# \[SOLVED\] Confused about gid in XML file

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**Created:** [August 1, 2020, 6:30pm UTC](https://discourse.mapeditor.org/t/solved-confused-about-gid-in-xml-file/4668 "2020-08-01T18:30:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 6:30pm UTC](https://discourse.mapeditor.org/t/solved-confused-about-gid-in-xml-file/4668/1 "2020-08-01T18:30:39Z")

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I have a c++ utility that reads Tiled XML files. This normally works great. But I am getting a weird bug I don’t understand. I have an object saved in the XML file with a gid of 2589. But it belongs to a tilemap that starts with gid 522 and only has about 200 tiles. The tile in question should be around gid 600. The XML only has 3 tilemaps in it. None of them have gid values anywhere near 2500. Where is it getting that large number from?

EDIT: nevermind – I figured it out! My own error.