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title: "Visualising a Cycle Track in 3D"
description: "A GPX track of the Wharncliffe Woods cycle route, shown as a 3D scene and an elevation profile graph in ArcGIS Pro 2.9.1."
url: https://www.technicalgis.com/2022/10/02/visualising-a-cycle-track-in-3d/
author: TechnicalGIS Team
publisher: TechnicalGIS (https://www.technicalgis.com/about/)
published: 2022-10-02
updated: 2022-10-02
language: en-GB
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# Visualising a Cycle Track in 3D

> A GPX track of the Wharncliffe Woods cycle route, shown as a 3D scene and an elevation profile graph in ArcGIS Pro 2.9.1.

## Key takeaways

1.  A GPX track of the Wharncliffe Woods cycle route is visualised as a 3D scene in ArcGIS Pro 2.9.1.
2.  The same track is drawn as an elevation profile graph.

![A 3D visualisation of a cycle track near Wharncliffe Woods.](https://www.technicalgis.com/_astro/Map_3D.DvN8HQE9_Z1IPucu.webp)

Software used:

-   ArcGIS Pro 2.9.1 ([https://www.esri.com/en-us/arcgis/products/arcgis-pro/resources](https://www.esri.com/en-us/arcgis/products/arcgis-pro/resources))

Data used:

-   Wharncliffe Woods GPX File ([http://www.gps-routes.co.uk/routes/home.nsf/RoutesLinksCycle/wharncliffe-woods-walking-and-cycle-route#google\_vignette](http://www.gps-routes.co.uk/routes/home.nsf/RoutesLinksCycle/wharncliffe-woods-walking-and-cycle-route#google_vignette))

![A profile graph of the elevation of Wharncliffe Woods cycle track.](https://www.technicalgis.com/_astro/Wharncliffe_woods_cycle_track_profile.DurAipXF_Z2hVa7g.webp) _A profile graph of the elevation of Wharncliffe Woods cycle track._

To build a similar scene in Python rather than ArcGIS Pro, see [3D terrain visualisation with PyVista](https://www.technicalgis.com/tutorials/3d-terrain-visualisation-pyvista/), which drapes a GPX route over Helvellyn’s Striding Edge.

## Key terms

- **GPX**: GPS Exchange Format, an XML format for GPS tracks, routes and waypoints.

## Data for this article

-   [GIS data sources for the United Kingdom](https://www.technicalgis.com/data-sources/united-kingdom/)

Licences and formats for each source are listed in the [GIS data sources catalogue](https://www.technicalgis.com/data-sources/).

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Source: https://www.technicalgis.com/2022/10/02/visualising-a-cycle-track-in-3d/