Many data loggers, activity trackers and GPS-enabled devices record or export data to the GPX file format. Even just a smartphone is enough to record accurate GPS data as GPX files, with apps like these:

• GPS Logger for Android
• GPX Trail Tracker for iOS

If possible, set your device to record at a high rate, 1 sample per second (1Hz) or shorter.

Start the camera and then record your GPS tracking device (or phone) the moment you start logging your location.

In After Effects, cut out the section of the video before the GPS logging starts and the data and video will be in sync.

Adobe After Effects 2020 or newer.

Not easily. For that, use Telemetry Overlay instead.

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Convert your GPX file with the To mgJSON tool. Then import it in After Effects, drop it into the desired gauge composition and use the Control layer's effects panel to set the imported data as a source.

Experiment with the Control layer to customize the behavior and look of your gauge. You can change the colors, sizes, shapes, units (metric, imperial, nautical, american), accuracy, smoothness...

Speed, Speed Tracker (graph vs time), Distance, Altitude, GPS Path, Altitude Path (graph vs time), Course Direction, Slope, Vertical Speed, Acceleration, Time.

Yes. Expand the duration of your composition from its settings, unhide and unlock all the hidden layers and extend their duration as well.

Keep in mind that Adobe After Effects cannot import mgJSON files longer than 3 hours. If that is what you need, either find a way to compress the duration of your data before converting it to mgJSON, or use Telemetry Overlay instead.

Yes. Telemetry Overlay allows you to create your data dashboard without the need of third-party professional tools like After Effects. It has an easy drag-and-drop interface, hundreds of customization options and more gauge options and data types.

Yes, please! The Facebook community is probably the best place to do so, but if you prefer to do it somewhere else, get in touch to increase your audience.