Data field which adds gps data to treadmill activity

Hi,

It's been a couple of years that I haven't been developing connectiq apps.

Recently I have bought a treadmill. Distance is recorded with a footpod.

I have had an idea for a data field, but I don't know if that's actually possible.

I would like to add gps coordinates to the activity. Let's say I have a gpx course recorded in some fancy athletic track. The data field would combine the course with the speed and distance measured by the foot pod.

Is this possible at all with connect IQ?

In the past I would have been able to create developer fields for the coordinates. But I guess that Garmin connect and Strava would not be able to interpret these data.

Is there some other way available today?

Thank you in advance

flocsy🤠 over 3 years ago

I don't know if it's possible but I can see how it could be a nice feature for virtual runs.

And the next version could even add this: at the beginning of an outdoor activity you could set your virtual GPS coordinates to a nice place, and "try" to follow a path there while in reality you're running in your place... Could be interesting.... you know: get to the Eiffel tower while you're anywhere in the world...

danielp27 over 3 years ago in reply to flocsy🤠

Hi,

Thanks for your answer.

Unfortunately does not seem to be possible.

Since Garmin added some time ago the virtual run mode to some watches, i thought there might to be a way to mock the location data in an app. But this is not available yet

jim_m_58 over 3 years ago in reply to danielp27

With virtual run, Zwift is involved.

See https://support.garmin.com/en-US/?faq=pyniXQfLiu3BS1yKFlLn36

danielp27 over 3 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

Yes, i know. It is the external service which records the fit file. There isn't anything new in the SDK which one could leverage to write the current location in the watch.

jim_m_58 over 3 years ago in reply to danielp27

No. Not even in the upcoming 4.1.1. You could use FitContrib to write lat/lon, but it wouldn't display as GPS data does with a map in Garmin Connect. You can't override any of the standard data in a fit file, but you can add your own version of the data.