Author: MJT
Golf GPS: Smaller Sensors Allow Planting in Golf Balls
GPS technology has progressed to impact many different
aspects of our lives, even going as far as to assist with our weekly golf game.
With smaller devices becoming available, it is even possible to record the data
that relates to the trajectory and distance a golf ball has been hit, and the
golf GPS is a wonderful aid in determining where your golf ball is located. All
of this convenience and information has become possible, because sensor sizes
have been reduced to the point that you can find out data from within your golf
ball, or from a flag in one of the holes on the course that you are playing.
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The golf GPS also provides you with information about the
location of the sand trap, any lakes that may be around, edges of the fairway
and the location of the rough area around the greens. By placing a sensor
within the golf ball, golf GPS has taken a first step in tracking their
movement. Of course, this will come at a cost to the golfing community,
although this may ultimately become a savings advantage given the fact that
less golf balls would ultimately become lost forever. Information about the
location of the golf ball is transmitted via satellites and then displayed on a
PDA device which you can carry with you in your golf bag. With another sensor
planted on the flags of each hole, you would know before teeing off what the
exact distance to the green is.
There are companies such as Great White Shark Entertainment
that are already in the process of enabling golf GPS that would help in
measuring the distance the golf ball travels and provide information pertaining
to the course itself. Such a golf GPS would become highly profitable to many
companies, since there are many serious golf players who would desire to have
this information available and would readily pay the price for owning the golf
GPS.
Of course, the golf GPS balls will cost more than ordinary
golf balls, but the price that you will pay might well be recouped through a
noticeable improvement in your game. With improved equipment that will include
a golf GPS, golfing enthusiasts, not to mention the professionals of the game,
will start to hit balls longer and more accurately. Who knows? Thanks to golf
GPS, many sportsmen may even be able to get their golf balls to roll into the
hole if they are positioned close enough. Happy golfing.
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