[josm-dev] TCX Support

[Stefan Neufeind]

Frederik Ramm wrote:
> Hi Adrian,
> 
>> I added support for TCX files in JOSM. For those who don't know, TCX files
>> are GPS/Training log files used by the Training Center software from Garmin.
> 
> Is TCX not supported by gpsbabel?
> 
> If it is, then what is special about TCX that we should have JOSM 
> support for it (while we don't support the hundreds of other proprietary 
> data formats around)?
> 
> I'm not into the GPS world that much so if TCX is likely to become as 
> widespread as GPX then it is probably ok to have support for it in the 
> core. But if it is "just another GPS data format" then maybe it should 
> go into a plugin, or be supported through the GSoC "gpsbabel 
> integration" plugin (the state of which is not 100% clear to me).

Sounds like a good plan to me, yes.
Plugin first imho, if that's "easily" doable?


Regards,
  Stefan