Creating a Garmin "MCP"(jackantico.io)
13 pointsby ricotico0608 hours ago1 comment
  • m4636 hours ago
    Why can't we just connect a garmin watch (or edge or gps) to our ai machine, have it extract all the data with MTP or garmin format, and keep it local. Then ask questions.

    Honestly I've been wondering if in the near future I can basically have a big machine and some sort of "ingest" program.

    Then keep connect my devices to it, where it will backup all the data, and mine the backups for information I want.

    Mine my iphone backups for text messages or contacts

    mine all my devices for photos or videos

    mine my watch or bike computer or gps or whatever else for where I've been and how I've exercised.

    instead, everyone wants your data and imposes themselves in the middle.

    • zknill31 minutes ago
      GPS traces recorded on a watch can be pretty noisy. If you stand in the same spot for a while, you're not going to get the exact GPS position recorded for the entire time you're there. The same happens when you move, it's not a smooth trace.

      Strava (and I assume to some extent Garmin) apply some smoothing to these raw GPX traces to try and improve the path, or remove some of the noise.

      You'd be missing out on this post-processing by taking the data raw. Ofc you can implement something similar yourself, but I wanted to point out that these platforms are doing a little bit more than just displaying the GPX trace.

    • cgsmith4 hours ago
      This is similar to what I did. Just download the gpx and analyze that. Skips the Garmin API.
    • exabrial4 hours ago
      doesn’t Garmin support completely local synchronization with their devices still?
      • m4633 hours ago
        they do - and this is why I buy their stuff.

        but a lot of these folks are uploading everything to garmin connect and letting it have your data and do the work.