Patent ID: 8355869

Claim:
A golf GPS device comprising: a GPS component, the GPS component configured to obtain a latitude and longitude location point of the golf GPS device; a memory comprising stored data for a plurality of portions of a plurality of golf courses, wherein the data for a plurality of portions for each of the plurality of golf courses is a plurality of longitude and latitude points, wherein the memory comprises data for 10,000 to 30,000 golf courses; a display member for displaying a plurality of images; a user input; and a processor configured to render animations of a portion of a golf course on the display from the stored data for the plurality of portions of the plurality of golf course in the memory based on the latitude and longitude location point of the golf GPS device, wherein the animation of the portion of the golf course is a plurality of type regions, wherein each of the plurality of type regions represents one of green's grass, sand, water, rough grass, fairway grass and a flagstick.