GolfPinFinder - Golf GPS app - Page 3

OSU0034 · 07/31/2009, 11:35 PM

Very well done app. I hope I get to use it this weekend. Definitely looking forward to scorecard functionality.

joshmskinner · 08/01/2009, 02:00 AM

I told my wife that the day someone comes out with a respectable Golf GPS app, I would start installing Homebrew apps. The day has arrived and I've successfully installed it. This app looks great. I have a SkyCaddie, but no sense in having a phone and a SkyCaddie along if the phone has something just as good. I hope to use it soon!

moserjj · 08/01/2009, 08:04 AM

Very exciting to hear all the positive comments! Definitely wants to make me keep on improving

I'm in Oshkosh enjoying the worlds biggest air show but I look forward to Monday updates!

One thing about this app that is nice is the ability to get courses over the air. That was always a pain with our skycaddie - needed to download on computer before getting there. I must have looked for courses near me a dozen times on the way here! very cool (wish I'd had brought my clubs...)

now I wait for a picture of a golf cart with a touchstone mounted on it and my gps app running. sweet!

Bill Will · 08/01/2009, 12:15 PM

Thanks. I will be using this today! Great job.

buchkoba00 · 08/01/2009, 01:12 PM

Used this today on the course for the first time. Worked quite well. Sometimes the yardage would jump around quite a bit before settling in but overall it was very accurate.
Yardage always responded pretty quickly, and it only sucked the battery down about 25%, much less than I expected.
Kudos!

kingle1 · 08/01/2009, 05:17 PM

Imagine my surprise at finding little old Cross Timbers golf course in Azle TX on the list. This is a great looking app and appears to have some great support on the BB side -- can't wait to try it out!

lostnthenet · 08/01/2009, 09:25 PM

I'm not sure if you can do this but I am a user of intelligolf and it will tell you how many satellites are connected so you can know how accurate it is. Thanks for all your work. Now I may be able to not bring my centro and palm gps with me when I golf.

Thanks,
Eric

nlowhor · 08/01/2009, 09:27 PM

This is really getting great!! Now that it's tapped into the BB course database all my local courses are immediately available. On my Treo Pro I had to download courses from a website and move them to the Treo. This online functionality is great. Don't have to plan ahead.

Do you have any plans to add a shot measuring tool. On FreeCaddie, there was a button you could press for Measure Shot. This would basically just zero out a measurement and then keep track of how far you were from that location.

moserjj · 08/01/2009, 09:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lostnthenet

I'm not sure if you can do this but I am a user of intelligolf and it will tell you how many satellites are connected so you can know how accurate it is. Thanks for all your work. Now I may be able to not bring my centro and palm gps with me when I golf.

Thanks,
Eric

that would be nice although i don't think the gps api returns that info. at least not yet...

moserjj · 08/01/2009, 09:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nlowhor

This is really getting great!! Now that it's tapped into the BB course database all my local courses are immediately available. On my Treo Pro I had to download courses from a website and move them to the Treo. This online functionality is great. Don't have to plan ahead.

Do you have any plans to add a shot measuring tool. On FreeCaddie, there was a button you could press for Measure Shot. This would basically just zero out a measurement and then keep track of how far you were from that location.

yep - shot marking in the works!

dimesacks · 08/01/2009, 10:06 PM

Just wanted to say thanks to the OP for this wonderful app. I had rooted my pre before the PreBrew installer .exe was released and ran into a few novacom issues when i tried to run that .exe on XP so that I could install this IPK. The method I used to install the IPK were as follows on the rooted pre:

1) Ensure the file system was read/write
2) SSH into the phone
3) cd /media/internal
4) wget http://forums.precentral.net/spe_att...0.2.35_all.ipk
5) ipkg-opt install download-24450-com.golfpinfinder.www_0.2.35_all.ipk
6) /sbin/stop LunaSysMgr
7) /sbin/start LunaSysMgr
8) Check the phone out and indeed the course I'm playing tomorrow is listed B-)

JTH182 · 08/01/2009, 11:46 PM

I already mapped 3 local courses that weren't on bbgpsgolf.com! I can't wait to try it out.

This is already a great app and it will be awesome to see how much better you can make it!

ashworth · 08/02/2009, 08:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by moserjj

that would be nice although i don't think the gps api returns that info. at least not yet...

I do this with the j2me java code. I just emailed you my example from my code.

Cheers,
Ash

Tmjohnson · 08/02/2009, 01:29 PM

Finally got it working and already mapped two courses. Can't ait to use it in a round.

brewerfan08 · 08/02/2009, 01:42 PM

Great app....I mapped out three courses from my area and they appeared on my phone almost immediatley. Will be using it tomorrow in a scramble.

Bill Will · 08/02/2009, 05:55 PM

Just used on my course. This is awesome! Thanks

Palm_FTW · 08/02/2009, 08:51 PM

On the golf course the GPS cannot locate me. For some reason it thinks I am 700 yards away from my actual location. Any suggestions? Oh and at home it can find me perfect. The dot is right on my house...

drk65 · 08/02/2009, 11:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by moserjj

Very exciting to hear all the positive comments! Definitely wants to make me keep on improving

I'm in Oshkosh enjoying the worlds biggest air show but I look forward to Monday updates!

One thing about this app that is nice is the ability to get courses over the air. That was always a pain with our skycaddie - needed to download on computer before getting there. I must have looked for courses near me a dozen times on the way here! very cool (wish I'd had brought my clubs...)

now I wait for a picture of a golf cart with a touchstone mounted on it and my gps app running. sweet!

GREAT JOB! I used this App today in my company's annual tournament/outing. Tied for 2nd with some great help from GolfPinFinder! Additionally, the course (Cedars on Salmon Creek in WA) was not in the database. I mapped it in about 20 minutes and the database updated immediately. Finally, I started the tourney with 90% Battery and finished with 65%, using the GPS & Pinfinder at least once once each hole... no phone calls or web... Why would I do either while enjoying a great round of golf?!?! I was pleasantly surprised at the battery life today. Now 10PM... several phone calls, e-mails, and snapped pix later, and still running @ 46%! Great App --- Great Device --- Great Day! Thanks very much!

Juggernaut1224 · 08/03/2009, 09:16 AM

Fantastic App. I can't wait to use it on Wednesday.

moserjj · 08/03/2009, 09:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Palm_FTW

On the golf course the GPS cannot locate me. For some reason it thinks I am 700 yards away from my actual location. Any suggestions? Oh and at home it can find me perfect. The dot is right on my house...

does google maps locate you on the course ok?

07/31/2009, 11:35 PM	#41 (permalink)
OSU0034 Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 61 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 13 Thanked 10 Times in 1 Post	Very well done app. I hope I get to use it this weekend. Definitely looking forward to scorecard functionality.
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08/01/2009, 02:00 AM	#42 (permalink)
joshmskinner Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 32 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I told my wife that the day someone comes out with a respectable Golf GPS app, I would start installing Homebrew apps. The day has arrived and I've successfully installed it. This app looks great. I have a SkyCaddie, but no sense in having a phone and a SkyCaddie along if the phone has something just as good. I hope to use it soon!
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08/01/2009, 08:04 AM	#43 (permalink)
moserjj Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 470 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 63 Thanked 156 Times in 66 Posts	Very exciting to hear all the positive comments! Definitely wants to make me keep on improving I'm in Oshkosh enjoying the worlds biggest air show but I look forward to Monday updates! One thing about this app that is nice is the ability to get courses over the air. That was always a pain with our skycaddie - needed to download on computer before getting there. I must have looked for courses near me a dozen times on the way here! very cool (wish I'd had brought my clubs...) now I wait for a picture of a golf cart with a touchstone mounted on it and my gps app running. sweet!
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08/01/2009, 12:15 PM	#44 (permalink)
Bill Will Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Danville, CA Posts: 10 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanks. I will be using this today! Great job.
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08/01/2009, 01:12 PM	#45 (permalink)
buchkoba00 Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 67 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 14 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Used this today on the course for the first time. Worked quite well. Sometimes the yardage would jump around quite a bit before settling in but overall it was very accurate. Yardage always responded pretty quickly, and it only sucked the battery down about 25%, much less than I expected. Kudos!
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08/01/2009, 05:17 PM	#46 (permalink)
kingle1 Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 35 Likes Received: 3 Thanks: 16 Thanked 6 Times in 2 Posts	Looks Great Imagine my surprise at finding little old Cross Timbers golf course in Azle TX on the list. This is a great looking app and appears to have some great support on the BB side -- can't wait to try it out!
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08/01/2009, 09:25 PM	#47 (permalink)
lostnthenet Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 41 Likes Received: 5 Thanks: 9 Thanked 11 Times in 7 Posts	Suggestion - Show number of satellites connected I'm not sure if you can do this but I am a user of intelligolf and it will tell you how many satellites are connected so you can know how accurate it is. Thanks for all your work. Now I may be able to not bring my centro and palm gps with me when I golf. Thanks, Eric
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08/01/2009, 09:27 PM	#48 (permalink)
nlowhor Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 440 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 16 Thanked 32 Times in 26 Posts	This is really getting great!! Now that it's tapped into the BB course database all my local courses are immediately available. On my Treo Pro I had to download courses from a website and move them to the Treo. This online functionality is great. Don't have to plan ahead. Do you have any plans to add a shot measuring tool. On FreeCaddie, there was a button you could press for Measure Shot. This would basically just zero out a measurement and then keep track of how far you were from that location.
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08/01/2009, 10:06 PM	#51 (permalink)
dimesacks Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 1 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Just wanted to say thanks to the OP for this wonderful app. I had rooted my pre before the PreBrew installer .exe was released and ran into a few novacom issues when i tried to run that .exe on XP so that I could install this IPK. The method I used to install the IPK were as follows on the rooted pre: 1) Ensure the file system was read/write 2) SSH into the phone 3) cd /media/internal 4) wget http://forums.precentral.net/spe_att...0.2.35_all.ipk 5) ipkg-opt install download-24450-com.golfpinfinder.www_0.2.35_all.ipk 6) /sbin/stop LunaSysMgr 7) /sbin/start LunaSysMgr 8) Check the phone out and indeed the course I'm playing tomorrow is listed B-)
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08/01/2009, 11:46 PM	#52 (permalink)
JTH182 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 238 Likes Received: 2 Thanks: 16 Thanked 12 Times in 9 Posts	I already mapped 3 local courses that weren't on bbgpsgolf.com! I can't wait to try it out. This is already a great app and it will be awesome to see how much better you can make it!
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08/02/2009, 01:29 PM	#54 (permalink)
Tmjohnson Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 9 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Finally got it working and already mapped two courses. Can't ait to use it in a round.
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08/02/2009, 01:42 PM	#55 (permalink)
brewerfan08 Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 4 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Great app....I mapped out three courses from my area and they appeared on my phone almost immediatley. Will be using it tomorrow in a scramble.
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08/02/2009, 05:55 PM	#56 (permalink)
Bill Will Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Danville, CA Posts: 10 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Just used on my course. This is awesome! Thanks
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08/02/2009, 08:51 PM	#57 (permalink)
Palm_FTW Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 99 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 10 Thanked 7 Times in 4 Posts	On the golf course the GPS cannot locate me. For some reason it thinks I am 700 yards away from my actual location. Any suggestions? Oh and at home it can find me perfect. The dot is right on my house...
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08/03/2009, 09:16 AM	#59 (permalink)
Juggernaut1224 Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 6 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Fantastic App. I can't wait to use it on Wednesday.
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