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Larger Google Map "Work-around"

That's a good tip but the map isn't very useful w/o the tracking!

OK here's a workaround to view your activity in a large GoogleMaps window:

Go to view details on the activity you want to view
Copy the the activity ID# (series of numbers at the end of the url)
In the url below replace "activity_id" with the activity ID you just copied

"maps.google.com/mapsactivity_id?full=true"

For example:
My activty in GC is (without quotes) "connect.garmin.com/.../9625310"
To view in Google Maps "maps.google.com/maps9625310?full=true"

When you launch the GoogleMap view it will take a while to load, especially for longer activities, as it is loading every trackpoint. I'm not sure how to avoid this, other than unchecking trackpoints after they load. This may be the reason that this has not been implemented yet in Garmin Connect.

0 Former Member over 16 years ago

Google Maps Workaround Link

SEILOGRAMP...I tried the Google Maps workaround you provided with several of my activities and received the following error:

File not found at http://connect.garmin.com/p....
Suggestions:
Make sure the URL is spelled correctly.
Make sure the file exists.

Here is an example of URL I tried: "maps.google.com/maps

I did make sure that the activitity is marked as public (I am assuming that may be necessary).

I also got the same error when trying the example activity link you gave as well.

0 seilogramp over 16 years ago

Mine works fine. With yours I got "http://connect.garmin.com/p... could not be displayed because it is too large."

0 Former Member over 15 years ago

any more word on this? I too would like a some sort of 'large map' link on the Garmin Connect activities page, and I also can't the larger map to work when using the suggested url template substituted with my activity IDs.

thanks

0 seilogramp over 15 years ago

any more word on this? I too would like a some sort of 'large map' link on the Garmin Connect activities page, and I also can't the larger map to work when using the suggested url template substituted with my activity IDs.

Are you trying to view a large activity? An activity with a lot of trackpoints could eventually time out when opening in Google Maps. Regardless, it would be great if this could get fixed to view a single track when opening a larger Google Map of your activity.

0 Former Member over 15 years ago

Phil,
thanks for your reply, well, I don't think I have a kml that is too big, and I think the one I'm using is publicly viewable, but I just see this when I try the link + activity ID on goog map:

"""File not found at http://connect.garmin.com/p....

Suggestions:

* Make sure the URL is spelled correctly.
* Make sure the file exists.
"""

I tried the url for connect.garmin directly and it seemed to download a kml ok:
http://connect.garmin.com/proxy/activity-service-1.0/kml/activity/4084824?full=true

Also, according to something like this: http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2006-09-25-n83.html your previously suggested link for interacting with goog maps seems fine, so I'm not sure what's up....so any higher priority given to a 'larger-map' link a future version would be great :)

thanks...

0 seilogramp over 15 years ago

Ravas, maybe you aren't getting the link correct. This works for me

The activity number you are using doesn't look right to me. Can you post a link to the GC activity you are trying to use?

0 Former Member over 15 years ago

Make sure that you have permission to view the specified activity. If it is a private activity, you must be logged in and own the activity to view it.

0 Former Member over 15 years ago

Track Points = BAD

I have noticed that the exported KML filesize goes up dramatically when you include "Track Points" but unfortunately, try as I might, i can't get Google Maps to import and KML file to save my life. The only working solution that works at all is the suggested solution above which uses the following syntax:

"maps.google.com/maps

Unfortunately the requirement to load in all the track points kills the performance of Google Maps to the point it is unusable with longer runs/rides. Does anyone know a way to export data without the darn track points? This shouldn't be a hard thing for Garmin to provide.

0 seilogramp over 15 years ago

Unfortunately the requirement to load in all the track points kills the performance of Google Maps to the point it is unusable with longer runs/rides. Does anyone know a way to export data without the darn track points? This shouldn't be a hard thing for Garmin to provide.

Suggest you send a request to Garmin support. I've done that already, but it might help if more people mention this.

0 SPIDEOG over 15 years ago

You just need to rip out everything between:

<Folder>
<name>Track Points</name>

and the corresponding:
</Folder> at the end of the kml and you can load it into Google Maps without the points.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://robinph.googlepages.com/spideog.kml

Shouldn't be too much bother to script something together to do that auto-magically if you just give it the activity id.