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        <description> I was going to add the ability to embed Garmin Connect activities just like Strava activities and segments, but it turns out they put up a $5000 paywall in front of their API back in Feb 2014

http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/06/counterpoint-garmin-sync-api.html

http://developer.garmin.com/garmin-connect-api/overview/

What a dumb move by a company that is clearly out of touch with reality - interconnection is not a feature, it's a requirement.  The &amp;quot;modern&amp;quot; Connect UI is so far behind the competition, without 3rd party developers, it will just continue to slide into irrelevance.  The only thing I use it for is auto-sync to Strava.

So, no Garmin activity embedding on Staminist any time soon, sorry.

Skye</description>
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            <description><![CDATA[ I was going to add the ability to embed Garmin Connect activities just like Strava activities and segments, but it turns out they put up a <b>$5000 paywall</b> in front of their API back in Feb 2014<br /><a href="http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/06/counterpoint-garmin-sync-api.html" target="_blank" >http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/06/counterpoint-garmin-sync-api.html</a><br /><a href="http://developer.garmin.com/garmin-connect-api/overview/" target="_blank" >http://developer.garmin.com/garmin-connect-api/overview/</a><br />What a dumb move by a company that is clearly out of touch with reality - interconnection is not a feature, it's a requirement. The &quot;modern&quot; Connect UI is so far behind the competition, without 3rd party developers, it will just continue to slide into irrelevance. The only thing I use it for is auto-sync to Strava.<br />So, no Garmin activity embedding on Staminist any time soon, sorry.<br />Skye ^ CLICK TO REPLY]]></description>
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