Garmin Developer Website

Dooghan · Post by **Dooghan** » 30 May 07 7:38 pm

Keeping up with today's high-tech arena, and always looking for a way
to make it easier for you-- the consumer -- Tuesday marked the
announcement of the new Garmin Developer website. So exactly what the
heck does that mean, you might be wondering... Well, this site is for
software developers and content provides who want to make their
website, applications and data content compatible with Garmin devices.
Essentially this site will make it easier for third-party sites to
communicate with Garmin devices, which has been difficult in the past.
The site includes six core products, and has free and licensed Garmin
resources that developers may use. The first two sites to implement
technology from Garmin Developer are Geocaching.com and
MotionBased.com. By clicking on a Garmin icon on these websites,
users will be able to transfer information to and from the GPS and
website. Making it even more easier now, to get where you want to go!

Garmin Developer website

Dooghan

Bronze · Post by **Bronze** » 31 May 07 9:57 am

Thanks Dooghie.

mtrax · Post by **mtrax** » 31 May 07 2:10 pm

they have learn't like google the more you open up the more people use your product.. looks like Geocaching have move well into this will Garmin download links here and there.
Though I must say the plug in is not exactly lite.. I think its about 5Mb which isn't huge but you wonder what they are doing in all that code.

Dooghan · Post by **Dooghan** » 31 May 07 8:18 pm

I hoping that the code breakers will have a look and maybe something could be added to the GCA

Dooghan

Post by **CraigRat** » 31 May 07 8:28 pm

Given it's Garmin only I'm not too keen myself to integrate it.

From a technical point of view I'd love to see an open API like this capable of communicating to multiple manufacturers units.