When I look at the attribute table of the .gpx files in QGIS, the X and Y coordinates are not displayed, although the elevation, time, name, and comment data are. When I open the .gpx files in a text editor, the coordinate information is there and I can copy and paste the values for each waypoint.
Capabilities of each target. This list is updated more frequently than we release GPSBabel itself. It will thus include formats and filters that are present only in beta versions or source builds. File Format. Waypoints. Tracks. Routes. Read. Write.
GPX (GPS Exchange Format) is a light-weight XML data format for the interchange of GPS data (waypoints, routes, and tracks) between applications and Web services on the Internet. Shapefile is collection of geometry with attributes mainly comprised of three files .shp for which stores geometry, .shx which stores index and .dbf which stores data