There are some rarely used fields in SOME FIT files. It is fine if you are doing a smaller merge. This option slows the tool and may result in your file merge crashing if you have a lot of data/files. You should not check this box unless you really need it. That is because I've had the column number match up with the Garmin-Assinged ID for each field. You will also notice that there are some blank spaces in the headers. The maximum possible number of fields is 255, but as you can see, Garmin has only used some of them so far. If you scroll to the right in the CSV output, you will see that I have column headers for all of the currently available Garmin "Record" fields. That is usually what people are most interested in. Those are the streams of data that are recorded on a second-by-second basis. The idea is that in the future, you will be able to make edits to various fields in your favorite spreadsheet program, re-upload the CSV to my tools - and export a FIT file that is ready for Strava or Garmin Connect.Īll GOTOES CSV exports include the "Record" fields. I've developed a simple CSV format for FIT Files exported from GOTOES|Strava Tools. Other information, such as sport (they type of sport you did), or the file_id (tells which GPS model you used) can be more useful. information like device_settings or field_capabilities. Some of that information is probably not very interesting to you. An activity FIT file contains all sorts of data about what was recorded while you were riding/running/swimming/etc. Each of these FIT files have different types of data, but this tool is only concerned with Activity Files. You can have a FIT file that stores Device Settings. First, you need to know that there is more than one type of FIT file. Garmin has many types of fields that can be stored in a FIT file. If you try to take KOMs with this tool, it will be obvious to the trained eye, and you will be flagged. The purpose of this tool is to repair rides so you can get the map and the mileage that you did when your GPS bugged out. The tool intentionnaly creates speed artifacts and signatures that will reveal cheating. i do not recommend using this tool to cheat. Even though the speed won't be exactly accurate, you will at least get credit for the distance you rode. You enter the start date/time, and then the average speed, and a moving track will be created for you. Finally, you can use this tool to "recreate" an activity that was lost by your GPS. This happens if the time of an activity is not recorded correctly and you want to shift the GPS time while keeping all the other values the same. Another use for this tool is to time-shift an activity. We use the time stamps to put the files in order (the order in which they occurred). Another possible reason is that if you want to use our Combine Tracks Tool time stamps are required for that tool to work. In order to be accepted as a course, some GPS models need to have time stamps as part of the GPX file. This need may arise if you're trying to import a course into your GPS or re-create and activity that you did in real life, but lost the GPS track for. Sometimes, you need to add timestamps to GPS files.