Migration Update - 21 May 2009
Garmin Connect will open it's doors to all Garmin fitness devices on May 26, 2009. The site will be unavailable for 11 hours from 7am to 6pm (Pacific Time) while we make this update. Supported Devices:
Forerunner 310XT
Forerunner 405CX
Forerunner 405
Forerunner 305
Forerunner 205
Forerunner 301
Forerunner 201
FR60
Forerunner 50
Edge 705
Edge 605
Edge 305
Edge 205
We are currently working on support for Garmin outdoor and automotive/motorcycle devices. We plan to support .gpx uploads from these devices later this summer.
A few things to note:
- If you don't see an activity from your MotionBased account on Garmin Connect, don't panic. We are migrating activities by date and size. The most recent activities have been uploaded first, as they are likely more relevant to you. Larger activities (more than 1,000 track points which equate to 10% of our total) will be uploaded in June/July.
- Some of your activities may not have migrated because they were either large files or had some data peculiarities. We will run several phases of our migration script to eventually get all of your activities from MotionBased to Garmin Connect. In some rare cases, we may not be able to migrate your activity to Garmin Connect.
- MotionBased will no longer accept uploads from Garmin fitness devices on June 30, 2009. At that time, we will migrate any remaining activities from MotionBased to Garmin Connect up until June 30, 2009.
- Garmin Connect is using a different methodology to smooth elevation gain/loss compared to MotionBased. As a result, especially for Forerunner devices, the elevation gain/loss numbers will be inflated. We are still working on our smoothing algorithm and intend to run this across all activities at Garmin Connect in the future to more accurately reflect the actual gain/loss.
- Garmin Connect does not support weather at this time. We plan on introducing this feature at Garmin Connect. When we do, it will run against all past, present, and future activities at Garmin Connect.
- Garmin Connect does not offer the Analyzer, Saved Reports, Dot Racing, or Viewports features as you know them at MotionBased. We plan on offer these features at Garmin Connect in the future. When we do, they will be much more robust and customizable where applicable.
- Garmin Connect will support the Garmin outdoor and automotive/motorcycle product lines in the summer of 2009. In the meantime, we recommend that you continue uploading activities from these devices to MotionBased.
- At this time, Garmin Connect does not have a premium service. All of the features at Garmin Connect are free. We plan to introduce a premium service in the future. MotionBased customers with a premium account will be grandfathered into the Garmin Connect premium service for a period of time at no cost.
Languages
In addition to supporting a wider range of devices, Garmin Connect will now be available in 14 languages:
English
Czech
Danish
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Russian
Slovenian
Spanish
Swedish
Browsers and Operating SystemGarmin Connect supports the following browsers and operating systems:
Windows XP/Vista
IE 7 and 8
Firefox 3 Mac OS X 10.4+
Safari 3 While other browser/operating system combinations may work at Garmin Connect, we do not test those versions.