Temperature data for TCX

[tmiland]

Hi,

is it possible to add the temperature data in the tcx files? :-)

Regards.

[pcolby]

Hi @tmiland,

Yes, the temperature data is available. It's already being parsed, and unit tested. 😄

However, there's no official way to include it in TCX. 😐

The TCX standard does allow for custom extensions. While its possible to define my own, there probably wouldn't be any applications that would do anything useful with the data.

Ideally, I'd add temperature to TCX using some extension already defined by someone else, with applications that already look for that extension. 😄

Do you know of any applications that support temperature in TCX? If so, it'll probably make sense to leverage their format.

pc.

[pcolby]

Just FYI, I've create a wiki page to document TCX related stuff, including any TCX extensions we might want to implement:

https://github.com/pcolby/bipolar/wiki/TCX

[tmiland]

Ah, now i remember it isn't supported by tcx...

I found this info:
Cluetrust GPX extension
From the extensions available, Strava extracts:

cadence as cadence
distance as distance
hr as heartrate
temp as temperature.

From here: http://strava.github.io/api/v3/uploads/

I don't know of any yet, but i'll look around. :)

[pcolby]

Thanks @tmiland! 👍 That's a very handy link.

Although it doesn't help with temperature in TCX (yet), it does list a couple of extensions I will add to the to-do list 😄

[roesassi]

Dear @pcolby
given this issue, is it better to upload to Strava the GPX files, instead of TCX? Or is the information contained exactly the same in both GPX and TCX files?
Thanks for the clarification!
Best

[pcolby]

@roesassi the bulk of the info is exactly the same - the same GPS points, heart rate, etc, but:

• TCX is the only format that can be used for indoor type activities (ie spinning, gym, etc) - GPX is not even an option if there's no GPS data (having said that, my V800 actually records GPS data even when told not to, so this might not be an issue); and
• Strava does not support temperature data in TCX (as far I know, no-one does).

Personally, I use TCX for everything. However, if temperature is useful to you, then you might want to use GPX instead. They'll both be the same as far GPS position and altitude go, and thus segments ;)

Cheers.

PS Some info on what Strava supports - https://strava.github.io/api/v3/uploads/

[roesassi]

Dear @pcolby
thanks for the information and the link
Best

[pcolby]

As far as Strava goes, the better option might be FIT? #48

I haven't really looked at FIT before (don't have any Garmin / ANT+ products), but might have a closer look now :)

[roesassi]

Even better! Thanks for pointing it out. It would be great if future releases of BiPolar produced FIT file too.