Courses Database - Calibrate with Google Earth

Here you can GPS calibrate your Course at home using Google Earth:

When invoking the function, Google Earth starts and a new Folder with the name of your Course is created under Temporary Places. In case you have a rather slow PC or the Google Earth Database is very slow, it can happen that the Folder is not automatically created. In that case, you will see a warning. Simply wait, until Google Earth is stated completely and reselect the Function.

At the upper right of the Screen you will see a small Window which is the Google Earth Calibration Wizard. You will use this Wizard to Name and create all the Placemarks for your Course. You should create Placemarks for each of the Points which are relevant for your Game: the Tees, Bunkers, Water Hazards, Out of Bounds and of Course the Green.

Before starting the Wizard, select the Folder of your Course under Places in Google Earth. The Folder must be selected (shown with a color in the Background) in order for the new Placemarks to end up in the right Place.

In the Wizard, you can

  • Use the and Icons under Hole to select for which Hole you will add a Placemark

  • Use the and Icons under Position to select for which Position you will add a Placemark (eG Fairway Bunker, Water, ..)

  • Use the and Icons under Detailed to add, if you want, a detailed Description to the Position (eG Left, Right, ...)

  • Finally, use the Icon to create the Placemark

After using the Icon the new Placemark Window of Google Earth will pop up and you will see the Name of the new Placemark being a combination of the Hole, Position and Detail that you selected previously. You will also see a new flashing yellow Pin in Google Earth. Now, click on the flashing pin and drag the Pin to the Spot on top of the Satellite Image that corresponds to the Position you want to calibrate. If you are done with dragging, click on OK in the new Placemark Window.

If you want to edit either Position or Name of a Placemark, right click on the Pin and select Properties. In the Window coming up, you can edit the Name of the Placemark or drag the pin of the Placemark around.

However, when editing the Names, it is very important, in order to associate the Place marks automatically to the Holes, to put the Number of the Hole first, then the Name of the GPS Position (e.g. "2 Water Hazard" or "10 Fairway Bunker"). Also, the Placemarks being the Start of the Green must be named Hole Number Start of Green (e.g. "7 Start of Green").

Also you have to make sure that the names of the Placemarks are unique, you must not name two Placemarks identically.

Once you have defined all your GPS Positions in Google Earth, right click on the Folder the Place marks are stored in and select Save As. Make sure you choose the Format KML and to remember the location and Name of the KML File.

You can close the Wizard by clicking on the Icon.

Back in Mobile Golf Scorer™, you can use Import GPS from KML to import the KML File you just created.

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