GPXSee
GPXSee is a GPS log viewer and analyzer for macOS that helps you open, map, and inspect tracks, routes, waypoints, and geotagged media.
What is GPXSee?
GPXSee is a desktop GPS log file viewer and analyzer for people who work with tracks, routes, waypoints, and map-based outdoor data. It helps hikers, cyclists, runners, pilots, sailors, and survey users open activity files, review recorded movement, and compare data on detailed maps. The app supports many common GPS and navigation formats, including GPX, TCX, FIT, KML, NMEA, IGC, and several waypoint and route formats, which makes it useful when data comes from different devices and services. It can display online and offline maps, show elevation and other track details, and work with geotagged photos and videos. On macOS, it is used as a native app for viewing, analyzing, and organizing location data without needing a browser-based workflow.
Key features
- Open GPS logs, routes, and waypoint files from many common formats
- View tracks and points on online maps or compatible offline maps
- Analyze recorded activity data such as distance, elevation, and track details
- Load points of interest and overlay them near your recorded routes
- Work with geotagged photos and supported video sources on the map
- Use elevation data sources and hillshading with supported map setups
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Safety overview
Status: Mostly safe
GPXSee is a legitimate GPS log viewer, but its macOS builds use self-signed code signing rather than a standard commercial certificate. That can trigger macOS security warnings even when the app is being used as intended. For a mapping and GPS analysis app, access to files you choose to open is expected, and location-related features are consistent with its purpose. Before allowing the app through macOS security prompts, confirm that the downloaded copy came from the official GPXSee site and that the app name is GPXSee.
Recommendation: Keep GPXSee if you use GPS tracks, route files, offline maps, or geotagged media on your Mac. If you no longer open location data with it, you can remove the app and its support files without affecting macOS, but any custom maps, preferences, or imported resources stored for GPXSee may be lost.
Common paths
/Applications/GPXSee.app
Support paths
~/Library/Application Support/GPXSee
Preference paths
~/Library/Preferences/org.gpxsee.GPXSee.plist
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