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| Sam Wormley 2007-06-01, 3:33 pm |
| Garmin Embraces Third-Party Development
http://cp.gpsworld.com/gpscp/articl...l.jsp?id=429931
May 29, 2007
GPS World
GPS technology giant Garmin is opening its technology to third-party
developers.
Today the company took the wraps off the Garmin Developer Web site
for software developers and content providers who want to make their
Web sites, applications and data content compatible with Garmin
navigation systems. The Garmin Developer site provides both free and
licensed Garmin resources and a library of application programming
interfaces (APIs), toolkits and Web services offering six core
products: Garmin Communicator Plugin, MotionBasedWeb Services,
Content Toolkit, Garmin PeerPoint Messaging System, Garmin LBS
Toolkit and Fleet Management Interface.
"Until recently, third-party Web sites have been unable to
communicate easily with Garmin devices," stated Charles Morse,
Garmin's director of mobile and PND marketing. "We are making it
easier for third-party content providers to leverage the huge
community of Garmin devices by providing tools that will allow them
to communicate directly with Garmin systems. This will create new
markets for the programmers' content and services, while generating a
grassroots movement that will spread Garmin's name and technology to
consumers through third-party Web sites and content distribution
channels."
The Garmin Communicator Plugin API is a browser plugin and JavaScript
support code that allows developers to transfer location data such as
waypoints, track logs, maps and points of interest (POI) to and from
a Web site and Garmin device. This will simplify loading location
data to a Garmin GPS unit, according to the company.
For example, on MotionBased.com, customers can quickly upload their
activities in the form of track logs from their GPS devices. The
cross-browser, and soon the cross-platform plugin, provide a
consistent experience for MotionBased customers. Geocaching.com also
integrates the plugin so that users can easily transfer selected
geocache coordinates to their Garmin devices by clicking a new Garmin
icon on the Geocaching.com site.
Also available in Garmin Developer is the Content Toolkit, which lets
developers compile secure POIs for Garmin GPS devices. Developers can
then market this content to customers of Garmin products, creating an
entirely new system of content, devices and customers, Garmin says.
It expects future versions of the Content Toolkit to include routes
and travel guide information.
With the PeerPoint Messaging System, developers can utilize Garmin's
location message format and send precise latitude and longitude
information to phones running the Garmin Mobile XT application.
Garmin anticipates that this published SMS interface will be sought
after by location-based Web sites, fleet management systems, sales
management applications and other applications that need to integrate
remote destination sending and navigation. The individual who
receives the location message will be able to save, view or route
directly to the specified location with Garmin's turn-by-turn
directions.
Developers can also use the Garmin Location-Based Services (LBS)
Toolkit to add location-based services to any Java-based mobile phone
application. The LBS Toolkit incorporates Garmin navigation API,
local search, real-time content delivery services and mobile
advertising delivery services into one platform. This service was
originally launched in late-2006 and several third parties have
already taken advantage of the capability.
Also available for smartphones, Garmin Mobile Smartphone provides
mobile applications running on Windows Mobile or Palm OS devices with
access to GPS information, interactive maps and intelligent routing
including live traffic conditions. With these tools, developers can
easily create LBS solutions for a wide range of Palm OS and Windows
Mobile devices that are often already in use by enterprise customers,
according to Garmin.
The Garmin Fleet Management Interface enables fleet tracking,
messaging, dispatch and navigation directly on Garmin's portable
navigation devices, such as the StreetPilot, Nuvi and Zumo series.
Utilizing third-party sensor and communication devices, companies can
track GPS-based information like vehicle location, speed and
direction of travel, distance traveled, and elapsed time, as well as
fuel status, idle times, number of stops, cargo door access, cargo
temperature, and battery and thermostat levels. The Fleet Management
Interface also enables direct-to-driver communication via text
messaging, as well as instant re-routing with new-destination message
prompts, the company says.
Garmin is also announcing the MotionBased Web Services API, which
gives developers access to the same GPS content that MotionBased.com
customers enjoy. This new service will enable third-party Web sites
to store, manipulate and display Garmin GPS data with little or no
development. The API will be available for testing in the summer of
2007 and will complement the Communicator Plugin API.
See: http://cp.gpsworld.com/gpscp/articl...l.jsp?id=429931
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| Sam Wormley wrote:
> Garmin Embraces Third-Party Development
> http://cp.gpsworld.com/gpscp/articl...l.jsp?id=429931
>
> May 29, 2007
> GPS World
>
> GPS technology giant Garmin is opening its technology to third-party
> developers.
>
> Today the company took the wraps off the Garmin Developer Web site
> for software developers and content providers who want to make their
> Web sites, applications and data content compatible with Garmin
> navigation systems. The Garmin Developer site provides both free and
> licensed Garmin resources and a library of application programming
> interfaces (APIs), toolkits and Web services offering six core
> products: Garmin Communicator Plugin, MotionBasedWeb Services,
> Content Toolkit, Garmin PeerPoint Messaging System, Garmin LBS
> Toolkit and Fleet Management Interface.
>
> "Until recently, third-party Web sites have been unable to
> communicate easily with Garmin devices," stated Charles Morse,
> Garmin's director of mobile and PND marketing. "We are making it
> easier for third-party content providers to leverage the huge
> community of Garmin devices by providing tools that will allow them
> to communicate directly with Garmin systems. This will create new
> markets for the programmers' content and services, while generating
> a grassroots movement that will spread Garmin's name and technology
> to consumers through third-party Web sites and content distribution
> channels."
>
> The Garmin Communicator Plugin API is a browser plugin and
> JavaScript support code that allows developers to transfer location
> data such as waypoints, track logs, maps and points of interest
> (POI) to and from a Web site and Garmin device. This will simplify
> loading location data to a Garmin GPS unit, according to the
> company.
> For example, on MotionBased.com, customers can quickly upload their
> activities in the form of track logs from their GPS devices. The
> cross-browser, and soon the cross-platform plugin, provide a
> consistent experience for MotionBased customers. Geocaching.com also
> integrates the plugin so that users can easily transfer selected
> geocache coordinates to their Garmin devices by clicking a new
> Garmin icon on the Geocaching.com site.
>
> Also available in Garmin Developer is the Content Toolkit, which
> lets developers compile secure POIs for Garmin GPS devices.
> Developers can then market this content to customers of Garmin
> products, creating an entirely new system of content, devices and
> customers, Garmin says. It expects future versions of the Content
> Toolkit to include routes and travel guide information.
>
> With the PeerPoint Messaging System, developers can utilize Garmin's
> location message format and send precise latitude and longitude
> information to phones running the Garmin Mobile XT application.
> Garmin anticipates that this published SMS interface will be sought
> after by location-based Web sites, fleet management systems, sales
> management applications and other applications that need to
> integrate remote destination sending and navigation. The individual
> who receives the location message will be able to save, view or
> route directly to the specified location with Garmin's turn-by-turn
> directions.
>
> Developers can also use the Garmin Location-Based Services (LBS)
> Toolkit to add location-based services to any Java-based mobile
> phone application. The LBS Toolkit incorporates Garmin navigation
> API, local search, real-time content delivery services and mobile
> advertising delivery services into one platform. This service was
> originally launched in late-2006 and several third parties have
> already taken advantage of the capability.
>
> Also available for smartphones, Garmin Mobile Smartphone provides
> mobile applications running on Windows Mobile or Palm OS devices
> with access to GPS information, interactive maps and intelligent
> routing including live traffic conditions. With these tools,
> developers can easily create LBS solutions for a wide range of Palm
> OS and Windows Mobile devices that are often already in use by
> enterprise customers, according to Garmin.
>
> The Garmin Fleet Management Interface enables fleet tracking,
> messaging, dispatch and navigation directly on Garmin's portable
> navigation devices, such as the StreetPilot, Nuvi and Zumo series.
> Utilizing third-party sensor and communication devices, companies
> can track GPS-based information like vehicle location, speed and
> direction of travel, distance traveled, and elapsed time, as well as
> fuel status, idle times, number of stops, cargo door access, cargo
> temperature, and battery and thermostat levels. The Fleet Management
> Interface also enables direct-to-driver communication via text
> messaging, as well as instant re-routing with new-destination
> message prompts, the company says.
>
> Garmin is also announcing the MotionBased Web Services API, which
> gives developers access to the same GPS content that MotionBased.com
> customers enjoy. This new service will enable third-party Web sites
> to store, manipulate and display Garmin GPS data with little or no
> development. The API will be available for testing in the summer of
> 2007 and will complement the Communicator Plugin API.
>
> See:
> http://cp.gpsworld.com/gpscp/articl...l.jsp?id=429931
So what kinds of things do you predict we can expect from this development?
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| GSV Three Minds in a Can 2007-06-02, 4:33 am |
| Bitstring <dt18i.311$WK1.183@newsfe12.lga>, from the wonderful person
Carl < crothman@NOSPAMopton
line.net> said
>Sam Wormley wrote:
<snipped>
>
>So what kinds of things do you predict we can expect from this development?
I dunno, but if you are adding just one line to a 100 line message, how
about trimming it a bit first?
--
GSV Three Minds in a Can
8,630 Km walked. 1,677Km PROWs surveyed. 30.5% complete.
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| Pegleg 2007-06-02, 10:33 am |
| On Fri, 1 Jun 2007 18:55:03 -0400, "Carl" < crothman@NOSPAMopton
line.net>
wrote:
>So what kinds of things do you predict we can expect from this development?
>
Did you have to repost the whole friggin article?
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| Karl-Olav Nyberg 2007-06-02, 10:33 am |
|
"GSV Three Minds in a Can" <GSV@quik.clara.co.uk> skrev i melding
news:W8pVtDHy7SYGFAS
y@from.is.invalid...
> Bitstring <dt18i.311$WK1.183@newsfe12.lga>, from the wonderful person Carl
> < crothman@NOSPAMopton
line.net> said
> <snipped>
>
> I dunno, but if you are adding just one line to a 100 line message, how
> about trimming it a bit first?
>
> --
> GSV Three Minds in a Can
> 8,630 Km walked. 1,677Km PROWs surveyed. 30.5% complete.
Hi.
Actually, not to trim away is the correct way of doing it on newsgroups.
Then we don't have to go to other places to follow the discussion.
Karl-Olav Nyberg
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| Karl-Olav Nyberg 2007-06-02, 10:33 am |
|
"Pegleg" <Pegleg@usnavyret.mil> skrev i melding
news:j7s263t7uer0bck
4s4h88vn3qhqnpe1jpb@
4ax.com...
> On Fri, 1 Jun 2007 18:55:03 -0400, "Carl" < crothman@NOSPAMopton
line.net>
> wrote:
>
> Did you have to repost the whole friggin article?
Hi.
Actually, not to trim away is the correct way of doing it on newsgroups.
Then we don't have to go to other places to follow the discussion.
Karl-Olav Nyberg
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| Happy Trails 2007-06-02, 3:33 pm |
| On Sat, 2 Jun 2007 17:32:43 +0200, "Karl-Olav Nyberg"
<konyberg@online.no> wrote:
>Actually, not to trim away is the correct way of doing it on newsgroups.
>Then we don't have to go to other places to follow the discussion.
>
>Karl-Olav Nyberg
>
Actually, you should have a news reader that shows the whole thread in
sequence, so you don't have to go to "other places", just go up a
couple of messages to see the original.
If everybody trimmed properly, we wouldn't ever have to have the
top-post vs. bottom-post argument (even though we know top-posting IS
better - hahaha) (Please do not respond).
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| GSV Three Minds in a Can 2007-06-02, 3:33 pm |
| Bitstring < 13633b29a0b367f@corp
.supernews.com>, from the wonderful
person Karl-Olav Nyberg <konyberg@online.no> said
>
>"Pegleg" <Pegleg@usnavyret.mil> skrev i melding
> news:j7s263t7uer0bck
4s4h88vn3qhqnpe1jpb@
4ax.com...
>
>Hi.
>Actually, not to trim away is the correct way of doing it on newsgroups.
>Then we don't have to go to other places to follow the discussion.
You are deeply confused. You don't have to go anywhere anyway, the
message being replied to is threaded right before this one. Quoting
relevant bits is fine. Quoting the whole thing is stupid. Persistent
offenders will find themselves talking to thin air because they'll be in
most sensible folks' kill files.
--
GSV Three Minds in a Can
8,630 Km walked. 1,677Km PROWs surveyed. 30.5% complete.
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| Mike Coon 2007-06-03, 4:33 am |
| Karl-Olav Nyberg wrote:
> Actually, not to trim away is the correct way of doing it on
> newsgroups. Then we don't have to go to other places to follow the
> discussion.
> Karl-Olav Nyberg
What nonsense! (And you have the nerve to post exactly the same words
again!) Would you like to cite an authority, so we can rubbish that
too? But by all means don't trim everything; just leave just enough so that
ripostes like "what nonsense" have a context...
Mike.
--
If reply address = connectfee, add an r because it is free not fee.
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| Karl-Olav Nyberg wrote:
> "GSV Three Minds in a Can" <GSV@quik.clara.co.uk> skrev i melding
> news:W8pVtDHy7SYGFAS
y@from.is.invalid...
>
> Hi.
> Actually, not to trim away is the correct way of doing it on
> newsgroups. Then we don't have to go to other places to follow the
> discussion.
Exactly. Thank you Karl. And what greater a way to waste people's time/space
than with an OT, and incorrect, unnecessarily critical comment like his.
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| GSV Three Minds in a Can wrote:
> Bitstring < 13633b29a0b367f@corp
.supernews.com>, from the wonderful
> person Karl-Olav Nyberg <konyberg@online.no> said
>
> You are deeply confused. You don't have to go anywhere anyway, the
> message being replied to is threaded right before this one. Quoting
> relevant bits is fine. Quoting the whole thing is stupid. Persistent
> offenders will find themselves talking to thin air because they'll be
> in most sensible folks' kill files.
So, let me see, what YOU'VE accomplished instead is to take the entire
thread OT into your world of petty argumentativeness? I see. That puts it
in clearer perspective for me.
Meantime, not one of you argumentative nitwits has answered my question or
said anything of importance.
Since when did the GPS newsgroup get taken over by the usenet police? Geez.
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| Happy Trails wrote:
> On Sat, 2 Jun 2007 17:32:43 +0200, "Karl-Olav Nyberg"
> <konyberg@online.no> wrote:
>
>
> Actually, you should have a news reader that shows the whole thread in
> sequence, ...
Why *should* we have this? What happens if we don't? Does usenet crumble
into some abyss?
> If everybody trimmed properly, we wouldn't ever have to have the
> top-post vs. bottom-post argument (even though we know top-posting IS
> better - hahaha) (Please do not respond).
If everybody typed only to answer questions, and not just to hear themselves
talk, I'd have an answer to my question, a lot less bandwidth would have
been wasted, people would have learned something new, and the GPS group
wouldn't be starting to feel like alt.politics. Use the scroll bar on the
side of your reader and you can glide through the extraneous lines which
seem to bother you in less than a second.
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| GSV Three Minds in a Can 2007-06-03, 10:33 pm |
| Bitstring <sUC8i.1357$gl3.944@newsfe12.lga>, from the idiot person Carl
< crothman@NOSPAMopton
line.net> said
<cr&p snipped>
Some of us don't have time and bytes to waste teaching you usenet
etiquette, which is all online if you'd bother to look. Anyway, 'plonk'
and goodbye. Maybe some other sucker will answer your Qs, I surely
won't.
--
GSV Three Minds in a Can
8,630 Km walked. 1,677Km PROWs surveyed. 30.5% complete.
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| GSV Three Minds in a Can wrote:
> Bitstring <sUC8i.1357$gl3.944@newsfe12.lga>, from the idiot person
> Carl < crothman@NOSPAMopton
line.net> said
>
> <cr&p snipped>
>
> Some of us don't have time and bytes to waste teaching you usenet
> etiquette, which is all online if you'd bother to look. Anyway,
> 'plonk' and goodbye. Maybe some other sucker will answer your Qs, I
> surely won't.
Gee, it is hard to imagine that jerks need to exist even in things as
insignificant as GPS forums. But you have single-handedly managed to enhance
my overall cynicism about human nature.
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| Happy Trails 2007-06-03, 10:33 pm |
| >>>> On Fri, 1 Jun 2007 18:55:03 -0400, "Carl"[color=darkred]
Read the article and come to your own conclusions, limp-brain!
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| Andrew 2007-06-04, 4:33 am |
| On Sun, 3 Jun 2007 20:29:24 -0400, "Carl"
< crothman@NOSPAMopton
line.net> wrote:
>Gee, it is hard to imagine that jerks need to exist even in things as
>insignificant as GPS forums. But you have single-handedly managed to enhance
>my overall cynicism about human nature.
Jerks are people who don't care about who they upset, which fits in
with the pattern of expecting everyone who reads your messages to
scroll down pages to read your poor one line contribution. GSV just
doesn't give a fig about upsetting you, and I don't blame him. *plonk*
--
Andrew, contact via http://interpleb.googlepages.com
Help make Usenet a better place: English is read downwards,
please don't top post. Trim replies to quote only relevant text.
Check groups.google.com before asking an obvious question.
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| Dan Anderson 2007-06-04, 12:33 pm |
| Carl wrote:
> So what kinds of things do you predict we can expect from this development?
An electronic tour guide industry
See Travel by GPS for some ideas:
http://www.travelbygps.com/
It looks like making maps is still under Garmin's control. In other
words, they aren't supplying map creation software to everybody.
--
Dan
(email change 2001 to 2004)
(www.gpsmap.net)
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| Lezerdezes 2007-06-04, 12:33 pm |
|
"Carl" < crothman@NOSPAMopton
line.net> schreef in bericht
news:G1J8i.16$KZ7.13@newsfe12.lga...
> GSV Three Minds in a Can wrote:
>
> Gee, it is hard to imagine that jerks need to exist even in things as
> insignificant as GPS forums. But you have single-handedly managed to
> enhance my overall cynicism about human nature.
>
>
I was going to let you know what utter idiot you are in my opinion but why
bother, in the coal hole you go...
PLOINK!!
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| Dan Anderson wrote:
> Carl wrote:
>
> An electronic tour guide industry
>
> See Travel by GPS for some ideas:
> http://www.travelbygps.com/
>
> It looks like making maps is still under Garmin's control. In other
> words, they aren't supplying map creation software to everybody.
Thanks Dan. I'll check it out.
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| David Lesher 2007-06-26, 10:33 pm |
| "Karl-Olav Nyberg" <konyberg@online.no> writes:
[color=darkred]
>Hi.
>Actually, not to trim away is the correct way of doing it on newsgroups.
>Then we don't have to go to other places to follow the discussion.
I don't know what your sourse for that error is; but for the 20+ years
netnews has existed the standard is: Trim to the minimum needed to
provide context.
In fact, the original newsreader "rn" would not post articles that were
more than 50% quoted text; it just refused..
--
A host is a host from coast to coast.................wb8foz@nrk.com
& no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX
Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433
is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433
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| Happy Trails 2007-06-26, 10:33 pm |
| On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:07:25 +0000 (UTC), David Lesher
<wb8foz@panix.com> wrote:
>In fact, the original newsreader "rn" would not post articles that were
>more than 50% quoted text; it just refused..
Hey, is there a news reader that will automatically jump to the top or
bottom of a message in a thread, depending on where the new (unmarked)
text might have been added?
With this, that top-post vs. bottom-post argument just might
partially go away.
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| Phil Wheeler 2007-06-26, 10:33 pm |
| Carl wrote:
> Sam Wormley wrote:
> So what kinds of things do you predict we can expect from this development?
>
>
Maybe Mapsource which will run under OS X?
Phil
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| Andrew Price 2007-06-27, 3:33 pm |
| On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:07:25 +0000 (UTC), David Lesher
<wb8foz@panix.com> wrote:
[---]
>In fact, the original newsreader "rn" would not post articles that were
>more than 50% quoted text; it just refused..
Some NNTP servers used to do that too, even if the user's newsreader
did accept a post, most of which was quoted text.
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| David Lesher 2007-06-30, 10:33 am |
| >>In fact, the original newsreader "rn" would not post articles that were
[color=darkred]
>Hey, is there a news reader that will automatically jump to the top or
>bottom of a message in a thread, depending on where the new (unmarked)
>text might have been added?
> With this, that top-post vs. bottom-post argument just might
>partially go away.
rn & now nn will skip quoted text; just hit the tab key & it
stops at the first unquoted line.
For top-posters, just use 'n' and skip the article, period.
--
A host is a host from coast to coast.................wb8foz@nrk.com
& no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX
Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433
is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433
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| Happy Trails 2007-06-30, 10:33 pm |
| On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 13:07:35 +0000 (UTC), David Lesher
<wb8foz@panix.com> wrote:
>
>For top-posters, just use 'n' and skip the article, period.
Hahahahaha.
You are already looking at the new stuff at that point - it's great!
Your suggestion is what I sometimes do for bottom-posted stuff because
I can't be bothered to scroll down to read it when I have a marginal
interest in a topic.
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