Index: src/org/openstreetmap/josm/io/GpxWriter.java
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--- src/org/openstreetmap/josm/io/GpxWriter.java	(revision 1091)
+++ src/org/openstreetmap/josm/io/GpxWriter.java	(working copy)
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
 // License: GPL. Copyright 2007 by Immanuel Scholz and others
 package org.openstreetmap.josm.io;
 
+import java.io.BufferedWriter;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
-import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.openstreetmap.josm.data.Bounds;
-
 import org.openstreetmap.josm.data.gpx.GpxData;
-import org.openstreetmap.josm.data.gpx.GpxTrack;
+import org.openstreetmap.josm.data.gpx.GpxLink;
 import org.openstreetmap.josm.data.gpx.GpxRoute;
-import org.openstreetmap.josm.data.gpx.GpxLink;
+import org.openstreetmap.josm.data.gpx.GpxTrack;
 import org.openstreetmap.josm.data.gpx.WayPoint;
 
 /**
@@ -23,8 +25,8 @@
 		super(out);
 	}
 
-	public GpxWriter(OutputStream out) {
-		super(new PrintWriter(out));
+	public GpxWriter(OutputStream out) throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
+        super(new PrintWriter(new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(out, "UTF-8"))));
 	}
 
 	public GpxWriter() {