The Institute of Transport Management recently awarded Garmin with the prestigious honor of “Innovation in Fleet Management 2007.” Garmin was chosen as the manufacturer most able to meet the challenges of the efficient movement of
people and goods vehicles through its comprehensive product offering in Automotive and Fleet Management innovation, as well as customer service excellence.
Commenting on the award, Patrick Sheedy, ITM’s Media and PR Director said, “The Fleet Manager is becoming increasingly dependent upon technology to operate a successful fleet. Support for this technology is paramount to successful operations, and customer service from the supplier is a key element. In it’s findings, the Institute’s fleet research team found the levels of customer service and satisfaction at Garmin to be of the highest in the entire fleet sector. Customer service is always key in the list of criteria outlined in overall success and Garmin more than excelled in this area.”
Sources:
Garmin Blog: Garmin Honored with Prestigious Award
Garmin UK press release: Garmin wins top industry award [PDF]
Institute of Transport Management: Garmin wins “Innovation in Fleet Management 2007″
The announcement of TakItWithMe made headlines yesterday over at GISuser.com. TakItWithMe combines the API of Garmin Communicator and Google MyMaps to provide users the ability to send their personalized Google MyMaps to their Garmin device. This is one great example of how developers can use Communicator with other APIs to create incredibly useful tools.
(Source: Google MyMaps + TakItWithMe + Garmin Communicator API = WOW!)
The announcement of Garmin Developer in May was featured in eWeek Networking. The article also refers to Garmin’s Location Based Services toolkit (LBS). The toolkit allows you to incorporate Garmin’s GPS navigation directly into your current Java-based application. It also allows mobile device users to search for a given address; it triggers route calculation and navigation and receives GPS position information.
(Source: New Tools Tie Garmin’s GPS To the Web)
A somewhat extensive article on the Communicator Plug-In API and other Garmin technologies was written in May over at GPSLodge.
(Source: Garmin Announces Developer Toolkit for GPS)
CNET Crave is all about “gorgeous gadgets and other crushworthy stuff,” and included Garmin Developer in a May blog article about companies offering up developer-friendly APIs.
(Source: Garmin, MapQuest offer interfaces)
O’Reilly Radar highlights new and interesting technology garnered by tech blogs, and has recently featured Garmin Developer, announced at the Where 2.0 conference in May. The article also discusses the upcoming MotionBased Web Services API, which will allow users and developers to interact with MotionBased.
(Source: Where2.0: Garmin Developer, Browser Plugin and Javascript API)
