Alltrails GPX Imports lose their name

Started by eldron, August 03, 2025, 17:27:09

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eldron

Hi,
I often use alltrails to find good hiking tracks and then export the gpx files on alltrails.com (only possible on the website and not in the app) and import them into Locus.
It all works fine, but around two thirds of the imported tracks lose their name and are renamed into "Trail Planner Map" whereas the other third keeps their names.
On the locus import screen the trail name is shown, but after importing it, it shows up as "Trail Planner Maps".
Even with the ones that do have a name after import, it differs to the file name and also to the one on the import screen.
This happens on individual import and bulk (zip) import.
I am guessing that it's tagging issue in the exported gpx files.
But what makes me wonder is that the trail name does show up on the locus import screen.
So my question would be - is there any way to use the name that locus does find (I think it's the file name) as the trail name?
I have attached 2 example gpx files, one with a trail name and one with the "trail planner maps" name.

Edit - Typos
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Menion

Hello Eldron,
I'm worry I can't help here. "Trail planner maps" is directly in the file, see my screenshot for "Lac de ..." file.

Locus Map has no idea that this is an invalid name.

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tannenzäpfle

The problem comes from ALL trails, in the GPX file the trackname is, as far as I see, always
"    <name><![CDATA[Trail Planner Map]]></name>"
Ou must change it before importing in the GPX file directly or after import in Locus
regards
Hartmut
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eldron

Thanks for the replies.
That´s what I expected, I was just hoping that there might be a way to either use the file name on import or at least to edit the Trail name in the Locus import screen.
But since I normally bulk import the second solution wouldn´t help much anyway.
I´ll just have to edit the files in future before zipping them and hope that Alltrails corrects their tags at some point, which i doubt. I think they want people to use their app instead of exporting the gpx tracks.
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