Re: ShopTalk: Golf courses...south

[Scott Bershing]

Many of the courses (at least in Michigan) use differential GPS, and are able to get accuracy down to within a couple meters. I assume the courses down there are set up similarly. Also, down there you guys are able to take advantage of the WAAS satellite, so even with some of the handheld units that are WAAS enabled you should be able to get within 10 feet. Even way up here in the U.P. of Michigan, I'm able to regularly get within 10-15 feet when I'm lucky enough to pick up the WAAS signal.

As far as cold and snow, you guys down south crack me up. We are supposed to get up to 2� F today, with wind chills around -30 to -40� F. At least when it's that cold, we don't get as much snow - only supposed to get 3-6" today. I've got about 4' in my back yard, and for the season we are at about 180".

At 08:38 AM 2/10/2003 -0500, you wrote:

With the kind of GPS devices in the carts, you will get results anywhere within 50 feet or so of the real location. How many clubs would that be?

>Seems the GPS works about 50% of the time. I don't trust it, anyway, and
>usually pace off the distances from the stakes.