GPS, Garmin Developer website unloads APIs, toolkits
By Darren Murph 
posted May 30th 2007 7:26PM
posted May 30th 2007 7:26PM
If you're tired of tirelessly hacking your navigation system in order to get the features you want up and running, Garmin is making things a good bit easier, by opening up a developer website that gives users free access to a plethora of APIs, toolkits, and web services. Put simply, the idea is to give customers the ability to "make their website, applications, and data content compatible with Garmin navigation systems." Currently, the six core offerings include the Communicator Plugin, MotionBased Web Services, Content Toolkit, PeerPoint Messaging System, LBS Toolkit, and Fleet Management Interface." Of course, you can't take advantage of the niceties until you put those coding muscles to work, so be sure to hit the read link and flip a coin to see which application deserves first dibs on getting your attention.[Via GPSReview]
^^^WTF?^^^
Jeptaro/heptaro, we all know you just copied this, so PLEASE, OH GOD, STOP IT!!!!
Hmm, these devices are intriguing... time to create a google group and create a whole new OS specifically for one of these that will make it into a tru IPhone killer, albeit a bit thicker... *maniacal laugh as seen in greyscale horror movies where the funny-haired mad scientist laughs as the lightning flashes behind for some strange reason*
What kind of hacks can I do for my garmin 7500?
No OS X browser plug-in yet. Why announce something without covering all the platforms? It's not like this announcement could not have waited a couple weeks more.
Don't get me wrong, I'm thrilled that they are kinda-sorta opening up the devices a bit, but I would have like cross platform use on day one.
This isn't all that new-if you know XML and GPX, you could have done these things a LONG time ago with Google Maps. Using GPSBabel, also, you can do the same things with Magellan products. The others will soon follow, I'm assuming (considering TomTom seems to like this type of stuff).
Garmin just made it much easier now.