I've suspected this for a while but today proved it. Today whilst playing 9 holes, I used my putter tag as usual and then when stood by the hole, used the set flag option on the watch. When I checked the map after the round, the flag and putt locations were some way off where they actually occurred. I'm talking 10' plus off. Is this normal and expected GPS behaviour or is something up?
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Alyona Golf Pad posted
1 day ago
AdminBest Answer
Thanks for the feedback. A bit of context on the accuracy: putt and flag positions are recorded from your phone/watch GPS, and consumer GPS is generally accurate to within a few yards (roughly 3–5 m). So a mark landing ~10 feet off a single point is within normal GPS tolerance, especially for a quick flag or putt mark made on the watch.
For the most precise putting and pin stats, the best approach is to fine-tune the pin and putt positions manually on the map, dragging them to the exact spot, which takes the GPS margin of error out of your stats.
On the satellite imagery: those maps are provided by Google, so the image quality and how up to date they are sits on Google's side rather than ours. If you'd like the imagery for a particular course improved, you can report it to Google Maps directly via their "Report a problem" / feedback option, that feeds into their update process.
We're always working to improve accuracy. Thanks for using Golf Pad!
Alyona / Golf Pad Support
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Alyona Golf Padposted
1 day ago
AdminAnswer
Thanks for the feedback. A bit of context on the accuracy: putt and flag positions are recorded from your phone/watch GPS, and consumer GPS is generally accurate to within a few yards (roughly 3–5 m). So a mark landing ~10 feet off a single point is within normal GPS tolerance, especially for a quick flag or putt mark made on the watch.
For the most precise putting and pin stats, the best approach is to fine-tune the pin and putt positions manually on the map, dragging them to the exact spot, which takes the GPS margin of error out of your stats.
On the satellite imagery: those maps are provided by Google, so the image quality and how up to date they are sits on Google's side rather than ours. If you'd like the imagery for a particular course improved, you can report it to Google Maps directly via their "Report a problem" / feedback option, that feeds into their update process.
We're always working to improve accuracy. Thanks for using Golf Pad!
Alyona / Golf Pad Support
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Chrisgent77posted
3 days ago
The problem is the satellite maps they're providing suck so bad you can't really get proper marking of pins and putts manually either.
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Wolfie780posted
3 months ago
That is normal and expected GPS behavior since it's only accurate to within several yards. So truth is, if you want more accurate putting stats, you have to edit that data manually. I usually set the pin location manually, and then the putt location based off an estimated footage
I've suspected this for a while but today proved it. Today whilst playing 9 holes, I used my putter tag as usual and then when stood by the hole, used the set flag option on the watch. When I checked the map after the round, the flag and putt locations were some way off where they actually occurred. I'm talking 10' plus off. Is this normal and expected GPS behaviour or is something up?
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Alyona Golf Pad posted 1 day ago Admin Best Answer
Thanks for the feedback. A bit of context on the accuracy: putt and flag positions are recorded from your phone/watch GPS, and consumer GPS is generally accurate to within a few yards (roughly 3–5 m). So a mark landing ~10 feet off a single point is within normal GPS tolerance, especially for a quick flag or putt mark made on the watch.
For the most precise putting and pin stats, the best approach is to fine-tune the pin and putt positions manually on the map, dragging them to the exact spot, which takes the GPS margin of error out of your stats.
On the satellite imagery: those maps are provided by Google, so the image quality and how up to date they are sits on Google's side rather than ours. If you'd like the imagery for a particular course improved, you can report it to Google Maps directly via their "Report a problem" / feedback option, that feeds into their update process.
We're always working to improve accuracy. Thanks for using Golf Pad!
Alyona / Golf Pad Support
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Alyona Golf Pad posted 1 day ago Admin Answer
Thanks for the feedback. A bit of context on the accuracy: putt and flag positions are recorded from your phone/watch GPS, and consumer GPS is generally accurate to within a few yards (roughly 3–5 m). So a mark landing ~10 feet off a single point is within normal GPS tolerance, especially for a quick flag or putt mark made on the watch.
For the most precise putting and pin stats, the best approach is to fine-tune the pin and putt positions manually on the map, dragging them to the exact spot, which takes the GPS margin of error out of your stats.
On the satellite imagery: those maps are provided by Google, so the image quality and how up to date they are sits on Google's side rather than ours. If you'd like the imagery for a particular course improved, you can report it to Google Maps directly via their "Report a problem" / feedback option, that feeds into their update process.
We're always working to improve accuracy. Thanks for using Golf Pad!
Alyona / Golf Pad Support
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Chrisgent77 posted 3 days ago
The problem is the satellite maps they're providing suck so bad you can't really get proper marking of pins and putts manually either.
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Wolfie780 posted 3 months ago
That is normal and expected GPS behavior since it's only accurate to within several yards. So truth is, if you want more accurate putting stats, you have to edit that data manually. I usually set the pin location manually, and then the putt location based off an estimated footage
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