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EXPORT DATA - Garmin Connect

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Former Member over 8 years ago
Hi guys - I've done a quick search and couldn't find the answer to this one so I'm hoping someone can help.

I skipper charter boats out of Auckland New Zealand and I'm using my Fenix 3 HR to record where and when a fish is caught. This data will eventually be used to help better understand the fish movements within the Hauraki Gulf area which in turn will help with our own level of service and also better management of the fish stocks and sustainability as a whole. As a .NET software developer I am creating a application around the data I collect so I can look up interesting stats.

I believe I have the watch setup correctly and the data I require is been recorded - I use LAP's to mark a fish location (with auto laps turned off) and everything else (other than 1 data field - Speed in Knots) is just standard default Garmin Fields. Exporting the custom activity to Google Earth confirms that the correct data has been recorded.

When I do a data dump from Garmin Connect to CSV however - in the LAP's data there isn't a Lat and Long for each LAP waypoint.
Can anyone help me with getting this data added to the data exports which already exist?

While I recognise the Fenix 3 HR is primarily marketed as a sporting watch - with a little vision it actually contains a whole world of untapped potential, both in leisure and in work.

I'm really keen to take advantage of that however missing some positional data is for me right now a road block.

Garmin Dev Team - can you please help?
Offer two export types if you need too. One "Standard" and the other "Advanced" - and in the Advanced dump not just the sexy data but everything.
Same code - just more columns.

Thanks Guys!
  • 0 over 8 years ago
    I am far from an expert and hopefully you will get some better answers that what I have. Also I don't have a Fenix 3.

    But I looked a biking ride (Edge 500) with splits.
    I looked at the FIT, TCX, and GPX file using the FitFile Repair Tool.

    There is no specific entry for the lap location. What the files are a series of records, with each record containing the time/data lat/log, speed, cadence, etc and also includes a column with the lap number. So the records need to be searched. So in place of a specific location the each record needs to be searched for places where the lap number changes.

    That is so specific that I doubt Garmin would develop such a tool.

    However all is not lost.

    Looking at the Fenix3 manual it has the option to log current location.

    And so does my VivoactiveHR. So using that you can log a GPS location.Then you can read the lat/log on the watch.
    I could not find anyway to automatically having them show on connect.

    But you can go into the device files and under the LOCATIONS folder their is a an LCTNS.FIT file. Loading that into FitFile repair you can see all of the locations that have been logged. And you can export them into a CSV file.
  • 0 over 8 years ago
    You can look up the lat/lon of the lap by going back in the file and finding the timestamp of the lap event in the record messages. (I haven't checked with actual data, I don't have access to that at the moment).Using the FIT SDK, downloadable from thisisant.com, and writing software for it, may be easier though.