wildcomputations

Agreed, I too am experiencing this issue. In my case, I only have authors on my site, no editors, but I didn’t want them changing the global settings. Here are the changes I made to let authors upload GPS tracks.

--- wp-gpx-maps.php_orig	2019-04-29 21:42:35.000000000 -0400
+++ wp-gpx-maps.php	2019-04-29 21:43:24.000000000 -0400
@@ -41,7 +41,12 @@
     // check to make sure we are on the correct plugin
     if ($file == $this_plugin) {
         // the anchor tag and href to the URL we want. For a "Settings" link, this needs to be the url of your settings page
-        $settings_link = '<a href="' . get_bloginfo('wpurl') . '/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=WP-GPX-Maps">Settings</a>';
+        if ( current_user_can('manage_options') ) {
+            $menu_root = "options-general.php";
+        } else if ( current_user_can('publish_posts') ) {
+            $menu_root = "admin.php";
+        }
+        $settings_link = '<a href="' . get_bloginfo('wpurl') . '/wp-admin/' . $menu_root . '?page=WP-GPX-Maps">Settings</a>';
         // add the link to the list
         array_unshift($links, $settings_link);
     }
--- wp-gpx-maps_admin_tracks.php_orig	2019-04-29 21:28:13.000000000 -0400
+++ wp-gpx-maps_admin_tracks.php	2019-04-29 21:48:06.000000000 -0400
@@ -3,12 +3,17 @@
 	if ( !(is_admin()) )
 		return;

-	$is_admin = current_user_can( 'manage_options' );
+	$is_admin = current_user_can( 'publish_posts' );

 	if ( $is_admin != 1 )
 		return;

 	$gpxRegEx = '/.gpx$/i';
+        if ( current_user_can('manage_options') ){
+            $menu_root = "options-general.php";
+        } else if ( current_user_can('publish_posts') ){
+            $menu_root = "admin.php";
+        }

 	if ( isset($_POST['clearcache']) )
 	{
@@ -29,7 +34,8 @@
 	?>

 		<div class="tablenav top">
-			<form enctype="multipart/form-data" method="POST" style="float:left; margin:5px 20px 0 0" action="/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=WP-GPX-Maps">
+<?php
+            echo '<form enctype="multipart/form-data" method="POST" style="float:left; margin:5px 20px 0 0" action="' . get_bloginfo('wpurl') . '/wp-admin/' . $menu_root . '?page=WP-GPX-Maps">'; ?>
 				Choose a file to upload: <input name="uploadedfile[]" type="file" onchange="submitgpx(this);" multiple />
 				<?php
 					if ( isset($_FILES['uploadedfile']) )