Instructions

1. Once the Course Mapper loads enter your golf course's information in the dialog.
   • Enter the full or partial course name and click the "Find Course Data" button. This will search for the course data and prompt you with a list of matching courses.
   • If you do not see your course in the list click cancel and enter the course address and try again.
   • Once you have selected the your course from the list, enter any missing information and click OK
2. You should see a satellite map of the course now.
3. Look at the toolbar on the left:
   • First icon outlines a hole (It is reccommended to outline the hole right after you map it)
   • Second icon maps a green
   • Third is fairway
   • Sand
   • Water
   • Rough
4. Look at the menu bar at the top:
   • The File menu has the ability to save the file to the website.
   • The Edit menu has undo and redo
   • The View menu has zooming
   • The Course menu allows you to edit information about the course or any hole
5. Mapping notes and best practices:
   • Zoom in close to map.
   • Everything is "rough" by default
   • Things are mapped on top of that (e.g. a green is over a fairway is over rough). Greens are generally within the fairway.
   • The Rough Tool is only used when rough is on top of something else (e.g. for a hole with rough in the middle of the fairway)
   • No two outlines may intersect each other. The exception is hole outlines and water (i.e. water can be shared by multiple holes).
   • You can alter mappings by clicking on them. For example after mapping a green you can touch it up by clicking on it again with the green tool.
   • When outlining you continue to make line segments that share endpoints. You are done when they touch to form a closed outline. On each line segment the endpoints are squares and the midpoint is a circle. Dragging the midpoint makes it into a curve.
   • Put the endpoints (squares) on staight sections and make the curves bend to the shape of the terrain. Bending at endpoints causes jagged maps that don't look very good.
6. Practice outlining a green (it typically takes about 10 line segments; fairways may be twice that)
7. For Hole Outlines just try to make them encompass as much surrounding area as possible. e.g. the outline for hole 1 and hole 2 should almost touch each other about 1/2 way between those holes. The Hole Outline is not displayed in the Caddie so it doesn't have to be smooth.
8. When done select File -> Save and look for your map on the Courses page
9. Go play golf! Take your phone out to the golf course and login to the Caddie. You will see the course you mapped as one of the courses you can choose from. You must be within 10 miles of the golf course for the Caddie to find it.