Golf assistance device

Abstract

A golf assistance device for providing mapping based information for use in a game of golf, and an associated method and computer program product. The golf assistance device comprising: a positioning system for determining a location of the golf assistance device or another location derived therefrom; an on-board memory for storing golf course geospatial information of a plurality of golf courses; and processing circuitry for determining and providing golf data from one or both of: the location of the golf assistance device or the other location derived therefrom from the positioning system and the golf course geospatial information of a golf course from the plurality of golf courses stored on the on-board memory; wherein the positioning system is a multi-band positioning system that receives and uses wireless signals in at least two frequency bands in order to determine the location of the golf assistance device or the other location derived therefrom.

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