GoPal (.xml, .trk)
GoPal is the navigation software Medion shipped on its GoPal-branded personal navigation devices (PNAs). RouteConverter reads and writes the route files (GoPal 3/5/7, an XML format tied to the software version) and a separate plain-text track log.
At a glance
| Extension | .xml, .trk |
| Encoding | xml |
| By | Medion AG |
History
Medion, a German consumer-electronics company, sold GoPal-branded PNAs and PDAs running GoPal Navigator software, widely distributed through Aldi in Germany and other European retailers in the mid-to-late 2000s. Medion discontinued all support for GoPal navigation devices on 1 January 2020, including new software versions and map updates.
Where it is used
GoPal ran on Medion's own PNA and PDA hardware; it was not licensed to other device makers. Anyone opening a .xml route or .trk track from a Medion device today is almost always migrating away from now-unsupported hardware.
Structure
The route format (GoPal 3, 5 and 7 — the numbers track the GoPal Navigator software version, not the file format itself) is XML, read and written through RouteConverter's own JAXB binding; no public schema is published. The separate track format is a plain-text, line-based log, distinct from the XML route files despite sharing the family. Beyond what RouteConverter's own source confirms, no independent technical documentation of either format is publicly available — Medion never published one, and the device line has been discontinued since 2020.
How widespread
Regional and historical: GoPal was common on European (especially German) budget PNA hardware in the mid-to-late 2000s, sold through mass retail rather than dedicated GPS shops. With Medion's 2020 end-of-support, the installed base is entirely legacy.
RouteConverter support
| Reads | GoPal 3 Route, GoPal 5 Route, GoPal 7 Route, GoPal Track |
| Writes | GoPal 3 Route, GoPal 5 Route, GoPal 7 Route, GoPal Track |