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rickmf··on Show HN: I mapped every US golf course
yes im hoping to add in the next month or two after i get through north america
rickmf··on Show HN: I mapped every US golf course
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.
rickmf··on Show HN: I mapped every US golf course
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.
rickmf··on Show HN: I mapped every US golf course
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.
rickmf··on Show HN: I mapped every US golf course
you'll get yelled at for entering state parks if you don't pay.
rickmf··on Show HN: I mapped every US golf course
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.
rickmf··on Show HN: I mapped every US golf course
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 implemented

rickmf··on Show HN: I mapped every US golf course
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.
rickmf··on Show HN: I mapped every US golf course
please report it on the site!
rickmf··on Show HN: I mapped every US golf course
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!
rickmf··on Show HN: I mapped every US golf course
looking into it thanks!
rickmf··on Show HN: I mapped every US golf course
course details are not that great on OSM. typically just some polygons labeled 'golf course' and maybe a number of holes
rickmf··on Show HN: I mapped every US golf course
Good thing water replaces itself!
rickmf··on Show HN: I mapped every US golf course
Only state and zip currently. City names not yet supported (its another 3000ish pages)
rickmf··on Show HN: I mapped every US golf course
Try VR golf to get started!
rickmf··on Show HN: I mapped every US golf course
this is true in a lot of cases. its land that otherwise isn't great for any kind of development.
rickmf··on Show HN: I mapped every US golf course
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!
rickmf··on Show HN: I mapped every US golf course
please report through the site!
rickmf··on Show HN: I mapped every US golf course
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)
rickmf··on Show HN: I mapped every US golf course
why?
rickmf··on Show HN: I mapped every US golf course
This doesn't provide the same level of information I (or most golfers) are looing for
rickmf··on Show HN: I mapped every US golf course
yeah maybe they'll donate one day.
rickmf··on Show HN: I mapped every US golf course
eventually yes. I've named a bunch that were unnamed from OSM
rickmf··on Show HN: I mapped every US golf course
Not yet but i'd like to port it back somehow eventually. I've definitely named a lot of their unnamed courses on OSM
rickmf··on Show HN: I mapped every US golf course
Sounds good. And yeah ideally i can link to a course's direct booking links but they are often harder to find.
rickmf··on Show HN: I mapped every US golf course
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.

rickmf··on Show HN: I mapped every US golf course
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 of that I used golfcourseapi.com which i also recommend (affordable, and fairly reliable so far, but not always current). Then community notes etc.

I cross reference against other sources but I am only publishing facts, which are not copyrightable in the US.

Would love to touch base one day and compare notes. I work in the golf industry so mostly just made this for myself. But after sharing with some friends and co workers i thought the wider golf community might appreciate it

rickmf··on Show HN: I mapped every US golf course
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!

rickmf··on Show HN: I mapped every US golf course
US is a mixed bag. Where i am from, Michigan, we have over 600 courses and 87% of them are open to the public.
rickmf··on Show HN: I mapped every US golf course
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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