redo at every step, so you can experiment without fear of breaking anything.
Start a track from scratch: draw freehand or let the line follow existing trails on its own. It can also generate a route for you — a loop or point to point — from a starting point, the activity and the distance range you ask for.
The route summary as you work: distance, total ascent, minimum and maximum altitude, and moving time against total time. Everything recalculates instantly with each change you make to the line.
Check the forecast at any point of the route before you leave: temperature, wind, rainfall, humidity and UV index. It includes sunrise and sunset times, so you can work out how much daylight you have left.
The toolbox: measure distances and areas on the map, convert coordinates, break down the surface types along the route, compare two tracks against each other and geotag your photos from the time they were taken.
Plan and edit in depth, at your own pace
Take it to the mountains
There is still a long way to go. GEPYX keeps evolving and improving, walking towards becoming a true app. If you like where this is heading, back it.
What a GPX file is, what data it stores, and how it differs from KML and TCX.
What each format stores and which one to pick for your GPS, app or platform.
Draw the track, auto-generate routes and export to GPX, KML or TCX.
Download the GPX, clean it up if needed and load it onto your watch or GPS.
Why your watch, Wikiloc and Strava never agree on the same route.
The MIDE, Naismith and Tobler methods, and how to tune them to your pace.
Add GPS coordinates to your photos by matching them against the track.
Nine base maps and when each one is the right choice for the terrain.
The real limits of web apps with GPS, and the GEPYX app that is coming.
The MIDE method, the SAC scale, and why “moderate” means nothing.
No. GEPYX is free and asks for no account, no email and no install: you open the editor in your browser and start working.
On your own device. Tracks are never uploaded to any server, so they only exist in the browser you are using. Export the file whenever you want to keep it or move it to another computer.
GPX, KML and TCX, ready for your GPS, your watch or whichever app you normally use.
Yes. You can import it and carry on editing: reverse it, trim it, merge several tracks or keep drawing from where it ends.
Yes, once you have loaded it at least once while online. From then on the editor still opens even when you are out in the field with no signal.
Only if you want to. You can draw freehand or let the route follow existing trails on its own, then adjust the line or simplify it.