Request access to Garmin's ActiveCaptain developer portal for marine POI data
domain: developer.garmin.com · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Submit a company-level request through the ActiveCaptain 'Request Access' developer contact form rather than expecting open self-serve signup
Wait for Garmin's approval and provisioning of Developer Portal access and an API key shared across the team
Read the gated portal documentation and sample code for the bounding-box POI query API (marinas, anchorages, hazards, reviews within a geographic box)
Integrate the bounding-box query into the chartplotter or navigation app to display and filter ActiveCaptain community content
Use the accompanying filter WebView component if UI-level filtering controls are needed alongside the data
Known gotchas
This is a B2B-gated program requiring a business relationship and approval step, not a public self-serve API like most map providers
Do not confuse this with Garmin's Connect IQ SDK, which is public but scoped to wearables/watch apps, not marine chartplotter or ActiveCaptain data
Exact endpoint schemas, auth token mechanics, and rate limits are only disclosed inside the gated portal after approval and are not publicly documented
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