> I am new to this community and an avid Google Maps user on my
> Blackberry Pearl.

> I have an interesting request for the app... Does anyone think a menu
> option could be added that will calculate the distance between two
> points? I see that directions can be found by using a starting point
> (could be the current GPS location) and a marked point on the map.

> As one can see by my nickname, I love to play golf and thought it
> would be awesome if Google Maps could dynamically calculate the
> distance in yards from my current (GPS or marked position) location to
> the position of the cursor. If it dynamically figured out the yardage,
> I could get multiple yardages to various points on the hole I am
> playing in a matter of seconds!

> I could say goodbye to other GPS golf programs and rangefinders! I
> only need the distances from my point to landmarks on the hole I am
> playing. So if Google could add this dynamic distance finder
> functionality along with the satellite view for golf courses, I (as
> well as thousands of fellow golfers) would be ecstatic!!

> How about it, Google? Any possibility of added this feature? One
> additional drop-down menu item is all that is needed!

> Community... what are your thoughts on this proposed feature?

> David M
> Southern California
> Avid Golfer

> Have you tried out this "Distance Measurement Tool" mapplet?

> http://maps.google.com/ig/directory?synd=mpl&pid=mpl&features=sharedm...

> Best of luck with your project.

> Maps Guide Adam

> On Nov 17, 1:23 pm, "golfinstructionh...@yahoo.com"

> <golfinstructionh...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > To whom it may concern:

> > I am new to this community and an avid Google Maps user on my
> > Blackberry Pearl.

> > I have an interesting request for the app... Does anyone think a menu
> > option could be added that will calculate the distance between two
> > points? I see that directions can be found by using a starting point
> > (could be the current GPS location) and a marked point on the map.

> > As one can see by my nickname, I love to play golf and thought it
> > would be awesome if Google Maps could dynamically calculate the
> > distance in yards from my current (GPS or marked position) location to
> > the position of the cursor. If it dynamically figured out the yardage,
> > I could get multiple yardages to various points on the hole I am
> > playing in a matter of seconds!

> > I could say goodbye to other GPS golf programs and rangefinders! I
> > only need the distances from my point to landmarks on the hole I am
> > playing. So if Google could add this dynamic distance finder
> > functionality along with the satellite view for golf courses, I (as
> > well as thousands of fellow golfers) would be ecstatic!!

> > How about it, Google? Any possibility of added this feature? One
> > additional drop-down menu item is all that is needed!

> > Community... what are your thoughts on this proposed feature?

> > David M
> > Southern California
> > Avid Golfer

> Thank you for the response!

> I guess I should make it clear that I would like this distance
> measuring capability for the mobile version of Google Maps. :-P

> Regards,

> David

> On Nov 18, 10:30 am, Maps Guide Adam <earth-guide-a...@google.com>
> wrote:

> > Hi David,

> > Have you tried out this "Distance Measurement Tool" mapplet?

> >http://maps.google.com/ig/directory?synd=mpl&pid=mpl&features=sharedm...

> > Best of luck with your project.

> > Maps Guide Adam

> > On Nov 17, 1:23 pm, "golfinstructionh...@yahoo.com"

> > <golfinstructionh...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > To whom it may concern:

> > > I am new to this community and an avid Google Maps user on my
> > > Blackberry Pearl.

> > > I have an interesting request for the app... Does anyone think a menu
> > > option could be added that will calculate the distance between two
> > > points? I see that directions can be found by using a starting point
> > > (could be the current GPS location) and a marked point on the map.

> > > As one can see by my nickname, I love to play golf and thought it
> > > would be awesome if Google Maps could dynamically calculate the
> > > distance in yards from my current (GPS or marked position) location to
> > > the position of the cursor. If it dynamically figured out the yardage,
> > > I could get multiple yardages to various points on the hole I am
> > > playing in a matter of seconds!

> > > I could say goodbye to other GPS golf programs and rangefinders! I
> > > only need the distances from my point to landmarks on the hole I am
> > > playing. So if Google could add this dynamic distance finder
> > > functionality along with the satellite view for golf courses, I (as
> > > well as thousands of fellow golfers) would be ecstatic!!

> > > How about it, Google? Any possibility of added this feature? One
> > > additional drop-down menu item is all that is needed!

> > > Community... what are your thoughts on this proposed feature?

> > > David M
> > > Southern California
> > > Avid Golfer

> I am new to this community and an avid Google Maps user on my
> Blackberry Pearl.

> I have an interesting request for the app... Does anyone think a menu
> option could be added that will calculate the distance between two
> points? I see that directions can be found by using a starting point
> (could be the current GPS location) and a marked point on the map.

> As one can see by my nickname, I love to play golf and thought it
> would be awesome if Google Maps could dynamically calculate the
> distance in yards from my current (GPS or marked position) location to
> the position of the cursor. If it dynamically figured out the yardage,
> I could get multiple yardages to various points on the hole I am
> playing in a matter of seconds!

> I could say goodbye to other GPS golf programs and rangefinders! I
> only need the distances from my point to landmarks on the hole I am
> playing. So if Google could add this dynamic distance finder
> functionality along with the satellite view for golf courses, I (as
> well as thousands of fellow golfers) would be ecstatic!!

> How about it, Google? Any possibility of added this feature? One
> additional drop-down menu item is all that is needed!

> Community... what are your thoughts on this proposed feature?

> David M
> Southern California
> Avid Golfer