Yardage and Green Details on Bing Maps
At the time of this writing golf season is under way in some parts of the Country and the first major of the year is just a few short weeks away. I found some time to re-visit the Golf Course Mapper I put together last year. As usual I will be embedding a demo but I'd recommend going to the site hosting the mapper to get a better idea and a bigger map. Visit the site at Golf Course Mapper.
The biggest enhancement over the last golf course mapped is that I spent a reasonable amount of time creating the map. The previous version used a map that I created in mere minutes...and looked like it. Other enhancements include a new hole data display control and better navigation control. This version works better with tablets and mobile devices, though a true mobile version is still in the works.
Screenshots below the demo (More screenshots at Golf Course Mapper - Augusta National ).
The demo:
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| Augusta National - The Masters |
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| No. 1 Tea Olive |
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| No. 2 Pink Dogwood |
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| Pink Dogwood Green Detail |
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| No. 3 Flowering Peach in aerial view mode. |
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| No. 5 Magnolia |
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| No. 9 Carolina Cherry - Having the green detail for this hole prior to hitting your approach can save strokes. |
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| No. 9 Carolina Cherry in a mixed view. You can see both the green detail and the aerial image. |
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| No. 12 Golden Bell |
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| No. 13 Azalea |
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| No. 13 Azalea - Note the distance markers have been aligned wit the upcoming shot angle providing accurate distance information. Hard to do with a paper yardage book. |
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| No. 16 Redbud - Excellent detail to help plan your next shot. |
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| No. 18 Holly |
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| No. 18 Holly - Again, having the green detail can save you strokes. Looking at the map you can see that you need to get on and hold the back tier. Whether it is your first time on this course or you been around a few turns this detail is a stroke saver. |
