snap-gpx-track-to-wpts 0.1.0

Snap GPX tracks to waypoints for more precise distance calculations

snap-gpx-track-to-wpts

A small command-line Python tool that snaps tracks in GPX files to waypoints. This enables more precise distance calculations when waypoints are off-route.

Installation

From PyPI (pip):

pip install snap-gpx-track-to-wpts

From PyPI (uv):

uv tool install snap-gpx-track-to-wpts

From source:

git clone https://github.com/andrashann/snap-gpx-track-to-wpts.git
cd snap-gpx-track-to-wpts
uv sync

Usage

snap-gpx-track-to-wpts -i infile.gpx [-d maxdistance] [-m mode] [-f [outfile]]

When running from a source checkout, prefix with uv run:

uv run snap-gpx-track-to-wpts -i infile.gpx [-d maxdistance] [-m mode] [-f [outfile]]

Argument	Required	Default	Description
-i infile.gpx	Yes		Input GPX file
-d maxdistance	No	100	Maximum distance (meters) from track to snap a waypoint; farther waypoints are discarded
-m mode	No	add	add: finds the point on the track closest to the waypoint -- not necessarily a track point itself, it could be between two track points e.g. on long straight segments. If it is not a track point, then we create this closest location as a track point. Then we create a duplicate, and between the original and the duplicate, we add the location of the waypoint as another track point. move: moves the closest track point to the waypoint location
-f [outfile]	No	stdout	If omitted: print to stdout. If -f with no argument: save to <infile>_snapped_<maxdistance>.gpx. If -f outfile: save to the specified file.

Notes

• If there are multiple tracks, all tracks are modified. For each track, all waypoints are taken into account.
• If there are no tracks in the file, exits with a warning but no error.
• If there are no waypoints in the file, exits with a warning but no error.
• Only the tracks are changed and only the relevant points. Attributes of track points, such as timestamp, elevation, or heart rate are not modified.
• Routes and waypoints are not modified.