GPS is a fascinating technology. It stands for Global position system. In the last ten years the world has seen a rapid expansion of the use of this technology. For most people gps has always been associated with the military and aviation industries. However these barriers have been surpassed with gps technology moving on to cover other civilian territories such as outdoor pursuits and leisure. Amongst these outdoor uses of the technology is on the golf course.
To better explore this type of use it is imperative to give a brief background of how the technology itself works. GPS receivers are used to locate your position, altitude and speed amongst other things. In order to locate your exact or approximate location a receiver needs to lock on to at least 3 satellites in orbit out of a total of 31 available for this purpose. By calculating the speed by which signals are communicated between each satellite and your receiver your location can be determined.
GPS technology becomes relevant and usable by golf lovers as it can accurately render details of tens of thousands of golf courses. In particular GPS technology is able to help golf players get a detailed picture of how a particular golf course looks like and to actually see the hole before playing it. Flag-sticks and several different hazards that may exist on the golf course can be pinpointed using this technology. Using this data golfers can know the distance to a hole helping them making a decision on the length of the club to use for instance. Users of this technology have reported accurate distance calculations.
All in all the GPS technology for the golf course is essentially designed to work wonders for you in the event that you do not have an expert cardie. It resolves issues that your experienced human cardie would resolve for you such as course targets, hazards, bunker and stream carries as well as distance to the hole. GPS fills that gap by giving you adequate and dependable guidance all the way about the course. The expansion of GPS technology use is only but set to continue improving and developing into other areas of life. Overall the goal is to make life easier and more achieved with less.
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