Disc Golf Footfall Counter

Abstract:  Disc golf is one of the fastest growing sports in Sweden and the countrywide playerbase is steadily growing. In order to meet this increased demand, municipalities and sports associations alike have built new courses all around the country, which all require maintenence. Without an accurate way of determining course usage, it's difficult to guage how much money should be put towards maintaining and developing additional courses. The aim of this project was to design and test a people-counting system for disc golf couses which could provide this information to both players and course owners. Computer vision, wireless communication and sensor technologies were core topics explored during the development of the working prototype.