Everground
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Posts: 50
TGCT Name: James Peacock
Tour: CC-Am/TST
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Post by Everground on Mar 31, 2019 12:24:54 GMT -5
Hello all, I got inspired when I learned about what lidar does and it's capabilities. So I decided to recreate my home course from my childhood/high school days. It's a pretty easy course but has tons of nostalgia for me. With help from Chadgolf, after loading the data I was shocked to discover how accurate it was. Everything is exactly where I remember it and the yardage markers are with 1-2 yards of the scorecard. I still have a lot of word to do in terms of decorating/finishing touches but the 18 holes are completely mapped out / functional. GOOGLE MAPS TOP VIEWOPEN MAP VIEW IN GAME TOP VIEW SO FAR
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Everground
Caddy
Posts: 50
TGCT Name: James Peacock
Tour: CC-Am/TST
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Post by Everground on Apr 3, 2019 1:29:45 GMT -5
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Everground
Caddy
Posts: 50
TGCT Name: James Peacock
Tour: CC-Am/TST
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Post by Everground on Apr 3, 2019 1:35:48 GMT -5
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Post by NIGHTS7ALKER on Apr 3, 2019 14:18:08 GMT -5
I'm guessing all this was done on computer, did you just trace it off the map or something? Not familiar with lidar.
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Everground
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Posts: 50
TGCT Name: James Peacock
Tour: CC-Am/TST
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Post by Everground on Apr 3, 2019 19:05:08 GMT -5
I'm guessing all this was done on computer, did you just trace it off the map or something? Not familiar with lidar.
Chadgolf developed a PC program that processes lidar data and inputs it automatically into The Golf Club 2019. I'm completely ignorant to how it all works but I did watch a ~1 hour video on his Twitch channel explaining the program. Basically you can load data you find online and it generates the terrian for you. Then you use OpenStreetMaps.com to trace your course (greens, t-boxes, etc). This is the most time consuming part but it wasn't even that bad. This data also gets loaded into TGC2019 automatically. So within 4-6 hours I had the complete course + terrain complete. Now I'm just adjusting tree locations and making sure there are no huge visual mistakes. It is pretty amazing that technology can do!
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Everground
Caddy
Posts: 50
TGCT Name: James Peacock
Tour: CC-Am/TST
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Post by Everground on Apr 4, 2019 0:25:49 GMT -5
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Everground
Caddy
Posts: 50
TGCT Name: James Peacock
Tour: CC-Am/TST
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Post by Everground on Apr 6, 2019 13:13:41 GMT -5
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