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Joel Richards
October 10, 2010

Garmin Edge 705 Data Recovery with DD & XML

After recently taking part in a race across Scotland, using a Garmin GPS device (Edge 705) I had around 12 hours of GPS data which unfortunately seemed to get corrupted during the ride.

The device was properly displaying the data on the unit, but Windows, OSX and Linux were all failing to read the data, prompting to format the device which would remove all the data.

After contacting Garmin support they said the device was no longer readable, had to be formatted and loaded with the firmware again even though the data was still intact on the device.

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Tags: gps, garmin, gpx, data, recovery, 705, edge

Paul Sturgess
July 18, 2008

Garmin Forerunner 405

The Garmin Forerunner 405 is a GPS running watch that actually looks like a normal watch.

But it’s not the looks that make this a runner’s best friend.

The GPS technology means it will track your run and tell you where to turn to stay on course.

Set a ‘virtual training partner’ to run against and it will tell you how far behind or infront you are.

Monitor your pace, your average pace and how many calories you’re burning.

When you’re back home it will wirelessly transmit your run data onto your pc (mac not supported yet unfortunately) allowing you to analyse to your heart’s content.

This is where Garmin have outdone themselves.

The watch can send and receive information just by by plugging in a small usb stick into your computer.

Most important though is that it’s all in a standard format and this allows for integration into various services and mashups gallore.

View where you ran on a Google map or import it into Google earth.

Create courses on websites like mapmyrun.com.

This means you can share your couses with friends and then run against the times they’ve set.

GPS is a very fashionable technology right now and Garmin are taking full advantage of it.