Disparity correction for location-aware distributed sporting events

A computing system for facilitating a distributed sporting event, comprising:

• a memory;
• a processor;
• and
• a module that is stored on the memory and that is configured to, aggregate a plurality of individual sporting activities into a distributed sporting event comprising a plurality of players that are each performing one of the individual sporting activities, that are each competing against one another by traveling over non-uniform courses that are remotely located from one another, and that each have a corresponding client device, by:
• receiving from each of the plurality of client devices information about a current location of the corresponding player;
• determining a location on a course depicted on one of the client devices, the determined location corresponding to the current location of the player by mapping the current location of the player to the location of the depicted course based on a correspondence between locations on the depicted course and locations on a current course traveled by the player;
• causing the one client device to present the depicted course along with indications of positions of at least some of the other players with respect to the corresponding player, the indicated positions based on the locations on the depicted course of the least some of the plurality of players;
• and
• asserting a course by causing the one client device to display specific instructions to the corresponding player to travel over a specified path.

A computer-readable medium storing contents that are configured to cause a computing system to facilitate a distributed sporting event by performing a method comprising:

• aggregating a plurality of individual sporting activities into a distributed sporting event comprising a plurality of players that are each performing one of the individual sporting activities, that are each competing against one another by traveling over non-uniform courses that are remotely located from one another, and that each have a corresponding client device, by:
• receiving from each of the plurality of client devices information about a current location of the corresponding player;
• determining a location on a course depicted on one of the client devices, the determined location corresponding to the current location of the player by mapping the current location of the player to the location of the depicted course based on a correspondence between locations on the depicted course and locations on a current course traveled by the player;
• causing the one client device to present the depicted course along with indications of positions of at least some of the other players with respect to the corresponding player, the indicated positions based on the locations on the depicted course of the least some of the plurality of players;
• and
• asserting a course by causing the one client device to display specific instructions to the corresponding player to travel over a specified path.