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On Sep 4, 9:57 am, knighty76 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 ofgolfwith 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. Thegolfcourse 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 thegolfcourse... 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 GoogleGolfplugin 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 playgolf, and they all have money! > > Thanks for reading, and if you don't playgolfI'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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
