Method of mapping a three dimensional area
First Claim
1. A method of digitally mapping and displaying a three dimensional golf course area comprising the steps of:
- dividing the area into a plurality of primary hole regions having defined closed contours which are considered flat;
identifying within selected primary hole regions one or more secondary regions having defined closed contours which are considered flat;
determining plan coordinate information for the contours of each primary hole region and of each secondary region, said determining step including the step of converting the coordinate information into a digital format;
storing the plan contour coordinate information in a file of a computer located on a golf cart in a hierarchical fashion where each selected primary hole region has stored thereunder identified secondary regions thereof;
tracking a hole location of a golf cart with the computer thereon;
displaying the primary hole region to which the golf cart has been tracked and identified secondary regions associated therewith on a touch input display associated with the computer mounted on the golf cart, wherein the primary hole region and the identified secondary regions are displayed to a scale such that a distance between any two points within the primary hole region is proportional to an actual physical distance therebetween;
calculating a distance between two selected points within the primary hole region, said calculating step including the steps ofputting the touch input display into a calculating mode,designating locations representative of the two selected points on the touch input display,calculating the distance between the designated locations with the computer, anddisplaying the distance calculated between the two designated points;
designating certain primary hole and/or secondary regions for which elevation information is additionally desired;
defining an imaginary grid of lines on each of the designated regions;
determining of three dimensional coordinate information for each line intersection point of the grid of each designated region;
storing of the intersection point three dimensional coordinate information in a file whereby elevation information about each of the designated regions is available; and
displaying the elevation information on the touch input display by putting the touch input display in an elevation displaying mode with the computer.
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Abstract
Digitized mapping of a three dimensional area includes dividing the area into a plurality of primary regions having defined closed contours which are considered flat. Within selected primary regions, one or more secondary regions having defined closed flat contours are identified. Plan coordinate information for the contours of each primary and secondary region is then determined and stored in a file in a hierarchical fashion, where each selected primary region has stored thereunder identified secondary regions thereof. Certain primary and/or secondary regions are also designated for which elevation information is additionally desired. An imaginary grid of lines is defined on each of the designated regions, so that three dimensional coordinate information for each line intersection point of each grid is determined. This intersection point three dimensional coordinate information is stored in a file, whereby elevation information about each of the designated regions is available.
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1. A method of digitally mapping and displaying a three dimensional golf course area comprising the steps of:
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dividing the area into a plurality of primary hole regions having defined closed contours which are considered flat; identifying within selected primary hole regions one or more secondary regions having defined closed contours which are considered flat; determining plan coordinate information for the contours of each primary hole region and of each secondary region, said determining step including the step of converting the coordinate information into a digital format; storing the plan contour coordinate information in a file of a computer located on a golf cart in a hierarchical fashion where each selected primary hole region has stored thereunder identified secondary regions thereof; tracking a hole location of a golf cart with the computer thereon; displaying the primary hole region to which the golf cart has been tracked and identified secondary regions associated therewith on a touch input display associated with the computer mounted on the golf cart, wherein the primary hole region and the identified secondary regions are displayed to a scale such that a distance between any two points within the primary hole region is proportional to an actual physical distance therebetween; calculating a distance between two selected points within the primary hole region, said calculating step including the steps of putting the touch input display into a calculating mode, designating locations representative of the two selected points on the touch input display, calculating the distance between the designated locations with the computer, and displaying the distance calculated between the two designated points; designating certain primary hole and/or secondary regions for which elevation information is additionally desired; defining an imaginary grid of lines on each of the designated regions; determining of three dimensional coordinate information for each line intersection point of the grid of each designated region; storing of the intersection point three dimensional coordinate information in a file whereby elevation information about each of the designated regions is available; and displaying the elevation information on the touch input display by putting the touch input display in an elevation displaying mode with the computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of digitized mapping of a three dimensional area comprising the steps of:
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dividing the area into a plurality of primary regions having defined closed contours which are considered flat; identifying within selected primary regions one or more secondary regions having defined closed contours which are considered flat; determining plan contour coordinate information for the contours of each primary region and of each secondary region; storing of the plan contour coordinate information in a file in a hierarchical fashion where each selected primary region has stored thereunder identified secondary regions thereof; designating certain primary and/or secondary regions for which elevation information is additionally desired; defining an imaginary grid of lines on each of the designated regions; determining of three dimensional coordinate information for each line intersection point of the grid of each designated region; storing of the intersection point three dimensional coordinate information in a file whereby elevation information about each of the designated regions is available; determining an average elevation value from all elevation information obtained; and storing of the elevation information of each grid intersection point as a difference from the average elevation value, wherein said storing steps store the digitally formatted coordinate information in a data base as text files. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of mapping of a three dimensional area comprising the steps of:
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dividing the area into a plurality of primary regions having defined closed contours which are considered flat; identifying within selected primary regions one or more secondary regions having defined closed contours which are considered flat; identifying within selected secondary regions one or more tertiary regions having defined closed contours which are considered flat; determining plan contour coordinate information for the contours of each primary, secondary and tertiary region; storing of the plan contour coordinate information in a computer file in a hierarchical fashion where each selected primary region has stored thereunder identified secondary regions thereof and each secondary region has stored thereunder identified tertiary regions; designating certain primary and/or secondary and/or tertiary regions for which elevation information is additionally desired; defining an imaginary grid of lines on each of the designated regions; determining of a plan coordinate information and an elevation coordinate information for each line intersection point of the grid of each designated region; determining an average elevation value for all elevation coordinate information obtained; converting each elevation coordinate information for each intersection point to an elevation difference from the average elevation value; and storing of the intersection point coordinate information as the flat coordinate information and an elevation difference in a computer file whereby elevation information about each of the designated regions is available. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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