diff --git a/lib/maptool/gpx.rb b/lib/maptool/gpx.rb
index b967c01..81f281d 100644
--- a/lib/maptool/gpx.rb
+++ b/lib/maptool/gpx.rb
@@ -8,6 +8,19 @@ module Maptool
   module Gpx
     class ParseError < StandardError; end
 
+    # Cheap content-type check for the file tree's icons: a plain substring
+    # search rather than a full REXML parse, since some uploaded files (e.g.
+    # a several-thousand-waypoint POI export) are large enough that parsing
+    # the whole DOM just to answer "does it have any of these tags" would
+    # make every tree fetch noticeably slower.
+    def self.kinds(path)
+      content = File.read(path)
+      kinds = []
+      kinds << "waypoint" if content.include?("<wpt")
+      kinds << "track" if content.include?("<trk")
+      kinds
+    end
+
     def self.to_geojson(path)
       root = REXML::Document.new(File.read(path)).root
       raise ParseError, "not a GPX file" unless root && root.name == "gpx"
diff --git a/lib/maptool/gpx_store.rb b/lib/maptool/gpx_store.rb
index cad0eb1..4539d94 100644
--- a/lib/maptool/gpx_store.rb
+++ b/lib/maptool/gpx_store.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 require "fileutils"
+require_relative "gpx"
 
 module Maptool
   # Filesystem-backed store for uploaded GPX files, organized in
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ module Maptool
         if File.directory?(full)
           { "type" => "folder", "name" => entry, "path" => rel, "children" => list_children(full, rel) }
         elsif entry.downcase.end_with?(".gpx")
-          { "type" => "file", "name" => entry, "path" => rel }
+          { "type" => "file", "name" => entry, "path" => rel, "kinds" => Gpx.kinds(full) }
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/public/css/style.css b/public/css/style.css
index 2d040f3..5618662 100644
--- a/public/css/style.css
+++ b/public/css/style.css
@@ -292,6 +292,11 @@ html, body {
 }
 
 .gpx-tree {
+  /* flex:1 (not just overflow-y) so the tree fills the rest of the panel
+     even when short/empty — otherwise the blank space below it wouldn't
+     be part of the drop target and dropping a file there would silently
+     do nothing. */
+  flex: 1;
   overflow-y: auto;
   padding: 8px 12px;
 }
@@ -342,12 +347,23 @@ html, body {
   cursor: pointer;
 }
 
-.gpx-tree__file label span {
+.gpx-tree__file-name {
   overflow: hidden;
   text-overflow: ellipsis;
   white-space: nowrap;
 }
 
+.gpx-tree__kind-icon {
+  flex-shrink: 0;
+  display: flex;
+  color: #999;
+}
+
+.gpx-tree__kind-icon svg {
+  width: 14px;
+  height: 14px;
+}
+
 .gpx-tree__delete {
   flex-shrink: 0;
   border: none;
diff --git a/public/js/gpx.js b/public/js/gpx.js
index 5f284c5..cba6b06 100644
--- a/public/js/gpx.js
+++ b/public/js/gpx.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Popup } from "/vendor/maplibre-gl/maplibre-gl.mjs";
-import { GPX_ICON, NEW_FOLDER_ICON, UPLOAD_ICON } from "/js/icons.js";
+import { GPX_ICON, NEW_FOLDER_ICON, UPLOAD_ICON, WAYPOINT_ICON, TRACK_ICON } from "/js/icons.js";
 import { notifySidePanelOpen, onlyOneSidePanelOpen } from "/js/panels.js";
 
 const TREE_URL = "/api/gpx/tree";
@@ -205,9 +205,11 @@ export class GpxPanelControl {
     checkbox.checked = this._visible.has(file.path);
     checkbox.addEventListener("change", () => this._toggleFile(file.path, checkbox.checked));
     const name = document.createElement("span");
+    name.className = "gpx-tree__file-name";
     name.textContent = file.name;
     name.title = file.name;
     label.appendChild(checkbox);
+    (file.kinds || []).forEach((kind) => label.appendChild(this._kindIcon(kind)));
     label.appendChild(name);
     row.appendChild(label);
     row.appendChild(this._deleteButton(() => this._deleteFile(file.path)));
@@ -215,6 +217,19 @@ export class GpxPanelControl {
     return row;
   }
 
+  _kindIcon(kind) {
+    const icon = document.createElement("span");
+    icon.className = "gpx-tree__kind-icon";
+    if (kind === "waypoint") {
+      icon.innerHTML = WAYPOINT_ICON;
+      icon.title = "Has waypoints";
+    } else {
+      icon.innerHTML = TRACK_ICON;
+      icon.title = "Has a track";
+    }
+    return icon;
+  }
+
   _deleteButton(onClick) {
     const button = document.createElement("button");
     button.type = "button";
diff --git a/public/js/icons.js b/public/js/icons.js
index 9a6d5bd..610264f 100644
--- a/public/js/icons.js
+++ b/public/js/icons.js
@@ -37,3 +37,13 @@ export const UPLOAD_ICON = `
   <path d="M12 15V4M8 8l4-4 4 4"/>
   <path d="M4 15v3a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h12a2 2 0 0 0 2-2v-3"/>
 </svg>`;
+
+// Shown next to each file in the GPX tree, indicating whether it has
+// waypoints, a track, or both.
+export const WAYPOINT_ICON = `
+<svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.6" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round">
+  <path d="M12 21s7-7.58 7-12a7 7 0 0 0-14 0c0 4.42 7 12 7 12z"/>
+  <circle cx="12" cy="9" r="2.2"/>
+</svg>`;
+
+export const TRACK_ICON = GPX_ICON;