 Rich Hodge Simi Valley, CA |
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2005-09-24
Isn't That Pretty!
Screenshot: Click here or on that screenshot and you will see all the golf courses that are within a reasonable driving distance from me. Don't forget to click on the little map markers as well. It is not perfect: because of freeway traffic areas, there are actually a few courses out of reach on the map and a few courses in reach but not shown but overall it is what I pictured a month ago when I started this project. Still a work in progress, I have a few more improvements up my sleeve and as mentioned a couple posts ago I am going to be using different color map pins to represent private or public courses. Also some cities are not working right and some courses are still missing but I should be able to clean all that up very soon. Almost all of it is working though - just a handful of courses too new to be on the map are causing problems, etc. Once again though, I have to say that I am just ecstatic at how slick this came out. Thought of it, worked it every moment I could, and finally got to see the results of it for the first time tonight and just love it - reality is so unreal! If you are from California, click here, find the golf courses you know and click the public or private button - thanks! If you're not from Cali, you can still go here and choose a city that you have heard of and check out all the clustered golf courses - each city page should work like that screenshot of Simi Valley above - (about 450 cities in Cali - accuracy not verified yet)
If you are from another part of the country hold short. I am going to add in all the golf courses and zip codes from the rest of the nation as well starting about two weeks from now (once I finish all the coding for CA). PS I pulled an all nighter last Thursday working on this stuff but still managed to play in my normal Friday foursome. I was so tired and zipped up on coffee I shot a 45 on the front at Tierra Rejada. Learned that I cannot putt or chip at all when shaky from too much caffeine with no breakfast or sleep: next important golf day = no caffeine. I think I would have scored better just being super sleepy. Anyway, half a tuna sand on the 5th from the cart girl and a few Gatorades later, I shot a respectable 36 from the blue tees on the back nine for an 81 - Tierra is a tough course for me and I've never broken 80 there so that is good stuff! Shooting that inward 36 will bring me back to Tierra... <squinting>Heck yeah Pedro, it's... incredible! </squinting>
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Once it actually started working I decided to leave and take a break and then found myself just standing behind my computer chair here staring at it for a good 10 minutes. I was so pleased and amazed that it actually worked...