Patent ID: 7901292

Claim:
A method for facilitating a first performance by a first participant in an event that includes movement along a first course located in a first geographic area, the method comprising: using, by a computer processor, a geographic database that contains data that represents geographic features to compare geographic features of the first course to geographic features in a second geographic area different from the first geographic area, the geographic database stored on data storage hardware; identifying, by the computer processor and based on the comparison, data in the geographic database representing geographic features in the second geographic area that substantially match the geographic features of the first course; determining, by the computer processor, a second course located in the second geographic area based on the identified data, the second course having a substantially equivalent surface, a substantially equivalent length, and substantially equivalent turns as the first course; comparing the first performance to a second performance, wherein the second performance is performed by a second participant along the second course; and providing an indication of the comparing of the first and second performances to the first participant while the first participant is engaged in the first performance and to the second participant while the second participant is engaged in the second performance.