Distance to hazards on watch

Posted almost 3 years ago by Cory Piron

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Cory Piron

Would be great to see the distance to say bunkers or water on my Apple Watch. This feature has been available on Garmin gold watches for many years Thanks and keep up the great work!

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Azam Malik posted over 2 years ago

This is a super important feature and I don't understand why it isn't being worked on as a higher priority. There are several friends I know of who would love GoflPad but wouldn't pull the trigger due to lack of this particular feature. You have the GPS coordinates of the hazards! show them on the watch!


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Cindy Wren

Cindy Wren posted about 2 years ago Admin

Hi Luke - it is a big undertaking, however, we are currently working on this. We do plan to have an option for users to contribute as well once we lay most of the ground work. Thanks for your comment and for sharing the link to the mapping tool. - Cindy

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Cindy Wren

Cindy Wren posted almost 3 years ago Admin

Thank you Cory. We are working on adding automatic distance to hazards on the watch but don't have a specific timeline right now. We appreciate your suggestion for for being a user of the Golf Pad app. - Cindy

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Adrian Daetwyler posted 11 months ago

Yesterday, I just used Golfpad for the first time. Everything worked well and the statistics will be interesting in the long run. However, as Beat mentioned, the font of some information, especially the hazard info is way too small. Please change this shortcoming as fast as possible! Many thanks.

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Beat

Beat posted over 2 years ago

Please add  automatic distance to hazards also for Wear OS watch, thanks.

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Cindy Wren

Cindy Wren posted about 1 year ago Admin

@beat - I'm checking on this for you. - Cindy 

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Johnrancher posted over 2 years ago

Is this option available for samsung watches? Or is it in the same timeline? It is the only option I'm really missing in an otherwise GREAT app.

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Peter Fell posted over 2 years ago

Please fast track hazard distances for Samsung watch, even if at additional cost, this is a key requirement for difficult courses especially if they're unfamiliar

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luke Venn posted about 2 years ago

Hi Cindy, Could GolfPad not just adjust the http://scout.golfpadgps.com/ tool to allow us to mark the front/back of any hazards ourselves?

That would allow us to get the hazard distances that so many seem keen for, whilst also saving Golfpad lots of legwork.

NB: For anyone unfamiliar with the tool, watch the short video at: http://scout.golfpadgps.com/

 

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Michel Charron posted 12 months ago

it's working now

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Beat

Beat posted 12 months ago

Happy to see hazard distance working on my Wear OS Ticwatch Pro 3. However the size of the font of the distance of hazards is so tiny that it is impossible to read without putting on reading glasses (see my screen below). Like this it is pretty useless on the course. 


Please make the font size bigger and bold. 

The same applies for the time indication on the main watch screen and the score and hole number. There is enough space to make the font bold and slightly bigger. 


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Cindy Wren

Cindy Wren posted 12 months ago Admin

@Beat - Thanks for bringing this up! I'm glad to hear you're enjoying the new distance to hazards feature on your smartwatch. We totally understand how important it is to have a font size that's easy to read, and we appreciate your feedback on this. I'll definitely pass your comments along to the development team for consideration in future updates.


In the meantime, have you tried adjusting your watch settings under "accessibility" and "font size"? That could potentially make a difference for you. Here's some helpful information on that: https://support.google.com/accessibility/android/answer/11183305?hl=en-GB


Thanks again for reaching out, and please let us know if you have any other questions or suggestions.

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Matej posted 12 months ago

It is only available on Wear OS, not on Tizen (like samsung galaxy watch 3), if I understand correctly?

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luke Venn posted about 2 years ago

Hi Cindy, glad this feature is on the roadmap, but understand that the mapping itself is a big undertaking.


Could GolfPad not simply allow us (the users) to map out the bunkers in exactly the same way we can currently map out a missing course? Via http://scout.golfpadgps.com/


NB: For anyone not familiar with the tool, watch the video on http://scout.golfpadgps.com


Thanks,
Luke




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Cindy Wren

Cindy Wren posted over 2 years ago Admin

Thanks everyone for your feedback. This feature is on our roadmap. We hear you and are working toward making this feature available as soon as we can.  

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Newton posted over 2 years ago

Looking forward to the distance to hazards feature. Thanks.

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Cindy Wren

Cindy Wren posted over 2 years ago Admin

Hello all - distance to hazards is a HUGE undertaking, as you can imagine with 40k world wide courses supported. This requires human eyes. :) We've expanded our team and we are officially starting the project of mapping the hazards on the most popular courses to start. We appreciate your continued support. 

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Cindy Wren

Cindy Wren posted over 1 year ago Admin

Hazards are available in Premium version on Android phones at this time. iPhone is next, with watches to follow. There's no concrete target date yet.  I appreciate your comment and feedback. The team is working hard to make this happen for our users. 

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Johnrancher posted over 1 year ago

No way! Finally! Thanks! On holiday now... but will start using it asap.

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Carlo Kassam posted over 1 year ago

Do you expect this great feature to be available on the iPhone this year?

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Cindy Wren

Cindy Wren posted over 1 year ago Admin

Hi Carlo - I'm asking the team about the iPhone ETA. Thanks for asking! 

Johnrancher - we are just as excited! Can't wait to hear how you enjoy it! 

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Alyona Retunskaya

Alyona Retunskaya posted over 1 year ago Admin

Hi Carlo! Our engineering team is working on this feature for the iPhone app. We plan to add it as soon as possible, however, there's no target date yet. 


Here's the latest information about hazards: https://support.golfpadgps.com/en/support/solutions/articles/6000259290-hazards-on-the-map

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Johnrancher posted over 1 year ago

Ok I apparently misread your post so I thought it was available on smartwatch. That's what this topic is about after all. Still happy with the progress, but I'll store my excitement for later use.

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Cindy Wren

Cindy Wren posted over 1 year ago Admin

Johnrancher - yes, these forum topics have a way of morphing with multiple "conversations" being shared. I appreciate your feedback. We're getting close to watch hazards. Stay tuned. 

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Beat

Beat posted about 1 year ago

@Cindy, I still do not see the distance to hazards on my Wear OS watch. Do I need to setup something?

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