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When loading a GPX-File in QGIS it is not referenced on WSG84. It´s shown with wrong coordinates. Settings are WSG84.

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GPX files are always WGS84, unprojected - so the issue may be the other files you've loaded. Check:

  1. Confirm that your other layers have correctly identified CRS information: right-click and "Set layer CRS";
  2. Under project properties, select 'enable on-the-fly CRS transformation', and select WGS84 (EPSG:4236) as the project CRS;
  3. Add your GPX layer. You may be asked for its CRS, or you can select it afterwards (as in step 1) - make sure it's WGS 84.

If you don't have any other layers loaded, just follow step 3 with the single GPX file.

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Also, what version of Qgis are you on? Failing all that, open your gpx file in a text editor and check it looks okay. – Spacedman Oct 9 '12 at 8:45
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Under Settings / Options, you can choose the default CRS for new Layers. It should be EPSG:4326 for GPX Layers, which have no own CRS information. – Andre Joost Oct 9 '12 at 9:30

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