i have coded for me a little OL script to display GPX Routes in a OSM map. That works so far, even with a little gimmick. What I miss is a continuous distance. So from trkpt 0 to trkpt 1 + (trkpt 1 to trkpt 2) + (trkpt 2 to trkpt 3) ... For the gimmick I use the array keys. Each array key is an (internal) point where data is calculated. In Openlayers is an array with all coordinates + the elevation. I would like to extend this array by the distance. Whether the array values should be the continuous distance or that from last-trkpt to next-trkpt, I would have to think twice. Maybe a value with last-trkpt to next-trkpt is probably better. Please test by yourself possible "duplicates" before you vote my question as such. Please a solution without OL npm. I use only the ol.css and ol.js v5.3.0. HTML: <input type="file" id="files" name="files[]" > <div id="map" class="map"></div> Javascript: var gpxFormat = new ol.format.GPX(); var gpxFeatures; var coordsarray = []; var GPXgeometry = []; function handleFileSelect(evt) { gpxLayer.getSource().clear(); var files = evt.target.files; var output = []; for (var i = 0, f; f = files[i]; i++) { var reader = new FileReader(); reader.readAsText(files[i], "UTF-8"); reader.onload = function (evt) { gpxFeatures = gpxFormat.readFeatures(evt.target.result,{ dataProjection:'EPSG:4326', featureProjection:'EPSG:3857' }); gpxLayer.getSource().addFeatures(gpxFeatures); var features = gpxLayer.getSource().getFeatures(); features.forEach(function(feature) { GPXgeometry = feature.getGeometry(); coordsarray = feature.getGeometry().getCoordinates(); }); //--- ??? Start var i = 0; var distance = 0; coordsarray[0][i].push(distance): // for ??? var lat0 = coordsarray[0][i][0]; var lon0 = coordsarray[0][i][1]; var latlon0 = [lat0, lon0]; i++; var lat1 = coordsarray[0][i][0]; var lon1 = coordsarray[0][i][1]; var latlon1 = [lat1, lon1]; // calculate distance // ??? coordsarray[0][i].push(distance): i--; //--- ??? End } var gpxLayer = new ol.layer.Vector({ source: new ol.source.Vector({ }) }); var map = new ol.Map({ target: 'map', layers: [ new ol.layer.Tile({ source: new ol.source.OSM() }), gpxLayer ] }); document.getElementById('files').addEventListener('change', handleFileSelect, false); Example of var coordsarray: console.log(coordsarray[0][0][0]); // -37937.014545402875 console.log(coordsarray[0][0][1]); // 5354259.990656373 console.log(coordsarray[0][0][2]); // 188.5 console.log(coordsarray[0][1][0]); // -37936.012669985736 console.log(coordsarray[0][1][1]); // 5354231.092259876 console.log(coordsarray[0][1][2]); // 188.5