Exciting application of global positioning system (GPS) technology services has been launced to help golfers to aim their tee-shots better. With a virtual golf caddy program, its users are able to measure the distance from their location to the tee box. In most cases, the system has a 5-meter accuracy range and also shows the location of fairways, greens, sand bunkers and water hazards.

The KTF said that the phones carry the geographic information of some 250 golf courses in Korea and receive real-time data from satellites. KTF also plans to expand the service to other countries, since WCDMA phones can also be used in other nations such as China and the Philippines, two favored destinations of Korean golf lovers but the firm didn’t specify when it would be. This year, about 2 million car navigation systems are expected to be sold in South Korea. But more exciting applications of GPS technology are being developed for mobile phones these days.

~ via koreatimes.co.kr

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