How Golf Cart Maps Work

Golf Cart Towns uses a stored OpenStreetMap snapshot for each town map, alongside local research and official local source links.

OpenStreetMap is a brilliant shared global map edited by volunteers, organisations, public bodies and local mappers. It is a community-led map that anyone can help improve.

 

Our maps show two main types of paths:

Green lines are paths that appear to be 'tagged' for actual golf cart use in OpenStreetMap.

Purple dashed lines are 'candidate' or 'shared-use' paths. These may need local checking because sidewalks, trails and cart paths can look very similar on a map.

 

How Path Data Is Checked

OpenStreetMap changes over time, but those changes do not automatically appear on Golf Cart Towns. A town map changes only when we deliberately refresh and validate its stored map data. Review and update dates refer to our recorded checks of the information identified, not continuous synchronization. Editing a page does not mean that all of its sources or map data have been freshly checked.

Some towns have clear official GIS or PDF maps. Others have weaker public data, so the map confidence will be lower.

Golf Cart Towns does not directly maintain the underlying OpenStreetMap database, but we can all help maintain it.

 

How You Can Correct or Improve the Map

Spotted a missing path, incorrect route or outdated map detail? The best place to fix it is directly in OpenStreetMap.

That way, the correction can help everyone who uses the shared map data, not just visitors to Golf Cart Towns.

To report an issue, open the town on OpenStreetMap, find the location and use the “Add a Note” tool to drop a pin with a clear description.

If you want to fix it yourself, you can create a free OpenStreetMap account and use the built-in editor. Please use the official signs and appropriate OpenStreetMap tagging guidance.

If you are not sure whether carts are allowed on a path, it is better to leave a note to ask a question and it will be followed up.

Spotted a map issue?

The best place to fix map data is OpenStreetMap, where the correction can help everyone using the shared map data.