Hi All, Firstly apologies if this isn't the place.. this looks like quite a technical forum. The only reason I posted here is that I put a suggestion on the "Google Maps Help Group" in the Feature Suggestions, and one of the mods Adam said I should post it here. So that's what I've done! It's just an idea for a plugin or added feature that I'm convinced a massive number of people (Golfers) would be interested in.
Here's the original post: Hi all! I have a suggestion!! But first of all let me say that I'm a big fan of Google Maps for Mobile, especially on my GPS-enabled Sony Ericsson. I was playing a round of golf with a mate last Saturday and for a laugh I turned Google Maps on with my mobile, hoping to get a better look at the course and what hazards awaited me. The golf course was quite new, maybe only a couple of years old, so I was delighted to see that when I switched my view to "Satellite" mode I was able to see nearly all the features on the golf course... the tee positions, fairways, bunkers, water hazards and greens.. all there. And as we moved to the tee for a particular hole, my Google Maps was able to pinpoint my position to a very impressive degree of accuracy. I commented to my mate that if only there was a way of displaying the scale of the map in yards, I would be able to figure out my distance from the green! So my suggestion is for a Google Golf plugin for Google Maps!! This could earn you a fortune, of which I would request only a very small percentage!!! ;-) If the map could display a grid, scaled correctly (based on the zoom level.. surely this is possible?) then yardage calculations would be possible. If the user could then select a button, move a cursor to the front of the green, or the position of the flag on the green where visible, and see a line drawn to this point from the "Your Location" position with an accompanying yardage, then Bingo!! Further down the line you could even involve the clubs, where they can sign up to input their pin positions on your server to be displayed on Google Maps for Mobile. Awesome!! I'd buy that for a dollar!! Millions of people play golf, and they all have money! Thanks for reading, and if you don't play golf I'd discuss it with a golfer, cos they will think it's a blinder of an idea!!! Cheers, Rich (knighty76). --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
