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Aug 2014
12:43pm, 12 Aug 2014
14,752 posts
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fetcheveryone
In talks with Garmin about this. More news when I have it.
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Aug 2014
1:19pm, 12 Aug 2014
187 posts
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MartinCunningham
That sounds wonderful and I hope you bargain them down to a more reasonable fee!!!!
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Aug 2014
1:31pm, 12 Aug 2014
2,735 posts
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clare1976
Fantastic  my 620 now automatically uploads itself to garmin connect / express and then links straight to strava - think it uses my wifi at home. I still upload to Fetch manually with the cable which isn't the end of the world, but I don't do it as quickly as I used to after a run as I can 'geek' my numbers straight away on strava so don't feel the need to upload to Fetch as quickly. That said, the likes of strava have a 'premium membership' option (paid for) - which I don't have myself - but therefore I guess they have more money flaoting around to pay garmin or whoever for this link. Fingers x'd Fetch
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Aug 2014
1:51pm, 12 Aug 2014
4,359 posts
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Badger
It's a *lot* bigger than FE, too. We have 68289 registered users, strava don't say how many they have but their FB page alone has 131,000 likes.
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Aug 2014
6:26pm, 12 Aug 2014
730 posts
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Gasping 4 breath
OK Potentially great news for Garmin users
I'm not one of those. I use strava app on my phone to log my routes using GPS. Have used others in past , but was finding problesm crashing, so the latest app is strava.
Anyway, as many use GPX, which is what I then upload to fetch, via a PC, I cant see being in talks with garmin going to do anything for runners like me to avoid that "middle man/stage" :Strava app "synches with strava,com" then I log onto strava.com to export GPX. The nin fetch I upload GPX file to my training log.
I only use strava's free app, but
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Aug 2014
6:28pm, 12 Aug 2014
731 posts
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Gasping 4 breath
(oops posted mid sentence)
from the sounds of it their premium version doesn't do this either.
maybe we need a fetch app that maps runs/bike rides etc and bingo avoid the middle man altogether?
please?
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Aug 2014
10:53pm, 12 Aug 2014
15,118 posts
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flanker
you could always use the garmin app, which will log it onto Connect and then it will be transferred onto Strava.
I assume the talks with Garmin are to do the same for fetch as they have for Strava. Would be nice, but I'd be surprised. There's not a lot in it for Garmin and it'd be supporting a rival to its own Connect site.
What might be more practical is to develop a client app that does the same as the fetch uploader, assuming fetch is willing to make the upload service available as a web service.
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Aug 2014
11:23am, 13 Aug 2014
4,363 posts
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Badger
Not sure about that. It isn't just strava for one thing; it's Training Peaks, Endomondo, MapMyWhatever, and counting, all of whom are in competition with Connect in one way or another. Garmin are charging a one-off fee for the API details and a key, apparently because they don't want just anybody using the API and hammering their servers non-stop. The cost is prohibitive for hobbyists, probably trivial for something the size of strava and awkward for the likes of FE and Sporttracks who aren't making enough money to support a big team of developers in the first place. I can't see developing a client app being cheaper than paying the fee, though, even including the cost of Fetch's time coding for the new API.
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Aug 2014
11:48am, 13 Aug 2014
15,121 posts
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flanker
should be reasonably simple to expose the current code via a web service - no need to go through the whole development of an API. All depends what the fee is...
I suspect it would be possible to automate the upload of activities as it is using the FIT uploader. However the new upload is so quick and easy it's not something I'll play with unless I'm really bored
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Aug 2014
12:28pm, 13 Aug 2014
2,736 posts
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clare1976
Sounds like Fetch is already in talks with Garmin so let's see what happens....
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