Sunday, January 22, 2017

1/22/17 - Steps for Building Your Own Yardage Book

FIND AND PRINT GOLF COURSE SCORECARD AND MAP OVERVIEW ONLINE
·         OPEN GOOGLE EARTH TO COURSE OVERHEAD VIEW, DESELECT AUTO TILT WHEN ZOOMING

·         MARK AND MEASURE YARDAGES FOR POINTS OF INTEREST (#’S FROM BACKS OF TEE BOXES AND #’S TO FRONT OF GREENS)

·         MAKE NOTE OF SIGNIFICANT SLOPES FROM TEE TO GREEN

·         PRINTSCREEN POI’S AND MAP INTO INKSCAPE ON 4.5” X 11” DOCUMENT SIZE

·         USE SOFT LINE BEZIER PEN TO TRACE TEE BOXES, BUNKERS, FAIRWAYS, HAZARDS, GREENS, AND COMPASS HEADING TO MAKE THEM INTO VECTOR SHAPES SO THEY CAN BE RESIZED WITHOUT LOSS OF QUALITY

·         USE SMALL CIRCLES OR SYMBOLS TO MARK POI’S

·         USE TREE VECTOR IMAGE TO MARK IMPORTANT TREES

·         DELETE GOOGLE EARTH IMAGE LEAVING ONLY VECTOR IMAGES AND SCALE OBJECTS INTO 4.5” X 11” DOCUMENT SIZE. (HOLD CNTRL + SHIFT TO MAINTAIN ASPECT WHILE SCALING)

·         REMEMBER TO MOVE OVER COMPASS HEADING NEAR TEE BOXES OR WHERE DESIRED
·         SELECT WATER HAZARDS, FILL AND STROKE MESH GRADIENT TO 20.6 OPACITY FOR NICE EFFECT

·         ADD HOLE DESCRIPTION TEXT AND INPUT  YARDAGES TO POI’S

·         RETURN TO GOOGLE EARTH, ZOOM INTO GREEN VIEW AND MAKE A STRAIGHT 5 YARD LINE WITH RULER TOOL FROM FRONT EDGE OF GREEN

·         PRINTSCREEN GREEN VIEW TO INKSCAPE AND MAKE 5 YARD X 5 YARD GRID OVER ENTIRE GREEN

·         ADD GREEN VIEW TO SEPARATE PAGE WITH HOLE DESCRIPTION FOR REFERENCE
·          SAVE VECTOR IMAGES AS .SVG AND .PDF

·         USE PDF MERGE SOFTWARE TO COMBINE 18 HOLES INTO ONE PDF
·         PRINT AND STAPLE AS DESIRED

·         WALK THE COURSE TO FIND OTHER POTENTIAL POI’S OR NOTES TO INCLUDE
·         MAP GREEN BY HAND AND INPUT POI’S INTO GREEN VIEW VECTOR TO SHOW SIGNIFICANT SLOPES AND NOTES

·         COMPLETE FINAL BOOK

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