Welcome to the Garmin Developer website - a developer zone dedicated to software developers and content providers who want to make their website, applications and data content compatible with Garmin navigation systems. Gain access to free and licensed Garmin resources and a library of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), toolkits and web services broken into 4 main categories:
Device Communications
Start connecting with Garmin devices today — whether you want to send and receive location data directly from your website using the Garmin Communicator Plugin or whether you want to create custom POIs that can be sent to Garmin navigation systems using our Content Toolkit.
Web Services
Access data and utilize core features provided by MotionBased — Garmin’s web-based activity portal. Enable your website to store, manipulate and display Garmin GPS data with little or no development.
Smartphone/PDA Services
Provide mobile applications running on Windows Mobile, Palm OS and Symbian OS with access to GPS information, interactive maps and intelligent routing including SMS-based messaging that can be used to transmit position information to supported devices.
Location Based Services
Get Garmin to work for your business solution. Add location-based services to any Java-based mobile phone application and enable fleet tracking, messaging, dispatch and navigation directly on Garmin’s portable navigation devices.