rickmf

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by rickmf 2mo ago
yes im hoping to add in the next month or two after i get through north america
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by rickmf 2mo ago
definitely better filled through the site itself! any submissions get queued and reviewed overnight. Then elevated to human review if it's hard to verify automatically.
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by rickmf 2mo ago
There are a lot of incorrect labels in OSM. I'd love to push my data back upstream to OSM one day once i feel like its very complete and accurate.
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by rickmf 2mo ago
yes and new developments/ cities are doing a much better job balancing this in most cases. Golf courses are a great use for flood plains and overflow regions.
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by rickmf 2mo ago
you'll get yelled at for entering state parks if you don't pay.
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by rickmf 2mo ago
That said if its in the US and incorrect or incomplete you can submit, but anything outside the US i'd wait until i do a first pass on the new regions.
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by rickmf 2mo ago
OSM, golfcourseapi.com, booking sites, etc. some help from AI to parse duplicates, bad locations. missing data. Users can contribute right on the site by submitting corrections. It goes into a review queue and then is reviewed and implement
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by rickmf 2mo ago
Golf courses are often full of exclusively native foliage, often protected areas, and wetland areas. With much more ecodiversity support than neighboring businesses, residential areas, and even parks.
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by rickmf 2mo ago
please report it on the site!
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by rickmf 2mo ago
Fixed and deployed! Markers only existed on the primary copy of the world, if you ever scrolled passed it would have nuked all the pins. Thanks for the report!
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by rickmf 2mo ago
looking into it thanks!
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by rickmf 2mo ago
course details are not that great on OSM. typically just some polygons labeled 'golf course' and maybe a number of holes
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by rickmf 2mo ago
Good thing water replaces itself!
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by rickmf 2mo ago
Only state and zip currently. City names not yet supported (its another 3000ish pages)
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by rickmf 2mo ago
Try VR golf to get started!
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by rickmf 2mo ago
this is true in a lot of cases. its land that otherwise isn't great for any kind of development.
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by rickmf 2mo ago
you can fill out missing info right on the site. There is a buttons for missing/ correcting data and you can fill out any info. Appreciate any that do!
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by rickmf 2mo ago
please report through the site!
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by rickmf 2mo ago
I'd like to to the same with my data (allow a download of all the course pages) eventually. I'm only publishing facts at the moment but would love to support other features (local ratings, reviews, etc)
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by rickmf 2mo ago
why?
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by rickmf 2mo ago
This doesn't provide the same level of information I (or most golfers) are looing for
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by rickmf 2mo ago
yeah maybe they'll donate one day.
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by rickmf 2mo ago
eventually yes. I've named a bunch that were unnamed from OSM
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by rickmf 2mo ago
Not yet but i'd like to port it back somehow eventually. I've definitely named a lot of their unnamed courses on OSM
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by rickmf 2mo ago
Sounds good. And yeah ideally i can link to a course's direct booking links but they are often harder to find.
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by rickmf 2mo ago
Yes. After i work out best pipeline in North America id like to expand worldwide. It will take some time i'm just doing this in spare time.
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by rickmf 2mo ago
Nice! Someone shared thAT wiki with me recently on reddit. I had not been aware of it before. Great stuff! I'm not a lawyer but my stack is clean. My base layer is OSM, which is licensed for exactly this stuff (and attributed). On top
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by rickmf 2mo ago
Its actually present, but listed as closed (auto toggled off). the tee time link is dead and google reports as permanently closed. However if its open i'd love to know!
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by rickmf 2mo ago
US is a mixed bag. Where i am from, Michigan, we have over 600 courses and 87% of them are open to the public.
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by rickmf 2mo ago
it does! pins are different color and it should label them. Might be some inaccuracies, but its pretty close. report any if you see any wrong

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