RG golfers and Gurus,
I was informed that there are some GPS devices going around being used specifically for Golfers. I am trying to convince my Uncle who is going to he US for a trip to buy a Nuvi instead of renting (he wanted to borrow mine, but my Nuvi doesn't have the maps for N America). An avid golfer, maybe the swing vote might come from the possibility of using GPS in the golf course.
Apparently the GPS is used to estimate the distance to the hole, which I think is the primary purpose, but some of the units apparently even have a swing counter (score keeper) which I am sure our PNDs can't do, so we can just forget that feature for now.
I would like to check with you, if my understanding of how to make this work is correct or not.
1. We could ask contributors to submit waypoints of each of the holes of a golf course, or at least the middle of the green.
My question, do the admins think it is important enough that we want these in our main map? Or should we maybe upload these on a separate "golfer's map"? Or heck even to our free map?
2. I imagine that golfers will not want to be searching for each of the POI of each hole every time, so maybe setting up a Route for each 9 holes? So that the route will go through holes no. 1,2,3,4, etc.up to 9 in sequence? then hole no. 10 to 18? Would this be correct?
3. Or we could just not include all these in our RG map and just offer all the WP and Routes for download, we just have to set it up as "personal" preference WPs and Routes?
I do not play golf often, heck I try to avoid playing golf, but those who are regular and avid golfer contributors might be interested in this concept.
Lastly I don't know if it is allowed by the rules of golf to use a GPS device to know how far the hole is from your current position, where others without the device will just rely on the markers and the caddies.
Appreciate comments and suggestions
TTFN
Arvin
I was informed that there are some GPS devices going around being used specifically for Golfers. I am trying to convince my Uncle who is going to he US for a trip to buy a Nuvi instead of renting (he wanted to borrow mine, but my Nuvi doesn't have the maps for N America). An avid golfer, maybe the swing vote might come from the possibility of using GPS in the golf course.
Apparently the GPS is used to estimate the distance to the hole, which I think is the primary purpose, but some of the units apparently even have a swing counter (score keeper) which I am sure our PNDs can't do, so we can just forget that feature for now.
I would like to check with you, if my understanding of how to make this work is correct or not.
1. We could ask contributors to submit waypoints of each of the holes of a golf course, or at least the middle of the green.
My question, do the admins think it is important enough that we want these in our main map? Or should we maybe upload these on a separate "golfer's map"? Or heck even to our free map?
2. I imagine that golfers will not want to be searching for each of the POI of each hole every time, so maybe setting up a Route for each 9 holes? So that the route will go through holes no. 1,2,3,4, etc.up to 9 in sequence? then hole no. 10 to 18? Would this be correct?
3. Or we could just not include all these in our RG map and just offer all the WP and Routes for download, we just have to set it up as "personal" preference WPs and Routes?
I do not play golf often, heck I try to avoid playing golf, but those who are regular and avid golfer contributors might be interested in this concept.
Lastly I don't know if it is allowed by the rules of golf to use a GPS device to know how far the hole is from your current position, where others without the device will just rely on the markers and the caddies.
Appreciate comments and suggestions
TTFN
Arvin
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